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jenny · Senior Moderator Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 5178

Just seen on news site canarias24 that a kalima is heading our way and will be here tomorrow.
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Nice.....

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sunny · Supreme Reefer Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3454

Cheers Jenny Crying or Very sad

jenny · Senior Moderator Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 5178

I didn't make it happen and anyway, it hasn't arrived yet.

Oh, and just to cover my back in case it doesn't arrive: don't believe everything you read in the papers or on the forum Wink

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Dave and Alli

OK Guys! fill us in please - what's a Kalima?

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funky

Its basically a hot wind that blows in from the Sahara and carries a fine sandy dust with it. Temperatures typically rise 10c above normal, and visibility can be so bad it sometimes looks almost like fog. During the last one, I remember wiping off my outdoor table, came indoors for 5 minutes, went back out again, and table was as dusty as before .... Pouty

Now I just get a cleaner in .... Very Happy

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Thanks Jenny.

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Dave and Alli

Right thanks Funky - we were in Fuerteventura a few years ago and the whole Island was covered in this fine dust for the whole time that we were there - must have been a Kalima w guess.

Does it do any damage to cars or just makes then dustier than usual?

Alli and Dave Cool

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jenny · Senior Moderator Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 5178

See this previous thread for some fantastic pictures

http://www.sun4free.com/forum/ftopic2894.html
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karlb

Looks like the Calima is running a wee bit late lol

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Dave and Alli

Blimey! Better pack the goggles and snorkel! Thumbs Down

Great pictures though - thanks for the link Jenny.

Being a London boy I can still remember the Pea soupers of the fifties before the Clean Air Act was introduced.
The fog would fall and the smoke from the chimneys couldn't pass through it and the whole mix became toxic and it would last for days.
Hundreds of people would die mostly of respiratory problems especially the very young and very old.

My mums solution though was to ensure that all five of her children had a knitted balaclava to keep out the smoke!
Nice one Mum - thanks!!! Laughing

Anyone else on the forum from London or other cities and remember this type of thick fog??

Dave and Alli Cool

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sunny · Supreme Reefer Joined: 19 Jun 2006 Posts: 3454

Ha ha Dave and Alli yes I do remember I was brought (dragged lol lol) up in London and I can remember my Mum in all her wisdom had all her five children walking out with silk or polyester (but still an embarrassment) scarfs wrapped around our faces with just our eyes showing. lol lol

Although do remember not being able to see where you were going and coughing like mad. Oh the old days, do not miss them a bit, except for the laughs we had at the time. Coming home to a cold house with paraffin heaters in the hall and the only fire (gas) in the front room. Bloody freezng in bed, where you had ice forming on the inside of the window panes. God do I sound old or what. Well to be honest I suppose I am compared to all the youngsters on the forum lol lol Very Happy

Dave and Alli

Hi Sunny - loved your recent post. God the good old days eh! - we were poor but we were happy!!!

Perhaps we should suggest to Rob that, a bit like the youngsters on the forum, us oldies have our on site so we can reminisce about thick fog, Pussycat Willum, Aunty Muriel and Ollie Owl Laughing

Which part of London are you from??

Dave and Alli Cool

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rob

I've heard of London's Peasoupers but.............. Pussycat Willum, Aunty Muriel and Ollie Owl ??? Shocked

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