I've Got Yellow Dust :(

As the title of the post says, I've got Yellow Dust. What is Yellow Dust you ask? Well, Yellow Dust is a mixture of sand/dust from the Gobi Desert and pollution from Chinese factories. After it mixes, it hops onto a jet stream and travels for a bit. When it's done, it settles over Korea and Japan; where it makes people sick.

Luiz had Yellow Dust last week and now I have it. It's not life threatening or anything (at least not for us) but, it's annoying. For healthy people, it can produce cold/flu-like symptoms. So, I am stuffy and sneezing with a sore throat and a fever. Luiz had a variation on it where he was coughing instead of sneezing and he also had chest congestion.

In March, during the last Yellow Dust outbreak, one of my students, Julia, was absent for three weeks. When she came back, I asked her where she had been. She told me "I was in the hospital!" I then asked her why. She said that she has severe asthma and the Yellow Dust was so thick, she was having very bad asthma attacks. The doctors feared that she might die during an attack so, she was hospitalized during the Yellow Dust outbreak as a preventative measure. So, for people with respiratory problems, Yellow Dust can be very dangerous.

I didn't take any pictures of the current Yellow Dust storm so, I stole some pictures from the internet. I'll try to take some pictures the next time it happens.

Yellow Dust coming from China to the Korean Peninsula

Yellow Dust Over a City

City With Yellow Dust and On A Clear Day