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Tue, Jul 18 2006

A good dusting
Topic: People/Family stories

We just had a summer dust storm blow through, so I grabbed these pictures off of a local tv weather channel to show you.

Out in the desert, the wind kicks up, gathering dust and momentum as it goes and comes over the city of Phoenix like a wall of dust. If you are out in it, you have to take cover or get crusted in dust and it stings! If you're in your car, you usually have to slow to a halt and wait until you can see again to drive. And if the rain comes behind the dust, it makes a muddy mess on your car! Thankfully, dust storms only last about 10-15 minutes as they pass through.

During the last one we had, our neighbor told us he found our table umbrella in his pool. He tossed it back over the fence for us though......and so goes life in the desert.

by crickl at 8:27 PM PDT
Updated: Tue, Jul 18 2006 10:57 PM PDT
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Tue, Jul 18 2006 - 9:52 PM PDT

Name: eph2810
Home Page: http://eph2810.com

Arent' our little dust storms fun...I do not like them very much. I just wish we would get a good rain to clean the air. It is so heavy you can almost slice it.

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Wed, Jul 19 2006 - 9:57 AM PDT

Name: art2/crickl
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Iris, I didn't even know it was coming. Everyone just ran in from the pool with all their stuff in their arms and I heard the wind blowing. lol That was when the neighbor popped up over the fence and told us about our wayward umbrella. He was advising us to take it in!

Arizona adventures....lol
Christie

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