As part of the Met Office relocation project (now essentially complete),
art-work is to be commissioned for the HQ building in Exeter.
For more details see:-

http://www.metoffice.com/corporate/relocation/art.html

One of the artists has now been asked to prepare work which is described
under (selective quotes from an e-mail I received from her)

" What I want to make is a large wall mounted cast of a Saharan wind
ripple with a glass box inset into it containing a miniature sand dune
made from the dust which has travelled over 3000 km from North West
Africa and been gathered in and around Bracknell and Exeter ..... I now
know that it is possible to collect a small amount of it and also it is
possible with the help of the forecasters to pinpoint exactly where the
dust has originated from. My plan is to gather as much dust as possible
over the next 6/8 months in and around Bracknell and Exeter. "
What we want is YOUR help in collecting dust samples after any
particular event. For advice on such, see:-

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/booty.w...tm#dustreports

It is obviously going to be difficult to *collect* (we usually wash it
off the cars) sufficient dust/sand, but only _samples_ are required -
not enough to make the entire moulding!
If you do collect same (on a car left out after an event - perhaps swept
carefully into an envelope), then let me know and I'll send you my
address for centrally collecting same:-
my email address is mg.rowleyATntlworld.com ... replace the 'AT' in the
usual way.

Please ensure you note the date and location of the fall - this will be
useful when sorting out which event to credit the deposit to.

Martin.

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