One look at the local air district monitor readings and you know the wind was blowing crazy on Tuesday.

In Corcoran, the PM-10 monitor -- which measures dust and other small particles -- showed eight times more stuff in the air than on Monday.

The federal standard for PM-10 is 150 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The Corcoran monitor measured 417 Tuesday.

There was no display for Fresno, so I don't know what the reading was here. But Bakersfield was 189.

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has achieved the PM-10 standard. Could this exceedence knock the Valley out of attainment? Not likely. Usually, the high readings are waived if there is a big wind event, as there was Tuesday.