Dry dust whips into the air and is carried across the earth. Sand bits lodge themselves into machinery, blow under doors, beneath window cracks, into homes. Grainy pieces sting the eyes and cheeks, while winds create monstrous sand storms. To find out the history of dust storms and how they affect you, keep reading!

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Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/windstorms/index.shtml [ w i n d s t o r m s   :   i n t r o d u c t i o n ]

Dry dust whips into the air and is carried across the earth. Sand bits lodge themselves into machinery, blow under doors, beneath window cracks, into homes. Grainy pieces sting the eyes and cheeks, while winds create monstrous sand storms. To find out the history of dust storms and how they affect you, keep reading!

[ back to graphics version ]

Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/windstorms/index.shtml