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10-23-2002, 07:37 PM
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Dust Storm!
ARGH, its dusty! Really Dusty. Like A dust strorm has taken my entire town over...
Its hot too...
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10-23-2002, 07:40 PM
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hey that's going on here all the time! the desert sand has blown the paint off my car and fogged the headlamps!
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10-23-2002, 07:47 PM
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10-23-2002, 07:48 PM
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lol, i'll just look out the window to see it!
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10-23-2002, 08:16 PM
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Whipped up by wind blowing across drought-ravaged land, the massive dust storm was the worst in about 30 years, weather and environmental experts said.
Tens of millions of tonnes of valuable topsoil were stripped from bone-dry farms.
Senior forecaster at the Queensland Bureau of Meteorology Greg Bond said it was the biggest dust storm he had seen in 30 years on the job and had shown up on satellite photos of the region.
"The satellite images are quite spectacular, I haven't seen anything so dramatic," he said.
The bureau said the dust storm was 1500km long and 400km at its widest, while aircraft pilots said it extended 2500m into the atmosphere. A front stretching from Tasmania to Mt Isa in north-west Queensland was driving the storm through drought-stricken areas of the country, said Professor Grant McTainsh of Brisbane's Griffith University of Environmental Sciences.
He said the strong north-westerly wind moved through western NSW and Queensland, cutting visibility down to only a few hundred metres. Bringelly, south west of Sydney, recorded a reading of 150 micrograms of dust per cubic metre of air while a reading of 116 was taken in north west Sydney.
The Environment Protection Authority said a reading of 50 was considered high
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10-23-2002, 09:30 PM
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take care folks
My best advice.
Don't breathe 
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10-23-2002, 09:48 PM
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no dust down here TBC, in fact its snowing on the mountains 
not too hot, not too cold
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10-23-2002, 10:07 PM
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Lots of dust here too, inside mainly, getting ready to paint a car.Bit on the chilly side also.  Quote: |
A DUST storm so vast it was visible from space
| Dang TBC, I would hate that, in fact I can't even imagine it. YUK!
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10-23-2002, 10:34 PM
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Those things are wild, I'd never seen one before moving here.
The difference here TBC, is that the dirt is RED. It's amazing to see, ...but hard on the car with no garage. Actually I don't think that really is any topsoil here. Been gone for a long time.
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10-24-2002, 12:13 AM
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car cover
nothing like getting your car sandblasted for free daily 
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