2001年2月11日,撒哈拉沙漠爆发巨大尘雾,尘雾继而北上,越过大西洋,两天后抵达英国。几天过后,英国各地纷纷出现口蹄疫。口蹄疫是一种家畜病毒病,人们有时候容易将它与疯牛病混淆。而据英国《BBC新闻》报道,佛罗里达州圣匹兹堡美国地质勘测局(USGeologicai Survey)的EugeneShinn则认为这两者之间存在着明显的关联。 On February 11, 2001, a huge dust cloud broke out in the Sahara Desert, and the dust fog went northward across the Atlantic and arrived in Britain two days later. A few days later, there have been foot-and-mouth disease in various parts of the country. Foot-and-mouth disease is a livestock virus disease that is sometimes confused with mad cow disease. According to the British “BBC News,” Eugene Shinn, of the US Geological Survey of St. Pittsburgh, Fla., Thinks there is a clear correlation between the two.