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Independence Day Haboob!

Postby Dante » Wed Jul 06, 2011 5:36 pm

Ok, so the aliens arrived a day later then they do in the movie, but we got a really awesome looking Haboob that rolled through the valley yesterday. The wind wasn't too intense, but it certainly looked like the end of the world!

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http://www.scottwoodphotography.com/Weather/2011StormChasing/15913598_nN77g#1370278891_RDCLM67-A-LB

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Postby SincerelyAnomymous » Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:03 pm

Thanks for the find! Oh, and where is this?
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Postby Dante » Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:05 pm

In Phoenix Arizona - I saw this giant thing rolling in from the south as I came home from Kmart and thought 'I hope that is just a dust storm and not an evil hailstorm of death ready to destroy my car'.
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Postby Yuki-Anne » Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:36 pm

HOLY WOW! That... that is crazy weird.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Thu Jul 07, 2011 1:00 am

Wow. That was intense. So what's a Haboob? I thought you just made up a silly name for it. Didn't realise that's what they're called.
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Postby Scarecrow » Thu Jul 07, 2011 3:01 am

I heard about this on another forum and he called it a Haboob too... never heard of that before. Anyway that's pretty amazing!
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Postby Dante » Thu Jul 07, 2011 9:28 am

Yeah Haboob is another word for a big old dust storm. Arabic - but it sounds really silly frankly. XD
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Postby Sheenar » Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:30 am

That's insane! It reminds me of old photos I've seen of the dust storms during the Dust Bowl era.
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Postby Lynna » Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:17 pm

I was camping just past the border(On my way to EllaEdric and TGJesusfreak's ^_^)
There were were fireworks going off every few minutes. It was kind of annoying.
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Postby Dante » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:32 pm

Lynna (post: 1489632) wrote:I was camping just past the border(On my way to EllaEdric and TGJesusfreak's ^_^)
There were were fireworks going off every few minutes. It was kind of annoying.


Is confused - fireworks? border? O_o...
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Postby Lynna » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:46 pm

Dante (post: 1489642) wrote:Is confused - fireworks? border? O_o...


I'm Canadian. I was travelling to the US. I got there just in time for Independance Day.
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Postby Warrior 4 Jesus » Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:50 pm

You might want to visit the Independence Day thread. This one is about the wondrous Haboob.
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Postby Dante » Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:56 am

Warrior 4 Jesus (post: 1489644) wrote:You might want to visit the Independence Day thread. This one is about the wondrous Haboob.


Yep - in this thread we talk about how much we love haboo- wait, I'm not completing that... that sounds... Yeah, here we discuss how much we love 'dust storms'. Ahem, >_>...
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Postby Nate » Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:19 pm

Ha! Boob.
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Postby SSJ3Goku » Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:52 pm

Man, why can't stuff as awesome-looking as that happen here? I don't get to do anything fun. T__T
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Postby Ante Bellum » Fri Jul 08, 2011 6:51 pm

Nate (post: 1489728) wrote:Ha! Boob.


That's what I thought almost immediately after hearing it while watching a time lapse of it on the news.
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Postby junomoule » Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:53 pm

Seems like you're another Phoenician- three cheers for the monsoon season!

Too early in the season for hail problems in the desert, though there are still some cars driving around that look like they may have been carved out of cellulite... but I digress, the haboob was magnificent! It's name sounds ridiculous and royal all at the same time.

Favorite part has got to be all of the sludgy swimming pools and well-dusted parking lots. Vaguely apocalyptic with so many unwashed and totally dusted vehicles parked around- still waiting for some rain to swing by and wash off my car. looks like clear skies tonight, boo.

Glad to hear you were safe though, Dante. c:
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Postby Dante » Sat Jul 09, 2011 4:14 pm

I love the rain ^_^. Of course, that storm last Oct was the worst -

That stated, there are some things I would not do, this is one of them:

http://youtu.be/RW2y76xRaLs

Am I the only one that feels something in the back of my soul scream, "Run. Run in the opposite direction as fast as you humanly can. That thing is going to kill you if you stay here."
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Postby Yuki-Anne » Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:51 pm

Am I the only person thinking about Jafar right now?
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