[blam]

It's always something. See the highlighted paragraph about SARS near the end of this article.

[BluH2o]

Having sailed portions of the western Med, the Straits of Gibraltar, and south to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, I can assure you sand particles blown up into the atmosphere from the Sahara are a problem if your fastidious about keeping your yacht clean. The dust particles foul winches and blocks leave lines and sails looking a dirty brown color. Just my personal experience with this phenomena.

[blam]

I found this interesting and am wondering why no-one else does. (bump)

[Prince Charles]

Here's one for Ripley's: about 15 years ago a swarm of locusts were deposited in South America (dead) after having been drawn up in a storm from West Africa!