Friday, February 20, 2009

Yipe!

Not really what I wanted to see when I clicked on the Yellow Dust monitoring link:


I guess the question of the day is, what on earth comes after Orange?

Edited to add: Sweet Lord, it's purple. For the record, universe, I was joking!

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2 comments:

Diana said...

Sounds like the weather system in DC during the summer? As it gets hotter, more humid, and less windy, it gets to code Orange or Red and when it gets like that busses are free! And past red is...also purple. It sounds horrifying here but worse when in terms of dust!

Don't die!

February 23, 2009 at 6:42 AM
Nana said...

It is exactly like D.C.! The reason is that this site is a U.S. Army monitoring site, and is intended for use by army personnel to decide how much outdoor training is safe. This is the same system I remember them using when I worked for the Navy, too. I think after purple may come black - I remember the term "black flag" days for days when nobody did any PT at all. But that term may be Navy-specific.

February 23, 2009 at 7:34 AM

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