>If a few stray showers fall through the dust layer, he said, it looks like dirt has coated your car. “It’s probably traveled about 3,000 miles; it gets washed out into your car,” he said.

Nature is wild. You can get your car covered in African dust way out in Florida.

These plumes suppress tropical storm formation. They're most welcome. Pity they don't come in the Sep-Oct-Nov time frame.