Yellowdust

       So the weather's starting to get alot better after months of cold harsh weather here in Korea. The sun is shining as you wake up with a smile knowing it's going to be a good day. One problem, yellow dust or "hwangsa". I didn't know what it was until I could actually physically see it, it sucks. Yellow dust comes from the Golbi Desert in Northern China. The intense sandstorms blows east towards South Korea and even towards Japan.

The Yellow dust carries pollutants from industrializing China

that can cause respiratory problems. It's advised to stay indoors when yellow dust get's really bad like this:

   On some days it's even considered hazardous to go outside when it gets really bad. There has been alot of controversy with China opening up alot more nuclear power plants around the Gobi Desert. If one of them explodes its nuclear yellow dust. We'll be wearing gas masks with nuclear protectant suits.

If you really need to go out when the yellow dust is really bad you should invest in a surgical mask that you see people wearing around in Korea. I've never worn one personally but I hear it actually helps.






Heres a video of when it gets really bad: