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Re: [OM] [IMG] Dust Storm in Tempe, AZ

Subject: Re: [OM] [IMG] Dust Storm in Tempe, AZ
From: Don Holbrook <donholbrook@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:09:04 +0000 (UTC)
Can't imagine that being healthy.......................

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From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus Discussion Group <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 01:59:03 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: [OM] [IMG] Dust Storm in Tempe, AZ

         We had a dust storm come through here around 5:30 this afternoon.  
We've seen far more of these than average for the past couple of years.  Here's 
two photos taken in the street in front of my home:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7762681252/in/photostream

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7762679580/in/photostream

         For both of these photos I kept the aperture and speed set to what 
would be normal daytime settings so you can see how much the sunlight is masked 
out.  In the second photo, looking west, you can almost see the sun in the 
upper right-hand corner.  Visibility at this point is less than a tenth of a 
mile.

         This storm is actually quite mild.  We had one earlier this year where 
the visibility was down to less than 75 meters and you could only make out the 
outline of the house across the street.  Due to the lack of rain this past year 
(I've only measured 0.50") there is plenty of dry, fine material available for 
events such as this.

         Save your Fritos!  Corn is going to get really expensive.

Chris
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