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Big Wind Today

Kachina624 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:03:02 GMT

In new Mexico, gusts in Albuquerque 60mph, worse in Eastern Plains. We get horrible winds and blowing dust the the Spring. I opened the front door this morning and felt like I might become airborne. Same for tomorrow.

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Desert Lily — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:34:31 GMT

@Kachina624 Do you get dust devils there, too?

Have you seen one or have you ever been caught in one?

We had them in the West. I got caught in a dust devil on my way to my parents' house; I couldn't see a thing. I could hear the gritty sand hitting the car. Scary. It was like a really dense tan fog with big wind, and paper & small weeds were swirling with it.

Years later, I saw one ahead of me on the way home from work. I turned around & we had coffee at Target's Starbucks until it was gone.

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Puzzle Piece — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:39:48 GMT

Scary.

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Susan Louise — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:43:09 GMT

@Kachina624 We currently have 2 weather warnings up for tomorrow here in Lincoln, Nebraska. One is a high wind warning that says gust will be around 70+ miles an hour (near hurricane strength) and a blizzard warning.

Oy.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:45:48 GMT

@Desert Lily. I know you must be familiar with life in the Southwest. I've heard about dust devils but never experienced one. I start sneezing during the big blows and try to stay inside.

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Kachina624 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 00:46:57 GMT

@Susan Louise wrote:
@Kachina624 We currently have 2 weather warnings up for tomorrow here in Lincoln, Nebraska. One is a high wind warning that says gust will be around 70+ miles an hour (near hurricane strength) and a blizzard warning.

Oy.

@Susan Louise. Yes, I heard. Stay inside and safe.

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shoekitty — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:43:37 GMT

Yikes, take care. That sounds just too scary. My granddaughter went through the Santa Ana's at 100mph when she was in college. She tried to make it from class when they started to dorm where they were sequestered for a few days. She was lifted into air for a bit, he friends held her down . They made it barely. But palm trees were uprooted and were in air. It was something else. I think this was in 2008

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Puggywuggy — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 02:37:53 GMT

We get those nasty high winds (the last few days in fact), dust storms that sand blast everything and everyone and dust devils that down utility poles.

My heart goes out to others living in the Southwest Deserts. Plays havoc with allergies, traffic and life in general! Stay safe and indoors if possible everyone. ♥️🙏

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Estellee — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:26:41 GMT

Hope people stay off the road if they can, looks dangerous .It's predicted for us to get quite a bit of wind today in the Southeast.

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Still Raining — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 14:38:55 GMT

Wind sure needs respect. We had a brief event this week that took out my power and about 25 feet of fence. Those limbs are big when they are airborne. Still, more firewood.

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SusieQ_2 — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 20:53:46 GMT

That reminds me of the winds in LA during the huge wildfires recently.

I remember just days afterward the weather was absolutely beautiful without a wisp of wind. A few days later came the rain--the rain that would have been a godsend during the fires.

Mother nature is so unpredictable and not always on our side it seems. I hope everyone stays safe.

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WORKING GAL — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:56:49 GMT

@Kachina624- Is this what they call a haboob?

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Sapphiregal — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 00:52:28 GMT

We had some really strong winds here in Northeast Texas last night.Two huge oak trees in our pasture came down. They had been dying the last couple of years, so, was no surprise.