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It snowed pollen here last night (pics)

16 years ago

In 26 years of living here...I've never seen it this bad...last Friday the pollen count was something like 100...yesterday it was over 3000...needless to say this stuff goes everywhere!! I'm praying for a good hard rain tomorrow!

I feel bad cause I had the truck in the garage yesterday detailing the inside so hubster pulled his car outside...hey...maybe if I wash it...that'll bring a nice rain to wash this stuff away!

Know any good raindances?

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Georgysmom
16 years ago
And I thought my place looked bad! Actually, my deck, porch and car look just about as bad as yours. It's awful.
trixietx
16 years ago
My daughter was home this past weekend for Easter and Sunday morning she asked why her car was cover in yellow dust!
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lindyluwho
16 years ago
There is a greenish, yellow haze hang over us. Can't breathe.

Linda
minnie_tx
16 years ago
I believe it almost the same in NE Texas
drewsmaga
16 years ago
We were coated in yellow for WEEKS! Last week the pollen count hit about 8000 pp cm, the highest ever recorded in Houston. It's a bit better this week (more Oak pollen than Pine.) It finally rained this evening & knocked some of it out of the air (we had hail, too. It started pea-sized, ened up marble-sized.) Thank goodness for Zyrtec.
Marcia Thornley
16 years ago
Oh man, just shoot me now! I'd have to lock myself inside for weeks if that happened here! My allergies have never been as bad or as early as this year, but I've never seen anything like this!
ronm80
16 years ago
It is now gone here in south Georgia. It was the worst I can remember.
bulldinkie
16 years ago
When I left for dialysis yesterday it was snowing pink petals.From my weeping cherry.
fran1523
16 years ago
Achoo. I will be that way here in another month
socks
16 years ago
Wow, what a lot of pollen. Allergic people must be suffering. Do you know what trees or plants are releasing all that pollen?
jkayd_il5
16 years ago
I just saw an advertisement that NBC with Brian Williams is going to talk about the pollen tonight on their evening news. We were in southern Mississippi last week and our truck was covered with it. It was falling like a fog in the air. I have a few allergies, didn't know pollen was one of them, but it did bother me a little. I don't know how the severe allergic people could handle it.
janie_ga
16 years ago
Spring 2007 Atlanta has a pollen count just under 6,000! I wore black corduroy pants that day and when I went into the office. I snapped the legs and a cloud of yellow pollen came off- sooooo nasty! I was counting down the days until we moved to WV.
liz
Original Author
16 years ago
The yellow stuff is PINE pollen Socks...it's so big that it's not supposed to bother peeps meaning it can't get up your nose...but it does...I was outside most of the day on Tuesday and felt soooo gritty when I came in...It's like working in a dust field and you know that can't be good for ya!

This morning the count was 5695...it rained just enough to make a yellow mud mess...COME ON RAIN...We need some more to wash this stuff outta the air!!
hgl_gaylemarie
16 years ago
Isn't it aweful. And it's windy today...junk blowing every where. I got my inhaler refilled as everyone is so sick from breathing this junk.

I wish I would have put my outdoor cushions in the garage. They are green.
lydia1959
16 years ago
Not looking forward to that here... we have lots of oak trees.
Another reason to postpone any spring cleaning.

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