It’s just windy in Central Texas today, with what trees were still clinging to brown leaves losing them over the Rancho. But there are wildfire warnings out because the humidity’s low and the vegetation is dry, and a fire seems to have hit Fort Hood. But it’s worse elsewhere in the state.
"The winds kicked up the dust across North Texas, turning skies brown and cutting visibility to less than a mile in some places. The dust storm extended from Lubbock to North Texas."
Mr. B.’s grandmother called to wish him Happy Birthday, and then told of the dust storm in Fort Worth, so it’s at least that far south of Lubbock. Then a friend told us of some brush fires along Interstate 35 near Buda, south of Austin.
UPDATE Cool North Texas dust storm slideshow, via LCRA’s Bob Rose.
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