They’re a force of nature, and a deadly one. And summer dust storms aren’t going anywhere. They’re going to get worse.
PICACHO PEAK — It’s a hot and dry May afternoon and just off Interstate 10, on a side road close to Picacho Peak, stands Peter Hyde. His eyes are fixed on a plot of barren land dotted with dying palo verde trees, thin desert shrubs and grasses. And, he says, there aren’t as many as there should be.
A gentle breeze stirs, but it’s not nearly strong enough to dry his sweat-stained shirt or kick up any dust from the brittle brown ground beneath him. If the day were any drier or windier, Hyde wouldn’t want to be anywhere near here.
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