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Title: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 25, 2009, 07:42:50 PM


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1215443/Australia-dust-storm-sweeps-eastern-coast.html (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?
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: jman on September 25, 2009, 07:43:42 PM
Is this the same Dust Storm that turned Sydney hell red?
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Blasted on September 25, 2009, 07:46:36 PM
 :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: earthboundmisfit on September 25, 2009, 07:47:57 PM


Yup.


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/3945784916_18374b0e8c_b.jpg)


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3681355836_23c0523f97_b.jpg)


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3946155920_67b4196501_b.jpg)


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3945977482_e0f088f4fb_b.jpg)


(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200909/r440748_2126400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748764/Matthew%20Hourn%20bondi-600x400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748411/91026977-600x400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748004/neutral-bay-before-after-600x400.jpg)
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: The_Chosen_One 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.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: jman on September 25, 2009, 08:23:15 PM


Yup.


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/3945784916_18374b0e8c_b.jpg)


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2546/3681355836_23c0523f97_b.jpg)


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3946155920_67b4196501_b.jpg)


(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3945977482_e0f088f4fb_b.jpg)


(http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200909/r440748_2126400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748764/Matthew%20Hourn%20bondi-600x400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748411/91026977-600x400.jpg)


(http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748004/neutral-bay-before-after-600x400.jpg)


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:
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: earthboundmisfit 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:


 :lol: :plus:
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: The_Chosen_One on September 25, 2009, 08:31:43 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdeCxJmcAo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBdeCxJmcAo)

I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Icequeen 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
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: TheoK 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.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on September 25, 2009, 09:16:08 PM


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1215443/Australia-dust-storm-sweeps-eastern-coast.html (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.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: P7PSP 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.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: TheoK on September 25, 2009, 09:38:04 PM
Look here:

Tunguska event (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: renaeden 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.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: earthboundmisfit 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."
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Phlexor on September 25, 2009, 10:58:18 PM
Get your ass to Mars

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Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Mr Smith on September 26, 2009, 12:17:53 AM
Holy shit, WOW!  :zombiefuck:
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: SleepyDragon on September 29, 2009, 10:22:56 PM
Dust-laden skies the colour of pumpkin are not a frequently-occurring phenomenon here. Still, when my husband was urging me to go outside and have a look, my reaction was "Eugh, no thanks." :o The sky returned to its usual blue after a few hours, and then there was a lot of sweeping-up of rust-coloured gritty dust to be done. I'd rather clean up after a dust storm than a bushfire, though.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Untermensch on September 29, 2009, 10:26:43 PM
I am used to the occasional dust storm, although they are a bit of an inconvenience. Especially for example; when your car becomes covered in dust.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: ProfessorFarnsworth on September 29, 2009, 10:43:13 PM
I am used to the occasional dust storm, although they are a bit of an inconvenience. Especially for example; when your car becomes covered in dust.

It's worse when you get rain and a dust storm at the same time, it practically rains specks of mud. We've had that on a few occasions, some recently.
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: Untermensch on September 29, 2009, 10:49:21 PM
I am used to the occasional dust storm, although they are a bit of an inconvenience. Especially for example; when your car becomes covered in dust.

It's worse when you get rain and a dust storm at the same time, it practically rains specks of mud. We've had that on a few occasions, some recently.

True
Title: Re: OZ Dust Storm
Post by: matthe on September 30, 2009, 08:29:16 PM
where i live, we get storms like that every august. not a big deal to me, i kinda like them cause it means rain is coming. sometimes it rains mud sideways with the sun shining.  :zoinks:
(http://img112.echo.cx/img112/2739/duststorm2zb.jpg)
i can imagine that people would think the world was ending there, as ive seen out of towners here flip out about the monsoon storms. i imagine i would think it was pretty lame, if i wasnt used to it.