﻿Winchell 
  and 
  Miller— 
  Dust 
  fall 
  of 
  March, 
  1918. 
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  Art 
  VII. 
  — 
  Further 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Dust 
  fall 
  of 
  March 
  9, 
  

   1918; 
  by 
  A. 
  N. 
  "Winchell 
  and 
  E. 
  R. 
  Miller. 
  

  

  Eeplies 
  to 
  an 
  inquiry 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Section 
  Direc- 
  

   tors 
  of 
  the 
  Climatological 
  Service 
  of 
  the 
  "Weather 
  Bureau 
  

   in 
  the 
  following 
  states 
  were 
  uniformly 
  to 
  the 
  effect 
  that 
  

   none 
  of 
  their 
  cooperative 
  observers 
  reported 
  dustfalls 
  

   in 
  the 
  storm 
  of 
  March 
  7-11, 
  1918, 
  viz. 
  : 
  Colorado, 
  Idaho, 
  

   Illinois, 
  Indiana, 
  Iowa, 
  Kansas, 
  Michigan, 
  Minnesota, 
  

   Montana, 
  Nebraska, 
  New 
  York, 
  North 
  Dakota, 
  Pennsyl- 
  

   vania, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  Utah, 
  "Wyoming. 
  

  

  The 
  Section 
  Director 
  for 
  "Wisconsin 
  reports 
  that 
  "none 
  

   of 
  the 
  observers 
  mention 
  the 
  phenomenon 
  in 
  any 
  way. 
  

   Someone, 
  I 
  can 
  not 
  remember 
  whom, 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  after 
  

   that 
  snow 
  melted 
  he 
  found 
  his 
  front 
  porch 
  covered 
  with 
  

   red 
  sand 
  or 
  soil." 
  

  

  The 
  Section 
  Director 
  for 
  Ohio 
  reports 
  the 
  following 
  

   notes 
  by 
  cooperative 
  observers: 
  

  

  Tiffin, 
  Seneca 
  Co., 
  March 
  12, 
  Sun 
  very 
  red 
  all 
  day. 
  

   Wauseon, 
  Fulton 
  Co., 
  March 
  12, 
  very 
  hazy 
  and 
  smoky. 
  

   Pataskala, 
  Licking 
  Co., 
  March 
  12, 
  very 
  smoky. 
  

   Plattsburg, 
  Clark 
  Co., 
  very 
  dark 
  sky 
  on 
  12th. 
  

   Wilmington, 
  Clinton 
  Co., 
  March 
  12th, 
  heavy 
  smoke 
  or 
  hazy 
  all 
  

   day. 
  

  

  At 
  his 
  own 
  station, 
  Columbus, 
  on 
  March 
  12th, 
  "A 
  peculiar 
  

   reddish 
  deposit 
  was 
  observed 
  this 
  morning 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  and 
  

   northern 
  parts 
  of 
  Columbus. 
  It 
  apparently 
  came 
  down 
  with 
  the 
  

   rain 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  morning, 
  and 
  when 
  the 
  moisture 
  evaporated 
  it 
  

   was 
  quite 
  evident 
  on 
  the 
  windows 
  of 
  the 
  buildings, 
  and 
  parts 
  

   painted 
  a 
  light 
  color. 
  ' 
  ' 
  

  

  The 
  Section 
  Director 
  for 
  New 
  England 
  reports 
  the 
  

   following 
  notes 
  by 
  cooperative 
  observers 
  : 
  

  

  Alstead 
  Center, 
  N. 
  EL, 
  March 
  14, 
  1918. 
  "Sleet 
  and 
  rain 
  

   mixed, 
  making 
  a 
  crust 
  about 
  % 
  inch. 
  In 
  the 
  morning 
  it 
  was 
  of 
  

   a 
  reddish 
  brown 
  color 
  and 
  confined 
  to 
  the 
  crust. 
  On 
  melting 
  

   in 
  white 
  dish 
  it 
  left 
  a 
  sediment 
  that 
  was 
  too 
  fine 
  to 
  catch 
  in 
  

   cotton 
  cloth, 
  and 
  was 
  without 
  grit, 
  and 
  felt 
  smooth 
  and 
  oily. 
  

   It 
  covered 
  seven 
  miles 
  square." 
  

  

  Woodstock, 
  Vt., 
  March 
  14, 
  1918. 
  "Snow 
  was 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   pink." 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  publication 
  of 
  the 
  October 
  number 
  of 
  this 
  

   Journal 
  a 
  sample 
  of 
  dust 
  has 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Prof. 
  

  

  Am. 
  Jour. 
  Sci.— 
  Fourth 
  Series, 
  Vol. 
  XLVII, 
  No. 
  278.— 
  February, 
  1919. 
  

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