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YA!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously have never seen anything like that. I drove to work in that crap! I took Shannons car though 
Im such a dick 
. Cops were everywhere, crap all over the roads, and her little car was getting blown around like a grocery bag. I could see about 5 car lengths in front of me at most
Im such a dick . Cops were everywhere, crap all over the roads, and her little car was getting blown around like a grocery bag. I could see about 5 car lengths in front of me at most
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Originally Posted by boomster
YA!!!!!!!!!!!! I seriously have never seen anything like that. I drove to work in that crap! I took Shannons car though Im such a dick . Cops were everywhere, crap all over the roads, and her little car was getting blown around like a grocery bag. I could see about 5 car lengths in front of me at most
Im such a dick . Cops were everywhere, crap all over the roads, and her little car was getting blown around like a grocery bag. I could see about 5 car lengths in front of me at most Sure leave your car at home and take hers..... What a guy.... I've driven in a few dust storms in the past....One was pobably about 2 years ago and it was during the day and you couldn't see but about 3 car lengths in front of you. Kind of reminded me of some serous Fog back in Cali that I've driven in before...... Still kind of crazy.....On another note I had some one tell me that those big walls of dust are called a Habib's....
Not sure if its true but I just did a search and found this on http://phoenix.about.com/cs/weather/a/monsoon01.htm
What is the Arizona Monsoon?
In Arizona, as in other regions of the world including India and Thailand, we experience a monsoon, a season of high temperatures, high winds, and high moisture, resulting in potentially deadly weather.
The term "monsoon" comes from the Arabic "mausim" meaning "season" or "wind shift."
So maybe thats why someone told me that they call those big wall of dust habib's
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it's actually called a haboob. The ones we get are pretty impressive, but I'd hate to see a real one in the Sahara
from http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll1...st.haboob.html
from http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll1...st.haboob.html
The name Haboob is the rooted from the Arabic word "phenomena". This form of monsoon occurs from May until September. It's a dust storm moving at a maximum speed of 80kph (50mph), the average speed is 50kph (30mph). The storm can reach up to heights of 3000 feet. They last about three hours, in which they change the desert landscape.
The Haboob wind is caused by thunderclouds in a final phase. Downdrafts in a thunderstorm causes gust fronts, descending air hitting the grond and picking up large amounts of dust. The force moves the dust from above.
The Haboob wind is caused by thunderclouds in a final phase. Downdrafts in a thunderstorm causes gust fronts, descending air hitting the grond and picking up large amounts of dust. The force moves the dust from above.
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we got hit pretty hard at the airport this morning... grounded ALL flight coming in and going out...definatly sucked... being stuck there till 1a.m. with all kinds off stupid passengers!
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