Environment Dept. probes strange precipitation

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SILVER CITY —The New Mexico Environment Department is looking into what caused a strange milky white rain to fall on Grant County Monday.

Area residents noticed the unusual rain as it left white puddles and a white, almost sticky residue everywhere.

"We're trying to determine what caused this event," said Marissa Stone, communication spokeswoman for the New Mexico Environment Department. "We are sending samples to New Mexico Tech and the University of Texas El Paso to be tested." [continued]
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I didn't hear about this and I live in New Mexico...hmmmm and that newspaper is even part of the same chain that mine is, so I'd think that it'd show up here. Anyways, my guess is something from windstorms (New Mexico=very very windy) Maybe gypsum for the White Sands.