Gin dust is nasty, nasty stuff. It is worse for your lungs than cigarette smoke. 120 miles south of here; that would be the Midland-Odessa area. I lived in midland for a year while working as an intern at the CAF.
I live in Odessa and work in Midland at the mall. I love watching the CAF do their thing in October. God keep the ones who were killed recently on the east coast (forgive me, I can't remember exactly where they were.)
I have a few "dust" related allergies here (who doesn't! LOL) but the gins still bother me whenever I visit up there. And don't even ask me to come in the spring when the sandstorms start for real. Yuk!