o.k., it's raining dirt in San Antonio.

[Saphire]

There has been a light rain here tonight, and all of the cars are covered in dirt! I've never seen anything like it before. The rain is dirty.

[SPKrazy]

1. we had that the other morning

it happens occasionally but it was dirtier than usual

[From The Ashes]

2. Hi lady of texas...

...That was irritating, for sure. I just washed my car. :grr:

[yellowdogintexas]

3. I have seen that happen a time or two here in Ft Worth. It is very strange. I think

perhaps it is the result of a dust storm merging with a rain storm.

...a little bit of panhandle got mixed in with our wet weather...

[alarimer]

4. Something about Mexican dust

I missed the full explanation.

[Saphire]

5. Yes....that's exactly what it was....it's called a "paster" in West Texas.

a dust storm in Monterrey and smoke from a fire near Mexico City got caught up in our rain showers. Results? Mud rain.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA031908.01B.RainStory.37a06e3.html

Rain that stained is easy to explain

Web Posted: 03/19/2008 12:55 AM CDT

Vincent T. Davis
Express-News

Late rush-hour showers Tuesday brought welcome rain and something else that had residents scratching their heads — a dousing of dirty rain.
Drops of rust-colored rain splattered the city, leaving a grimy stain on clothes and cars that had people wondering, what the heck was going on?

[SammyWinstonJack]

6. Weird wasn't it? Just cleaned up everything out back and now I need too do it again.

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