Haboo

[olllllo]

This compares nothing to the hurricanes going on in the gulf, but I thought I'd share pics of a Mansoon Haboo.

Here you can see the cloud of dust moving in on gusts of up to 60 miles per hour.

And here is the 60 mile clous of dust.

It spanned the valley from Peoria to Ahwatukee.

 

[MikeFlynn74]

60? PFFFFT wait till you visit AK and get 80mph winds when its -10.

That sucks balls.

 

[olllllo]

Got any dust there?
Does it get 110+?

 

[Arneba28]

Cry me a damn river. We dont get the heat, we dont get the bad cold. We have no dust. But who else besides Buffalo can get 3ft of snow in a day and still drive in it.

 

[olllllo]

I guess they have no cameras in Buffalo.

WTF. I guess I'll start a who has the biggest dick contest next for all of you toppers.

 

[Alamo_Beer]

Damn.....that second pic is crazy OllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllO get out your gas masks.... Could be worst though

 

[Arneba28]

The Airport

So yes Pictures, The city stayed open for 3 days, till they realized that the snow wasnt melting.

 

[beerthirty]

Cry me a damn river. We dont get the heat, we dont get the bad cold. We have no dust. But who else besides Buffalo can get 3ft of snow in a day and still drive in it.

Buffalo has hundreds of thousands in snowplows. Unfortunately no one has ever made a dust shield. Inhaling snow is a lot easier than inhaling topsoil.
They close our airport every summer for excessive heat. the planes have no lift to get airborne in high heat.

 

[Arneba28]

Oh Jesus, the crying has started. I love the snow but it sucks when they close stuff for it. I am glad its not sand or dust though. The bad thing about snow is its so heavy. The last storm we had last winter caused a bunch of building collapses. Snow is easy, no eathquakes here, no monsoons, no huricanes, no wild fires.

 

[shecky]

Arguing about who has the worst weather? How provincial. I'll take snow any day (it's just fluffy rain) over dust. Never experienced the dust thing, but I'm guessing it's unpleasant as all hell.

 

[bob1852]

the worst part about the monsoon is you have 3/8" hail for a half hour with wind, rain mixed with hail, and tons of dust, and you call your neighbor a mile away to see how he's handling the storm, and he says: "What storm?"

That's the scary part about monsoons -- extremely powerful, and extremely isolated -- damn microbursts!

 

[Professor Frink]

I'm out visiting the lady in San Diego, and it didn't get sunny until noon today. Noon! That's ridiculous. Of course it was 75 with no humidity

 

[EvilTOJ]

Same up here, Professor! It was awful, being 53 degrees this morning and warming up to a sweltering 78. Terrible.

 

[Apollo]

I've lived in both areas... neither is a big deal to me. For the dust storm I just try and stay inside and make sure the windows are closed and anything light weight is tied down or out of the wind. (Like my windows would be open in the summer time in the first place.)

I must admit I miss the snow... haven't seen real snow in about 10 years. Oh... and the heat SUCKS!!

 

[Loweface]

Ah Ireland... (gotta love it...)

Highest Temp in 30 years? 31.6 C (89F)
Lowest Temp in 30 Years? -11 C (12F)

30 Year Mean Summer Temp (July) 15.7C or 60F
30 Year Mean Winter Temp (Janurary) 5.4C or 42F

Humidity Range 64% to 89%

Data taken from nearest weather station to me...

 

[JustDave]

I've been to Arizona a few times, but fortunately never had to deal with a dust storm.

I'd imagine it would be similar to driving in a blizzard for us? Whiteout conditions and people losing their common sense ...