When we first moved here we were pretty surprised at how dirty everything was. Although there are large numbers of sweepers and cleaners, we wondered if they actually removed the dirt or just moved it around. But then we came to appreciate the massive dust clouds that rise from the constant destruction of nearby apartment blocks:
Some of the dust originates in the nearby mountains. While hiking with some students today, we crossed a dusty road used by construction trucks hauling material into town from a nearby quarry:
The prevailing west winds carry the dust clouds right through our neighborhood, coating everything on our porch and leaking into the apartment. Even with the windows closed during the winter, a week’s worth of indoor accumulation keeps Susan sweeping:
Things are bound to get more interesting as we begin to open our windows with the arrival of warm weather. The laundry hanging on our porch will also gather a bit of the dust, but not as much as these clothes hanging in the midst of a destruction site:
Wow! I bet the people wearing those clothes will have a cloud of dust trailing as they walk…so sad.
aahhhCHOooooo!!!