Saturday, July 21, 2012

Haboob

Haboob:
a thick dust storm or sandstorm that blows in the deserts of North Africa and Arabia or on the plains of India.

This isn't our place, but this is EXACTLY what it looked like!
We just experienced one of these TODAY.  We had just gone in to Michael's, and it was only stormy looking when we went in to the store, but literally 2 minutes after we walked in, we looked outside, and it was pretty much pitch black.  We stayed in the store for another 5 minutes or so, and the dark color went away, but the wind and sand did NOT go away.  

It was crazy, to say the least.  I felt like I was in the movie Mission Impossible 3 when the sand storm happens.  You know how in the movie the sand storm happens in a matter of minutes?  Well, that's exactly how it was here.  

While we were in Michael's, a tree fell on an employee's car (see below).  Sad day for that employee..
 

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