Dust cloud.

Sometime yesterday afternoon the engineering pit was consumed in a fog-like existance that looked like the remanants of a pyro-technics display gone horribly wrong. The dust was such a fine consistancy that it was difficult to breath causing the Irishman to head for the hills and other engineers to gasp for breath wondering if this was truly the end.

Apparently concrete dust was kicked up from the ongoing construction next door and sucked straight through the rickety ventilation system and in to our open area where it was immediately dispersed through our lab equipment. But, a little dust never affected any computer equipment, so the lab managed to stay alive through the ordeal. With IT out on personal leave one disaster was fortunately averted.

I rushed to the end of the street to purchase emergency dust masks only to be faced by the very real possibility that I would never be reimbured for the $5 cost per unit. So, I lingered in Walgreens just long enough to choke down a drink to get the concrete aftertaste out of my mouth and went back in...