Another giant dust storm rolls into Phoenix area

[somone]

http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/region_west_valley/glendale/power-outages-reported-as-dust-storm-moves-through-valley

Power restored, pile-ups cleared after massive dust storm hits Valley

GLENDALE, AZ - A giant wall of dust rolled through the Phoenix area on Monday, turning the sky brown, creating dangerous driving conditions and leaving hundreds without power for several hours.

Thousands of Salt River Project customers in Glendale, Phoenix and Mesa were affected by the outages at one point or another Monday evening before crews were able to fully restore power.

The dust wall was about 3,000 feet high and created winds of 25 to 30 mph, with gusts of up to 40 mph, said Austin Jamison, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

The storm also created dangerous driving conditions around our state as visibility was reduced to nearly zero.

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[ixion]

1. That pic could be a shot from the desert sequence scene in 'The Mummy'

:wow:

[MineralMan]

2. The Haboob that Ate Phoenix.

I remember those from my childhood. We got caught in one on a trip to Arizona. It sanded the paint off the edges of the car and ruined the windshield. I guess my dad should have stopped driving at some point.

[phantom power]

3. This dust storm was more average