Matt Lanza

and things like that.

And you kind of know that as a meteorologist, that that's kind of how hurricanes go.

But to actually experience it, give me a newfound appreciation for what it's like to just kind of sit through it.

And it's a grind, right?

You're just kind of, as soon as you think it's done, you know, another round of gusts come and you're like, oh, here we go again.

It was fascinating in that regard.

It's kind of actually fascinating.

We always think about the storms come off Africa, they go across the ocean, they end up hitting land and all this stuff.

So first off with the dust.

The Sahara Desert in Africa is obviously going to be a massive source of sand, dust, et cetera.

And during usually the early part of hurricane season, June and July, typically what happens is everything flows from like Northern Africa, across the Atlantic, into North America, into South America, all that.

So what happens is you get all this dust from Africa that gets picked up from the Sahara and blown across the ocean and places like Houston, Miami, New Orleans.

During hurricane season, you'll see

frequently just dusty skies.

Like the sky turns like a little bit of like a milky gray color.

And this is all Saharan dust that's been transported halfway around the world.

Yeah, it's fascinating.

And they deal with this a lot in like Puerto Rico and in the Caribbean islands as well.

And what's really cool about it is it's a huge part of the planetary ecosystem.

It ends up helping to enrich soil on this side of the world.