I remember watching and reading news reports about it at the time.
According to Google Maps very convenient measurement tool (that I have been hoping for a very long time) I am about 15 miles from the Spokane International Airport where official weather measurements are made.
And something I've been wanting to say. I just cannot see myself being awake for some many days as I remember this time 10 years ago. I was awake for something about 3 days straight. That's a reinforcing reason circling the notion about 6/13/2005. I have no memory of ever staying awake for a period even close to that long of a time. Especially when compounded with some key facts from this time 10 years ago: I had been on a severely restricted food intake for a few weeks before that. I was also probably really dehydrated by that point too.
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http://www.krem.com/story/weather/2015/06/09/milky-february-rain-source-revealed/28748537/
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CBS Spokane
Scientists solve "milky" rain mystery from Feb.
Some speculated it was ash from a volcano in Mexico or from last summer's wildfires. However -- researchers say its actually from the saline of a dry lake bed in Oregon -- almost 500 miles away! KREM
KREM Staff, KREM.com 1 p.m. PDT June 9, 2015
PULLMAN, Wash. - The riddle of the milky rain that pelted parts of the Pacific Northwest on February 6 and stumped meteorologists from Spokane to Atlanta appears to be solved.
A group of scientists at Washington State University reviewed meteorological data and test results from samples taken of the milky-colored substance to rule out the previous three theories –
It was not ash from faraway volcanic eruptions, nor was it ashy debris from 2014's wildfires. It also was not fallout from a Nevada dust storm.
WSU Scientist said on Tuesday that they believe the source was a shallow saline lake in south central Oregon almost 500 miles away.
The test sample's high sodium content, combined with regional wind patterns at that time period, point to a severe dust storm that whipped up sand and soil at Oregon's remote Summer Lake.
WATCH: Mystery dirty rain in Spokane likely from dust storm in NV
Scientists said the particles were carried north by strong southerly winds and then dragged down by a rainstorm over parts of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
"A lot of sodium was in that milky rain. The chemistry is consistent with a saline source from a dry lake bed," explained WSU hydrochemist Kent Keller
Two geologists and an air quality scientist concur.
"At first we suspected it was related to wind erosion of landscapes that had previously burned, but the wind trajectory analyses didn't add up," said Brian Lamb, who runs the university's Laboratory for Atmospheric Research.
Nor did the trajectories add up when traced to two suspected volcanic eruptions that occurred the same week, one in Russia, the other in Mexico, said WSU meteorologist Nic Loyd.
"The strongest upper level winds didn't reach this region on a direct line from Russia or Mexico. Instead, the air flow was locally from the south," he explained.
And that flow arched directly to Summer Lake where, the night before the milky downpour, a dust storm clocking 60 mph winds struck.
"That would have been powerful enough to lift a good-size dust plume," said Loyd.
The resulting rainfall spurred complaints of chalky residue coating windows and vehicles in at least 15 cities, ranging from Richland and Spokane, Wash., to Hermiston, Ore.
http://gateworld.net/universe/s1/transcripts/103.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
SCOTT: She's not gonna have it.
PRIEST: You're certain?
SCOTT: She's sixteen. We barely even know each other.
PRIEST: What are you going to do?
(Matt shakes his head.)
SCOTT: I don't know ... about anything. I thought He was my calling, but now ...
(He shakes his head again, fighting back the tears.)
PRIEST: I am sorry.
SCOTT: Why? I'm the one who's weak. It's my fault.
PRIEST: No, it isn't.
SCOTT: It's not yours.
(The priest turns and looks at him, then dissolves into white sand which quickly whirls away and dissipates. In the desert, the whirly vortex runs up the length of Scott's unconscious body. It swirls just in front of his face for a while, then burrows down into the sand. The sand heaves for a moment and then water bubbles out of it, running into Scott's face and waking him up. He lifts his head and stares at the water in amazement, then gets up onto his hands and knees. He reaches down to the soaked sand and picks up a handful of it, crumbling it between his fingers, then gets up and hurries back to fetch his pack. Getting out the testing equipment, he drops some of the wet sand into the flask, adds more water and then heats it before dropping in some of the red fluid. As he swirls the liquid around, the red colour disappears. He laughs in amazed delight and scrabbles for his radio.)
SCOTT: This is Scott, come in!
(There's no reply.)
SCOTT (into radio): I've found it! I've found the lake bed. I've got the lime!
(Deactivating his radio, he looks at his watch and notes the time with horror.)
SCOTT: Oh my God.
(He activates his radio again.)
SCOTT: If you can hear me, wait! Just wait! I'm coming!
(Pulling out an empty sack from his backpack, he starts shovelling sand into the sack.)
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GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
SCOTT: Are you saying we can use this sand to fix the scrubbers?
WALLACE: That would be convenient!
PALMER: No.
RUSH: Well, it's a fair indication that the components may exist nearby.
PALMER: For the sake of portability and efficiency, I'm hoping to find high concentration granular limestone.
(As she holds the flask up, Rush holds a small torch underneath to heat up the water.)
PALMER: We are looking for the dried lake bed or salt water body all this sand came from.
WALLACE: It's a desert!
PALMER: Lime is formed mostly from the remains of marine organisms.
WALLACE: Oh!
SCOTT: Are you saying there was life here?
RUSH: Not likely anything we've seen before.
(Back at the Gate, Franklin is typing onto a hand-held device from the ship. The Stargate lights up and begins to spin.)
PALMER: Yeah, the water may be gone now but this desert was formed by H2O evaporating on a playa floor
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GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 2
EPISODE NUMBER - 102
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.02.09
BRODY: Are they sending help?
RUSH: No.
CROWD: Why?
RUSH: The only means of dialling this Gate from our galaxy was destroyed in the attack. We're cut off.
SENATOR: I wanna use one of those stones now.
RUSH: I have spoken with General O'Neill.
SENATOR: I am a United States Senator.
RUSH: I explained our situation clearly. In light of my knowledge and experience, he has placed me in charge.
SENATOR: He did what?!
(The crowd murmurs anxiously and indignantly.)
VOICE: How do we know?
RUSH: I have faith in our ability to repair this ship and to work together, but if we're to survive this, we need leadership and a clear chain of command.
WALLACE: We only have a few hours of air left!
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GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
RUSH (angrily): Light years away from the admiring eyes of your father, or your drill sergeant, or whoever's approval it is you so desperately seek ...
(Furious, Greer storms up behind him and kicks him over. Rush scrambles up and spins round to Greer, livid.)
RUSH: How dare you?!
GREER: Get up and move.
SCOTT (oblivious to what's been going on): Hey, d'you see that?
(He turns to the other two who are glaring at each other. Greer goes over to join him.)
GREER: What?
(He follows Scott's gaze across the sand, but the vortex has gone.)
SCOTT: I don't know. Nothin'. Let's move.
http://gateworld.net/universe/s1/transcripts/103.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
DESERT PLANET. Scott trudges on alone across the vast expanse of white sand. After some time, he stops and takes a drink from his canteen, then stares as the vortex appears in front of him. As it hovers over one spot, he walks closer and kneels down near it. He opens his canteen and pours a drop of water onto the sand. The vortex promptly whirls across to that area of sand and hovers over it, absorbing the liquid, before backing away again. Scott looks down at the smoothed-out area where the vortex had been ‘drinking'. Suddenly the sand recedes from that area, revealing the face of a human man staring upwards. The man has a beard, and although the rest of his body is hidden by the sand, he appears to be wearing the white dog collar of a priest or vicar around his neck. Scott recoils in shock and falls backwards. When he sits up, the face has gone. He looks up and sees the vortex moving slowly away from him, as if encouraging him to follow it.
http://gateworld.net/universe/s1/transcripts/103.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
WALLACE: Where's Scott?
RUSH: He's still looking for limestone.
(Eli picks up Franklin's remote, which beeps at him.)
WALLACE: So, it's half-time. We only have six hours ‘til the ship leaves.
(Greer activates his radio.)
GREER (into radio): Lieutenant, this is Greer. Come in.
WALLACE: I hope he's turned back by now.
GREER (into radio): Lieutenant? Come in.
(There's no reply.)
Out in the desert, Scott is still walking along. He looks behind him and finds a man following him. It's the priest whose face he saw buried in the sand. Scott turns away, trying to ignore it as just a hallucination, and sees the vortex whirling away in front of him. The priest is now walking at Scott's side. Scott stops. The priest walks a few paces further, then turns back to him.
PRIEST: You must keep going, my boy. You don't give up.
SCOTT: I don't need you to tell me that.
http://gateworld.net/universe/s1/transcripts/103.shtml
GateWorld
STARGATE UNIVERSE
AIR, PART 3
EPISODE NUMBER - 103
ORIGINAL U.S. AIR DATE - 10.09.09
Out in the desert, Matthew Scott lies unconscious in the sand. Inside his mind, the priest speaks as they sit side by side in the pew at the church.
PRIEST: Do you love her?
SCOTT: She's not gonna have it.
PRIEST: You're certain?
- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 5:56 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Tuesday 09 June 2015
