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Title: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 10:21:56 am: Any of you AZ people get caught in this? Luckily I was home at the time, took these pictures from my back yard, and then ran in...

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=103207.0;attach=169206;image)

(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=103207.0;attach=169208;image)
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: Ginsu Victim on July 06, 2011, 11:30:51 am: Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that's freaky.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: Donkbaca on July 06, 2011, 11:31:39 am: Is that one of those rapture things people are all concerned about?
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 11:41:05 am: Quote from: Ginsu Victim on July 06, 2011, 11:30:51 am
Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- that's freaky.

About a minute after I took these pictures, it was pitch black out.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: yotsuya on July 06, 2011, 11:54:40 am: We didn't really get any of that where I live (Central Phoenix)
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: wp34 on July 06, 2011, 11:55:31 am: Any damage to your house?
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 11:58:25 am: Quote from: wp34 on July 06, 2011, 11:55:31 am
Any damage to your house?

Nah... knocked over the trashcans, dumped dust & debris in the pool, but that was it. Everything outside is covered with a layer of brown dust.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 12:11:04 pm: Take a look at the video on CNN: :D

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/06/arizona.dust.storm/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1 (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/06/arizona.dust.storm/index.html?hpt=hp_bn1)
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: RayB on July 06, 2011, 01:53:54 pm: How frequently does this sort of thing happen?
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 01:56:20 pm: Quote from: RayB on July 06, 2011, 01:53:54 pm
How frequently does this sort of thing happen?

Usually get a few dust storms a year, but I've never seen one this size before.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: RayB on July 06, 2011, 01:58:25 pm: They call it a haboob! :lol
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 06, 2011, 02:09:03 pm: Quote from: RayB on July 06, 2011, 01:58:25 pm
They call it a haboob! :lol

Hehe, yeah... ;D
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: Zero_Hour on July 07, 2011, 12:03:20 am: I was in Tempe last night, and there were a few intermittent power outages during the actual storm, the dust hung in the air for over an hour. Ive never seen so many dirty cars in this town at one time.
I've been in a few zero visibility dust storms in NM, between Albuquerque and Gallup, but they usually are pretty short in duration, and nowhere near as large.. This was definitely something new for me after 11 years in the desert.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: Kevin Mullins on July 08, 2011, 10:37:31 am: Wow.
I remember many "dust storms" as a kid living out that way, but never anything of that size.
Title: Re: Phoenix Dust Storm...
Post by: HaRuMaN on July 08, 2011, 10:38:39 am: Quote from: Kevin Mullins on July 08, 2011, 10:37:31 am
Wow.
I remember many "dust storms" as a kid living out that way, but never anything of that size.

Yeah, a lot of the people who I work with have been here 30+ years, and they say this is the biggest they've seen...