All day long, this March 14 day before the Ides of March, wind has blown, non-stop, at times with hurricane strength blows.
Around 5 this afternoon of the second Friday of the third month of 2025, tired of being housebound, I ventured out into the wind to check the mailbox, and then, if not being too vexed by the gusting wind and the dusty air, continuing on to Walmart.
In the photo documentation we are heading east on Southwest Parkway. As you can see, the outer world looks foggy.
But that is not fog. It is dust. Dirty dust blowing in from who knows where, carrying who knows what. What I do know, is the short time I was out in it was enough time to manage to irritate my eyes, causing excessive blinking.
On the way to Walmart the wind was pushing me from behind. On the way from Walmart I was heading into the wind, which at times made for some unsettling vehicle movements.
I thought, at first, I was having a vehicle malfunction, til I realized the unsettling vehicle movements were being caused by those hurricane strength gusts blowing over 70 miles per hour.
We have another day of this scheduled for tomorrow's Ides of March.
Is this how the infamous Dust Bowl of the 1920s began?
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