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mcwright Admin 
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This monster dust storm hit the Phoenix, Arizona metro area Tuesday evening. It was reported to be 60 miles wide and 3,000 feet high. It hit where I live around dusk and the cars on the street are now covered in mud and dirt. Picture below is from local news. Attachment: duststorm.jpg (Downloaded 52 times) |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS 
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That is wild. Saw that on the news last night. I bet that is rather freaky to see it comming right for you. |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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Go full screen. http://youtu.be/8W4Cx44XKZ4 |
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joecb 3T WIS 
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Pretty wild....glad I wasn't there... |
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watchdaddy1 3T WIS 
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I got slammed by this dust storm yesterday on the way home on my Harley, it was F'N EVIL w/ a mind of it's own.... |
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mcwright Admin
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At 11:00 am today, dust has coated everything in the neighborhood. Cars, streets, sidewalks, trees, everything. And, there is still so much dust in the air I can't see the mountains or the city in the distance. |
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Paxman 3T WIS 
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Gee I wonder why all these super storms are happening? DOH!!  That looks nasty, Mike. Stay safe! |
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mcwright Admin
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Understood on the storms. happy1.gif |
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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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It remember me this reportage about historic facts I saw a while ago. Long sand-storms invading some regions of the US many years ago and drying out all life, killing people and animals years after years. They finally understood that intensive deforestation and bush cutting for massive agriculture had builded up this phenomenon... Then they planted bush lines at regular spaces to retain the earth. It worked ofcourse... |
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mcwright Admin
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Hammerfjord wrote: It remember me this reportage about historic facts I saw a while ago. Long sand-storms invading some regions of the US many years ago and drying out all life, killing people and animals years after years. The dust bowl was in the plain states (Oklahoma, Nebraska, etc) in the middle of the US. Southern Arizona is basically a desert with summer temps as high as 120+ (F) degrees. It was 118 F here just last week. It is dry right now and massive fires have been burning in parts of Arizona and neighboring New Mexico for the past month or so. It is now the "rainy or monsoon" season here. If the right conditions exist when it rains, the rain water can evaporate before it hits the ground which cools the air and it can generate strong winds (microbursts in some cases). When it all comes together just right we get a dust storm. There is no shortage of dust in Arizona. Average yearly rainfall here is about 6-7 inches. Visit: http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/07/08/more-on-the-haboob-dust-storm-that-covered-phoenix/ |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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Saw in the news another big one hit. Crazy! |
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mcwright Admin
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Yes, indeed Skip. Our second monster in July. Attachment: dust+storm+arlene+tolleson.jpg (Downloaded 10 times) |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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I would rather deal with snow all winter in Ohio than 1 dust storm in Az.! |
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Skipdawg 3T WIS
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oagaspar wrote: I would rather deal with snow all winter in Ohio than 1 dust storm in Az.! Agree! I've been in one and that was enough. |
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mcwright Admin
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oagaspar wrote: I would rather deal with snow all winter in Ohio than 1 dust storm in Az.! The other 364 days it is sunny!  |
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