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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 08:21 AM
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Default Dust storm in Phoenix

Gotta admit...this is freaky but kind of cool too...



Story:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/07/06/ari...html?hpt=hp_t2



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http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011...l.of.dust.KNXV
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Old Jul 6, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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It was pretty gnarly!
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Old Jul 23, 2011 | 11:16 PM
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These are becoming almost a weekly occurrence. Worst is when there are no storms afterwards to get the dust out of the air!



Attached pictures of Sky Harbor before the hit, storm travelling northbound. Visibility goes from unlimited to less than 1/4mile in under a minute! Makes for some scary highway driving..
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Old Jul 24, 2011 | 10:26 PM
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Pull way, way, way off the road and sit it out with the a/c on recirculate? Park in the lot and wander around a store for a while? No way is that driving weather.
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Old Jul 26, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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You would think so..

People are dumb though.
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