No smoke, no fire: Caller mistakes pollen blowing off Iowa trees mistaken for fire ...
[CRESTON, Iowa] — A 911 call about a possible grass fire in south-central Iowa turned out to be puffs of pollen. A homeowner ...
So far this year — setting aside the January freezes — our weather has been dominated by breezy, dry cold fronts, each one stirring up cedar, aka Ashe juniper, pollen as it sweeps through. We are in ...