The fuzzy storms when blows in two town of Texas Gulf Coast , coats the lawns, vehicles and traffic lights with red colored dust, being generated by metal plants in surrounding areas.

The waste generated during the manufacturing of aluminum from alumina is causing potential threat to environment.

In Hungary the waste generated during and after processing of alumina is packed with zinc, iron and caustic mercury soda and is stored in reservoirs in the form of mud but contrary to this, in U. S. the waste is stored in the form of dried mud, which latter turns into red dust.

Sam Mannan, a chemical engineer and director of the Process Safety Center at Texas A&M University in College Station said, "Chemicals are a necessity in terms of development."

Pittsburgh-based Alcoa has invested $100 million for the cleaning of the bay. It has removed 200,000 cubic yards of contaminated sand and has stored it into a manmade land mass, Dredge Island, of 400-acres in the bay.

Alcoa has dominated the life of the people in Point Comfort as almost everyone, may be once but has worked in Alcoa. The company used to provide fresh paint on the vehicles when the paint gets tarnished due to red dust.

From 2005 and 2009, Alcoa has been fined $152,111 by Texas regulators for 27 violations. Sherwin Alumina has been fined $48,000 for 12 violations during the same period while Louisiana regulators had imposed fine of $27,000 just for single violation by Gramercy plants.