Saharan sand currently in the air

If you think that the air looks opaque and smudgy you're right, we are getting a load of Sahara sand with the southerly winds. A sheet of sand app. 320km wide is crossing Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Thuringia at a height of app. 3km. So give your cars a quick rinse before it scours away that snazzy paintjob.

Now I know what is blocking up my nose!

ditto. I can barely breath today. Damn alergy!!

the date on that link is 21. Feb 2004 16:26, ergänzt 17:38

Sand is inert, you can't be alergic to it.

Toytown: First with Yesterdays News, Today.

The link looks as if it's out of date, but the news isn't. The sky from where I'm currently sitting in Munich does have a slight sandy colour to it.

See also the previous TT discussion from 2004: Saharan sand cloud over Munich

Photo from 2004:

Why is the sand from the Sahara allowed to enter Munich?
To my knowledge the Sahara has no 'Feinstaubplakette'.
If the sand comes all the way from Africa there must be hell of a lot of particulate matter smaller than 10 microns.

Oh! That will make for a killer sunset / dusk light today!!

Not to mention, does it have a valid Aufenthaltserlaubnis?

Urgh, I had about three articles open and copied the wrong one. Now the radio news article I was reading yesterday is gone.
*Sinks beneath the desk humming "Who Wants Yesterday's Papers"?*

Here's another one: Die Welt: Hitze und Sand über Deutschland

No probs... lots of links with info in German about Saharan sand.

Hitze und Sand über Deutschland

rough translation:
There's currently an unusual weather situation in Germany. To blame is a high that is directly from the Sahara, and even desert sand is being transported to Europe.

edit: got beaten to it... I type too slow!

Nah, you just typed too much