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Title: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: Alpha Mare on July 07, 2011, 10:39:57 AM

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W4Cx44XKZ4[/youtube]

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: Alpha Mare on July 07, 2011, 10:44:31 AM

Another view


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14041973

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: IassaFTots on July 07, 2011, 10:54:28 AM

Wow.

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: CG6468 on July 07, 2011, 11:04:03 AM

Quote from: IassaFTots on July 07, 2011, 10:54:28 AM

Wow.

We went through one of those dust storms on our way out to Tucson. The wind was so strong that it blew the outside rear view mirrors downward. We were dodging tumbleweeds for about 60 miles. Not much fun.

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: thundley4 on July 07, 2011, 11:06:03 AM

A friend on Facebook posted a picture of her car after the storm had passed and it looked like someone had tossed buckets of dust on it.

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: compaqxp on July 08, 2011, 08:25:49 PM

That's quite something. Interesting video too.

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: Evil_Conservative on July 08, 2011, 10:23:38 PM

Those dust storms are intense in Phoenix.  I got caught in one only once.  It was scary because you cannot see a thing.  I thought blizzards were bad, but no, the dust storms are worse.

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: FreeBorn on July 08, 2011, 11:30:12 PM

Quote from: Evil_Conservative on July 08, 2011, 10:23:38 PM

Those dust storms are intense in Phoenix.  I got caught in one only once.  It was scary because you cannot see a thing.  I thought blizzards were bad, but no, the dust storms are worse.

Dat be off da hizzook, yo!
I can't imagine being in the middle of that. We get blizzards up here every winter but no biggie, it melts.
That must be the gift that keeps on giving for months to come. Fouled up central air, pool and hot tub pumps & filters, automotive nightmares, all sorts of headaches.  :???:

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: longview on July 15, 2011, 05:38:21 PM

Wow!  I would hate to be far from home when one of those hit. 

Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm
Post by: debk on July 15, 2011, 06:18:17 PM

I saw this when it was on tv last week.

At first I thought it was an ad for some new disaster movie!!!

Terrifying.