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Old 23-09-2009, 05:49 AM   #1
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Is this Sydney or Cairo... Dust STORM... WTF

Couldnt work out why i woke up with my sinus's going crazy, then i walked outside.

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Old 23-09-2009, 06:13 AM   #2
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Crazy isn't it. I'm in the mountains and thru the trees looks like fog but it's dust....everything is yellow/brown.
Took some photos with and without the flash...the flash picked up all the dust particles in the air
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Old 23-09-2009, 06:16 AM   #3
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Been up for around an hour. When I went to flick the jug on for a coffee I could see a hint of red. As it has got lighter it is like Mars. My first thought, from where I live is there is a fire close by.

I took some snaps this morning. I will download them and put them up.

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Old 23-09-2009, 06:19 AM   #4
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Just came in from the street after taking pics. Most amazing / eerie sight I have seen in a while!

I thought there was a fire close by.

I hear they have just closed the M5 from the dust in the tunnel! Bygger I better get going, I use the M5 to get to work...

Will post pics later.

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Old 23-09-2009, 07:12 AM   #5
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Wow how bizarre that must be to walk out into.
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Old 23-09-2009, 07:21 AM   #6
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Its amazing, visilbility is 50 to 100m here..
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Old 23-09-2009, 07:22 AM   #7
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At my place:




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Old 23-09-2009, 07:24 AM   #8
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Nice, sucked in :P that was us yesterday, accept we had rain with it, so all our cars had red spots all over them!
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Old 23-09-2009, 07:46 AM   #9
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It looks like total recall.

Not expected to ebate until this evening either.
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:00 AM   #10
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crazy as that red, i am up in Coffs , and its all dusty and yellow this morning
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:28 AM   #11
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We got that (Wagga) yesterday, last night very strong wind and even some small hail. Not fun when I have about 4 spider sprays booked in today!
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Old 23-09-2009, 08:56 AM   #12
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Beautiful cool Mars day here in the Hunter Valley, with a weird smell in my nose.
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:19 AM   #13
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insane weather here. hate the damn dust though - my heads all clogged up. ill post up some pics later
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:23 AM   #14
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Unbelievably dusty here. Visibility is under 30m. And everything is absolutely covered in red. Only just washed and polished the car on sunday too :-(

Roads are bloody slippery from the mud too
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Old 23-09-2009, 09:51 AM   #15
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I woke up this morning, and thought I was in the desert. lol

Glad my car is under cover.
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:27 AM   #16
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Pfff, thats not dust, this is dust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlD22HwPvI (Broken Hill yesterday arvo)
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:36 AM   #17
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Nice, sucked in :P that was us yesterday, accept we had rain with it, so all our cars had red spots all over them!
Yeah, sucked in!!! I had to LOL at my friends on facebook. But we got it first before them - D'oh! Even though, my new fiesta which is only more than two weeks old, had its first dust bath! :P
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:40 AM   #18
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Its very wide spred. I'm in the upper hunter NSW and it red red red all over.
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:45 AM   #19
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Im in Brisbane and it looks like we will get some sort of dust storm by thisarvo!
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Pfff, thats not dust, this is dust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlD22HwPvI (Broken Hill yesterday arvo)

That's insane, i cant belive how black it goe's in the Vid...

It's real windy up here (Bris) apparently it's coming through to say hi...lol
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Old 23-09-2009, 10:47 AM   #21
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That is strange, I heard it on the radio this morning. Where did it originate?
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Incredible waking up to the red glow this morning. I've driven through dust storms before but never seen anything quite like this. Unfortunately i'm going to be wasking dust out of every tiny gap in the ute for weeks.



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That is strange, I heard it on the radio this morning. Where did it originate?
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Probably some blokes in utes doing circles in a paddock!
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Ah hill billies

Probably some blokes in utes doing circles in a paddock!
Yeah, yeah - that'd be awesome watching the dust coming out of the wheels!
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Old 23-09-2009, 11:13 AM   #26
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Apprently it has made it's way up to Brisbane now!
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Its terrible out there!

This will be doing wonders for the pollen filter lol
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Theres gonna be a lot of busy car wash places!!
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Apprently it has made it's way up to Brisbane now!
Yep it's here...I'm in The Gap over looking Mt Cootha... As you can see No mountain.....lol
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Old 23-09-2009, 11:49 AM   #30
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Went and had a look around where i am (between syd & bris), not as bad as Sydney, or BH

This is Woolgoolga Headland, looking back on the town, and normally rolling hills in the background


Nice Blue sun light hitting the filthy GT


Coffs Harbour Jetty, you can normally see hills for ages in the background
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