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markodochartaigh

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14. I remember dust storms from growing up in

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 02:13 PM

Aug 26

Amarillo. The street lights would come on. After the storm some cars wouldn't start because the batteries had shorted out. I wonder if electric cars have problems with the dust.

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Towering wall of dust rolls through metro Phoenix, leaving thousands without power [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 26 OP

OMG!! That is freaky!! riversedge Aug 26 #1

Yes we have a video (s) underpants Aug 26 #8

Thrill of living in the desert. Srkdqltr Aug 26 #2

Awesome images Botany Aug 26 #3

Several pics from the Dust bowl days that look exactly like this. Bengus81 Aug 26 #4

My grandfather farmed in the panhandle during the depression. ananda Aug 26 #10

Dust bowl blues cbabe Aug 26 #5

"A dust storm hit, and it hit like thunder Sequoia Aug 26 #6

Nature will take care of Herself Marthe48 Aug 26 #7

Holy Crap! Bayard Aug 26 #9

I need to call my friends in Phoenix back. OldBaldy1701E Aug 26 #11

Haboobs are becoming a fact of life in the Southwest. n/t TygrBright Aug 26 #12

Oh, goody. A return to the Dust Bowl days of yore. It's just shifted a bit to the west. Texin Aug 26 #13

I remember dust storms from growing up in markodochartaigh Aug 26 #14

It was a classic haboob followed by rain to wash away the dust maspaha Aug 26 #15

I haven't been through one this size. Igel Aug 26 #16