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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
For example, EPA keeps beating AZ up about it's DUST storms as if the residents are responsible for (a) blowing winds, (b) desert sands, and (c) weather conditions causing those winds! Duh!
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Don't know about Arizona, but hereabouts, if you look you'll find that much of the dust comes off of areas where the soil has been disturbed by human activity. If the land has a good covering of sagebrush &c, that holds the soil in place and keeps much of the wind from even reaching the surface.