09-16-2013, 03:01 PM | #1 |
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Desert dust storm.
15 minutes after I got back from a ride on Sophia yesterday this brown dark cloud moved up my street and ate the neighborhood.
I was glad to be a Believer because it looked like the Angel Of Death. It has been hot and dry and calm here. No significant rain since last May, so when the wind kicked up (30 MPH on my anerometer) it got pretty gross. These pics were taken in broad daylight. After the dust/windstorm came rain. Today it is cool (70's) and blue and crystal clear outside. Another good day.
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09-16-2013, 03:17 PM | #2 |
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I'll bet you were glad that the rain followed. I bet it knocked the dust down.
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09-16-2013, 03:30 PM | #3 |
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It was nice. Wish the rain was 20 minutes earlier would ahve been much cleaner!
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09-16-2013, 11:50 PM | #4 |
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Egads! That almost looks like the dust falling from Mount Saint Helens!
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09-17-2013, 12:43 PM | #5 |
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It was yucky.
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09-20-2013, 12:08 AM | #6 |
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Wow , how you manage to keep your lawns so green from no rain ???
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09-20-2013, 12:28 AM | #7 |
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That's why God invented irrigation :-). Plenty of water from the canal that runs close to my street. The neighborhood gets its irrigation there. Our drinking water comes from a well. There's water here, including the Columbia River but only 7.5" of rain a year and 3/4 of that comes between November and February.
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09-20-2013, 04:13 AM | #8 |
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Very impressive - You're right Spud look like Mt St Helens - We Watched the news closely when happened, my syster was there just before, in Spokane ( Eastern Washington University )
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