W Z Z M 1 3 N E W * H E A D L I N E *
Red Dust Falls on West Michigan
By mjh
Posted: 12/16/2003
A cloud of red dust has fallen on West Michigan.


For many people, the dust showed up as dark brown spots that covered cars and windows.


According to a spokesperson for the Holland Department of Public Works, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the National Weather Service has informed them that the dust came from a storm in Texas area, which is being carried by jet streams.


Wisconsin has also been very hit by the red dust.


WZZM13 has received calls about the red dust from Holland north to Muskegon and as far east to Ionia county.


The Grand Rapids Fire Department Hazmat division has tested it and it’* not acidic.


The red dust should just wash off with water.



Watch WZZM13 at 5:30 and 6:00PM for more information.

i was wondering what was all over my car i thought my whole car was rusting super fast. its all over my house and my deak too ay one else have this problem?

That'* creepy. The closest thing I've seen to that is waking up on a spring morning and going out to my car only to find it now has a bright green cover of pollen all over it.

Two more reasons why I'm glad my car is garage kept... i'm spoiled

--Christine :P

My dad hogs the garage with his cars, so my brothers and I are forced to park outside. My poor old Cutlass would probably be in better shape exterior-wise if it saw the inside of a garage sometime in the past six years I've owned it.

I get garage in summer cause of hail, but not in winter... My car is ICED right now. I remember an "African dust storm" when i lived in FL. I've seen A LOT about Mt. St. Helens going a LONG WAY, and after seeing it for myself once, i was in Awe.

Okay so i wrote that wrong, it'* not a garage, it'* a heated shop....that'* usually warmer than the garage...so i'm not just spoiled, i'm REALLY spoiled Plus, all the tools are right there...

--Christine

And in the end it'* still an ugly boat in a place that'* naturally unwarm....

j/k Cause you know how to use the tools... OW BURN! Alright i'm done. I wish i had something like that. Dorm lots suck. I'm happy smellbird hooked me up at his buddies house in the heated garage to bolt down the sub box.

no, i live in Northern Mich., and we didnt get any of it as far as i noticed, but its all snow up here so, i dont know, it could have been mixed in and i might have not noticed it.