Those people who work in CGI should watch stuff like this, instead of creating sandstorms with faces of dead people or that move at lightspeed. This is far more scary.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/120161/sandstorm_in_iraq/
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I don't think I have ever considered how dark it would get inside one of those. It was BLACK......
I have. Having been in dust storms in southern California, that were almost as bad, you literally could not see the hand in front of your face. Even after almost fifty years, seeing that clip, I got a chill down my back, thinking about those southern California dust storms.
Yea, we have seen some big sandstorms just north of Palm Springs, Ca and NorthWestern Colorado, but nothing that blocked out the sun like in that clip. Awesome ! ! !
Been there and done that. I remember we had one that lasted about two days and it really is black as night inside. That is in addition to sand quickly getting everywhere (it gets everywhere all the time, but faster during the storms).
Want to know what sucks? Having an antenna knocked down during one, then trying to repair it and put it back up.
I can imagine, but of course you would know Andrew. Wild place.
Got one during my hippie days outside Herat in Afghanistan. Even the flies took refuge inside the only cafe for miles around. It was as if the walls were shimmering and alive. Everything outside just . . . disappears.
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