Dust Storm

Well this is different. I've seen a lot of weather in my life. -15 in Madison, raining 300 days a year in Belgium, Sunny and nice in Australia, but I don't think I've ever been in a dust storm before. I first noticed something was different when it was surprisingly cool out this morning. I looked out my window and noticed it was cloudy, which is quite a change around here. When I went outside I noticed that it looked sort of like it was foggy except for the huge urge to cough. Actually my throat has been feeling bad for a while now with the dry conditions and the sand all over the place. One of the other foreign teachers, Lake, told me that it was a dust storm not a full blown sand storm and that it was odd since this wasn't the sand storm season. Apparently they can get quite bad around May. Also When I was asking Lake what the weather in the winter was like he said it wasn't that cold, then proceeded to say about -10 Celsius. That seems pretty cold to me. I'm glad I brought my heavy jacket. At least here they have heating in all the classrooms unlike in Changzhou and I think every single room in my apartment has a radiator. I really have come to the edge of the world. I think there should be a sign like, "Here be Dragons," on the maps.