An acquaintance captured this dust storm traveling from Phoenix to Tucson

[Ptah]

Friday, September 2, 2022

[calimary]

1. O. M. G. !!!

[rsdsharp]

2. My sister-in-law in Tucson sent a picture similar to the top one yesterday.

[Tumbulu]

3. Wow, what a photo!

That first one should be printed and framed, it is fascinating and beautiful. Kind of like a moon made of dust descending.

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. Technical name for that

is "haboob" but too many people won't use the word because it's Arabic.

[Kali]

6. been called duststorms all my life and I grew up in the area. and I am old.

monsoons were always called summer storms too.

I think people do call them haboobs more now - someone gave me a bumper sticker that says Arizona girls have big haboobs.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

10. I've heard monsoon since I moved here in the 70s

Haboob I started hearing in the late 90s.

[Bristlecone]

13. Grew up in Scotts. myself. Went to U of A and have been in my share of storms

In both places and in between. Was always a dust storm. Haboob came much later. When social media became a thing.

Although the word Haboob, I think, is some old Middle Eastern dust storm word…

[ChazII]

20. Like you, grew up in Scottsdale.

Your post states what I was going to share.

[Ptah]

19. Technical name for that is "nitpick"

[Kali]

5. great shot!

I'm in Tempe right now came up last Thursday the 25th. saw one on the way up and got a picture too, but it wasn't anywhere as good as that one. and of course I don't have access to my photo account until I get home, tomorrow.


why does traffic always jam up at Riggs Road/Queen Creek???? I haven't been back to Tempe in the last ten years when EVERY single time, no matter day, or time that there isn't a huge slow down. and there is never any obvious reason, never a wreck or anything visible to explain it. after you get going again traffic moves faster at rush hour in town. WTF?

[Kablooie]

7. Did he get to meet The Mummy?

[Ptah]

8. The Mummy is about 50 miles past Tucson.

She didn't go that far.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. wow

[SergeStorms]

11. Captured a PHOTO of the dust storm.

I they had captured the dust storn you'd never see or hear from them again.

I'm just a stickler for proper sentence composition. No offense intended.

[Ptah]

12. Ok, you are correct.

[SergeStorms]

14. Sorry about that.

I can't help myself. Sometimes I believe I have OCD about simple things like that. I wish I didn't. Really.

[Ptah]

16. A complete sentence would be "I am sorry about that."

[SergeStorms]

17. 👍

You got me. What can I say? 😉

[Kali]

15. well, if he rolled his window down, he may have captured some of it.

[murielm99]

18. Impressive.

Thanks for posting.