Comments on: South Korea Issues Yellow Dust Alert

By: bing a ling

bing a ling — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:00:15 +0000

South Korea is extremely polluted.

Yellow dust is but one of the problems.

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:20:23 +0000

Before I read about it here I already had detected my good buddy Yellow Dust. Should have known, Yellow Dust kicks my ass. It's almost like having a cold. The mucus, the coughing and runny nose etc. Put me down as "anti-yellow dust" please.

By: Teadrinker

Teadrinker — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 19:03:24 +0000

It's been like that ever since I've been here. It usually takes the Korean government and the media a month or two to issue the first warnings, long after the first hints of the yellowish dust has appeared over the horizon.

By: Lemmy

Lemmy — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:28:01 +0000

Lee, be very careful of what you write. The Chinese monitor this site and if you write anything even remotely negative about China you will have 50,000 Chinese students subduing you in order to change your mind. I was in downtown Seoul during the Olympic torch relay. I only saw angry Chinese, it was truly a sea of red Chinese students. Korea, nor anyone else had anything negative to say about them because of the lashing China would give Korea.

Be careful!

(By the way, FREE TIBET!)

By: Lee Key Bum

Lee Key Bum — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:26:27 +0000

I don't know when/where others saw any warning about this latest Yellow Dust storm, but I check all the main English language Korean newspapers everyday, and my wife checks all the Korean language ones, and we saw no warning that this was coming at all (and no follow up since). It was only when I went outside around midnight on Christmas Day and saw my car covered in dirty 'yellow' snow, that I knew something was up. Then I checked the 'Korea Meteorological Association' website and realized something big was up. I think this was the highest level of yellow dust in Seoul this year (over the 1,000 level) and not a peep in the main papers or on TV! Supposedly the warning was issued at 5:00 p.m. the day of…a little late, I'd say. Oh well, nothing new I suppose.

By: JoeC

JoeC — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:09:31 +0000

The same things were done in the American west. Those practices and a severe drought contributed to creating the Dust Bowl in the 1930's.

The problem is not just mineral dust. Micro-organisms are also transported. So, if China has an outbreak of something like hoof and mouth disease or anthrax, the dust may carry it.

By: Retired GI

Retired GI — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:45:52 +0000

All true!

By: Retired GI

Retired GI — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:44:37 +0000

I hope the above does not get edited out because I used the word "master", which indicates another is a "slave".

By: Retired GI

Retired GI — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:41:04 +0000

I don't know tom. Maby Korea just isn't that bright? Maby it is a face saving action. You know how korea is all about how it is "perceived" by the rest of the world. Maby China told Korea to give them money and Korea bowed politely and said "yes Master".

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:12:27 +0000

Why is Korea providing money to China, when China has over $2 trillion in the bank? China should be the ones who should be fixing the problem which is making life miserable for Korea.