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OZ Dust Storm
« on: September 25, 2009, 07:42:50 PM »


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1215443/Australia-dust-storm-sweeps-eastern-coast.html


Holy shit.


I know we have at least three members in Australia; Phlexor, SleepyDragon and TCO.


Were any of you affected?

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2009, 07:43:42 PM »
Is this the same Dust Storm that turned Sydney hell red?

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2009, 07:46:36 PM »
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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2009, 07:47:57 PM »


Yup.























« Last Edit: September 25, 2009, 07:50:40 PM by earthboundmisfit »

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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2009, 07:51:09 PM »
Didn't get it in Townsville, although Brisbane copped a fair bit. I think Melbourne missed it, but it's been pissing down rain there. Rain and hail predicted for the footy this afternoon, BTW.

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2009, 08:23:15 PM »


Yup.


























I can't help but wonder what the devoted Christians were thinking when they woke up to this.

Oh noes hell is freezing over, Jesus please forgive and don't damn me to eternity!!  :bigcry:

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2009, 08:28:14 PM »


I can't help but wonder what the devoted Christians were thinking when they woke up to this.

Oh noes hell is freezing over, Jesus please forgive and don't damn me to eternity!!  :bigcry:


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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2009, 08:31:43 PM »


I love the smell of napalm in the morning.

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2009, 08:35:56 PM »
Wow, that's awesome.

Not at all fun for those affected I'm sure, but the pictures are surreal.  :o

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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2009, 09:15:22 PM »
Something like that happened in 1908 when the big explosion (probably a comet hitting Earth) happened in Tunguska. The dust blew all the way to London.

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2009, 09:16:08 PM »


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1215443/Australia-dust-storm-sweeps-eastern-coast.html


Holy shit.


I know we have at least three members in Australia; Phlexor, SleepyDragon and TCO.


Were any of you affected?

We've been getting mild dust storms here too up in Northeast Victoria, not anywhere near as severely as Sydney was. However we've had those kind before around here as well, especially during or after a major bushfire.
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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2009, 09:36:23 PM »
That is a very impressive dust cloud. I am happy to be in N. CA right now instead of in that mess.

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2009, 09:38:04 PM »
Look here:

Tunguska event

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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2009, 09:41:29 PM »
GA and I live over the other side of Australia - nothing happens here.

I have never seen anything like those pictures. It can't have been good for anyone to breathe that dust in. I have asthma so I would have stayed inside.

I bet the car wash businesses will be doing a roaring trade now.
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Re: OZ Dust Storm
« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2009, 09:57:16 PM »


GA and I live over the other side of Australia - nothing happens here.


Oh, I didn't realize you and GA were down under as well as Singularity. There are quite a few Australians here.


I have never seen anything like those pictures. It can't have been good for anyone to breathe that dust in. I have asthma so I would have stayed inside.


"Health authorities, meanwhile, have urged people with asthma or breathing difficulties to stay indoors. The official air quality index for New South Wales recorded pollutant levels as high as 4,164 in Sydney. A level above 200 is considered hazardous."