Major cause of dust storms discovered

[JGMotorsport64]

Originally Posted by Potential_Landlord

What about asking the farmers who caused the issue to remedy it?

Because they're long gone. Finding them, suing them and seeking injunctions would cost a lot more then just dealing with it.

Maybe on current farmers forcing compliance, but retroactive liens would be expensive to enforce.

[locolobo13]

I can't see creosote bushes covering enough to stop dust storms. Sure other desert plants will spring up naturally and eventually. But what I think keeps a lot of the sonoran dust from blowing off is because it is baked to a hard pan. That takes time. My understanding about the dust storm in SE AZ was because a farmer recently plowed his field. Loosening the soil. But I don't really know.

IMO This is a problem that won't be solved overnight.

[Renegade007]

The major cause of dust storms: Dust.

[DougStark]

Originally Posted by Renegade007

The major cause of dust storms: Dust.

^^ a brilliant mind.

[DougStark]

I find it odd/ depressing that people aren't more upset about this deadly issue. These damn dust storms happen every year, and local meteorologists report on them like, "oh, isn't that amazing?", or, caution to drivers on I-10. If these meteorologists had any stones, they'd report why all this damn dust is being lifted up in the first place (no, it's not ALL due to severe storm downdrafts. Loosened soil has a LOT to do with it.)

I have one more journalist that I trust and respect. I'm going to write him. I won't waste my time writing to Ducey.

One strategy that would be fun to implement would be to notify new home buyers in Pinal county they are in for horrible, yearly dust storms. That would **** the home developers off so much they'd get the legislature off their fat asses to fix this problem.