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Phoenix Dust Storm

MaggieToo — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:08:42 GMT

If you want to see more of Phoenix's dust storms, Google Phoenix dust storms and look at the "images'. I guess this was yesterday.

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foundinlv — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:13:49 GMT

I couldn't live in Phoenix because of that. How awful to breathe it or be driving when it hits. Probably many car accidents occur.

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Lotus — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:22:21 GMT

It WAS yesterday.....a friend of mine posted some pics last night and when I asked him if it was close to him, he said "right outside my window, Deb".

I can't imagine going thru that.....I guess it's like a "dry hurricane"????? It looks so scary!!

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Tyak — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 17:41:02 GMT

I live up the road a few hundred miles from Phoenix (Vegas) and we never get anything like that. Aren't those storms called haboobs or something like that? I can't imagine being in one of them but the pictures I've seen sure are amazing. We're also in the desert and I just wonder what it is about Phoenix that they get them and we don't.

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bells4me — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:36:54 GMT

Everytime Phoenix gets an haboob or some rain, it's prime time news.

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azterry! — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:45:44 GMT

I am just a few miles east of Scottsdale and we didn't get the Haboob. It was mainly in the southeast and downtown portion of the Phoenix metro area.

The Haboobs almost always come up from the south. There is a lot of open desert and the very warm air mixes with cooler air producing the swirling winds. I've never seen one come from the north.

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RUKIDDINGME — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:51:20 GMT

That dust combined with 115 degrees is like living on the sun. I hate living here!

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hennypenny — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:54:00 GMT

that looks so scary to me. I have never experienced anything like that. Does the dust come in through the walls and windows?What do you do if you are outside? How much warning do you get?

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MomOf4 — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:56:44 GMT

I was raised in Phoenix (Scottsdale) and we occasional had dust storms not ""Haboobs"". The media likes to make a much bigger deal out of them than they actually are.

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Teacups — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:56:49 GMT

On 7/26/2014 RUKIDDINGME said:
That dust combined with 115 degrees is like living on the sun. I hate living here!

LOL then move.....

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RUKIDDINGME — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:04:52 GMT

On 7/26/2014 AprilFlowers said:
On 7/26/2014 RUKIDDINGME said:
That dust combined with 115 degrees is like living on the sun. I hate living here!

LOL then move.....

Can't, my elderly parents live here and I can't leave until they are gone.

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azterry! — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:05:22 GMT

On 7/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
I was raised in Phoenix (Scottsdale) and we occasional had dust storms not "Haboobs". The media likes to make a much bigger deal out of them than they actually are.

Mom,

The Haboobs are a fairly recent occurrence. They are nothing like the dust storms of years ago. I've been here 40 years and believe me wen I tell you there is a difference. The Haboob is an immense WALL of dust that moves slowly. It might even just sit over an area. One of them hovered over my area a few years ago. You couldn't really feel wind when you went outside, but the dust was so thick I couldn't even see my neighbors houses.

The media has nothing to do with making this phenomenon a big deal

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MomOf4 — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:07:58 GMT

On 7/26/2014 azterry! said:
On 7/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
I was raised in Phoenix (Scottsdale) and we occasional had dust storms not "Haboobs". The media likes to make a much bigger deal out of them than they actually are.

Mom,

The Haboobs are a fairly recent occurrence. They are nothing like the dust storms of years ago. I've been here 40 years and believe me wen I tell you there is a difference. The Haboob is an immense WALL of dust that moves slowly. It might even just sit over an area. One of them hovered over my area a few years ago. You couldn't really feel wind when you went outside, but the dust was so thick I couldn't even see my neighbors houses.

The media has nothing to do with making this phenomenon a big deal

Wow Terry, thanks for the info!!

P.S. I have a daughter named Terry!!

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Lotus — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:10:52 GMT

On 7/26/2014 hennypenny said:
that looks so scary to me. I have never experienced anything like that. Does the dust come in through the walls and windows?What do you do if you are outside? How much warning do you get?

Me: Wow.....what do you have to do to prepare for this? Does the sand get into the house? AC unit? Car motor? Etc?

Him: the car engine gets a little dusty, you change the filters for the AC often and no it doesn't get in the house. no preparation for it, it comes suddenly but you get a little warning from the news.

Me: How often does it happen?

Him: it happens more during what they call "Monsoon Season" heat of the summer....

Someone else: they mentioned on the morning news that we'd probably get some blowing dust, and we only got a light shower this time. monsoons are equal to the hurricane season on the East Coast (June 15-Sep 15). The high wind usually comes first and then storm comes through but it only lasts for less than an hour, if that. We get 2/3 of our rain for the year during these few months. Some years we get pounded, other's we get very little at all. This is only the 2nd time we've had rain here in the East Valley in over 3 months.

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azterry! — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:16:12 GMT

On 7/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
On 7/26/2014 azterry! said:
On 7/26/2014 MomOf4 said:
I was raised in Phoenix (Scottsdale) and we occasional had dust storms not "Haboobs". The media likes to make a much bigger deal out of them than they actually are.

Mom,

The Haboobs are a fairly recent occurrence. They are nothing like the dust storms of years ago. I've been here 40 years and believe me wen I tell you there is a difference. The Haboob is an immense WALL of dust that moves slowly. It might even just sit over an area. One of them hovered over my area a few years ago. You couldn't really feel wind when you went outside, but the dust was so thick I couldn't even see my neighbors houses.

The media has nothing to do with making this phenomenon a big deal

Wow Terry, thanks for the info!!

P.S. I have a daughter named Terry!!

cool! It's a name you don't hear that much these days. Is she a Theresa or Therese too?

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Lotus — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:16:53 GMT

Hi Terry !!!!

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azterry! — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:17:57 GMT

On 7/26/2014 Lotus~ said:
Hi Terry !!!!

Hi Lotus!

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Teacups — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:19:08 GMT

The thing is very overblown. Ruki I lived there taking care of my parents...you are so good to do that. I loved it there.

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azterry! — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:22:43 GMT

On 7/26/2014 AprilFlowers said:
The thing is very overblown. Ruki I lived there taking care of my parents...you are so good to do that. I loved it there.

No. It's not "overblown".

See my post to Momof4 above.

It's nothing like you've ever seen before. The dust the Haboob brings in is reddish in color. When the one sat over my house for about an hour, the air was as red as if there was a fire. I had red dust coating my trees, rocks, patio furniture and roof the next morning. it looked like a moonscape. Nothing like a regular dust storm.

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sunala — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 19:23:06 GMT

On 7/26/2014 AprilFlowers said:
The thing is very overblown. Ruki I lived there taking care of my parents...you are so good to do that. I loved it there.

I've never seen anything like this before. If it's overblown, what is that photo showing? Do you think it's photoshopped?

It looks like something out a sci-fi movie!