Sydney Dust Storm

[Mitch.]

Woke up this morning to a bright red sky, thought 'that can't be good'. Turns out to be the worst dust storm in 70 years, pollution levels were off the scale and over 75,000 tonnes of outback dust/dirt blanketed the city and outer regions. Things cleared up by about noon, thanks to strong winds. Very rare sight indeed.

Read the article here and check out some of the shots.

[ShaneG_old]

That reminds me of the end of 'Mad Max : Beyond Thunder Dome'!   :o

Looking at our future right there. 

[Fozzer]

I remember the last time it happened; (dust storm).

It does occur every now and again.

First Wild Fires....now Dust Storms!

Paul.

It's not just California which suffers from Natural Events!.. ...!

That reminds me of the end of 'Mad Max : Beyond Thunder Dome'!   :o

Looking at our future right there. 

It's only 9 years before Los Angeles becomes "Blade Runner"...in 2019.... ...!

... ...!

[Leigh]

haha i thought it was one of the Amazing moments shows.

i was watching one lat night on Fox8 and a dust storm hit Arizona and so on so i thought it was a re-peat

[beaky]

[SubZer0]

OMG

I would have thought the world was ending!

[SeanTK]

I bet that really freaked some people out when they woke up.
Here are more images from the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/8270495.stm

[BFMF]

Hey, that looks a little familiar....

[a1]

Scary. I would not want to be in one of those.

[Fozzer]

Scary. I would not want to be in one of those.

You had something similar to it with the recent LA Wild Fires in San Bernardino and Mount Wilson, Alex....

...lots of dense Smoke!

Paul......!

[an-225]

I woke up at 6:50AM on that day. A bright orange light was shining through the cracks in the blinds. Of course, my first thought was: "The Russians have bombed us, the Russians have bombed us!"

At YSSY, visibility was limited to five metres, apparently. It certainly was limited to 500m (at the most) around my school.

It was nice however, to see the unity that seemed to accompany it. For the whole day, everyone was talking about the weather, and everyone had the exact same experience.

[a1]

Scary. I would not want to be in one of those.

You had something similar to it with the recent LA Wild Fires in San Bernardino and Mount Wilson, Alex....

...lots of dense Smoke!

Paul......!

I don't live that close to the fires so I would not know. Anything that is in the atmosphere and is composed of solid particles us usually bad.