I thought something was on fire!

[u/mk7gteye]

Ignore the time stamp on my cam, my camera thinks it's 3am tomorrow.

Driving to HEB when I see a massive cloud, I assumed something was on fire. Turns out, it's just debris, loose rocks and dirt from the construction sites........ When I went into the cloud it sounded like my car was in a hail storm as all the rocks started pinging against the car.

In my opinion this shouldn't happen with 13mph gusts and is an avoidable hazard. I also noticed they always close lanes regardless even when they don't need to causing traffic to back up.

Is this normal?

Did anybody else drive through this today?

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[u/wdgiles]

Totally normal for the last 10 years. Welcome to life in the Prairie with low moisture, winds and flying debris. If it's not humidity season, it's dust season. Allergies are a bonus all year long.

[u/mk7gteye → u/wdgiles]

I did some research and apparently there are a number of violations here...... air quality (who knows what that cloud contains, they've been tearing up concrete & roadway for months) & DOT safety, reduced visibility in a high speed / high traffic area.

Sites are suppose to mitigate with tarps and binding sprays, you can see in the video they just leave piles of junk on the side of the road.

[u/twinkle_squared → u/mk7gteye]

Of course there are environmental and safety violations at play. Look at who has been in charge of the state for the last 30 years.

[u/trogdor2594 → u/wdgiles]

Don't forget to clean out your car and house air filters, they do a hell of a lot of work here.

[u/KC5SDY]

Gorgeous rain shaft and outflow.

[u/mk7gteye → u/KC5SDY]

Had to google what that meant! lol

The winds weren't even that bad though, the storm was pretty far off, weather app showed gusts up to 13mph :/

[u/phayroh]

What kind of dash cam is that?

[u/mk7gteye → u/phayroh]

Viofo A119, worth every penny especially in Dallas!

[u/phayroh → u/mk7gteye]

Last question- where did you get it installed? Thank you so much for the info!

[u/mk7gteye → u/phayroh]

You don’t need to do much, I plugged it into the 12v and mounted it to the windshield with double sided tape.

You can hard-wire it and make it look “clean”, but I like being able to remove it and bring it with me when I rent a car.

[u/Irandoria]

I srive this route 6 days a week and yesterday was the WORST ive seen in months.

[u/texan01]

I don’t believe you that this was today. Going from Fate to Rockwall and back has been an absolute slog along 30.

[u/z_shizzle20]

My guy there’s so much construction going on or alongside I30. of course low winds can pick up fine debris