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It‘s Called ’Haboob’: ‘Howling Winds’ Drive Massive Dust Storm Across Phoenix
- Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:23am by
Scott Baker
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A massive dust storm has swept into the Phoenix area and drastically reduced visibility on highways and roads across much of the valley.
The wall of dust moving from the south descended on the valley on Tuesday night and could be seen from downtown Phoenix. Winds brought in the storm that KSAZ-TV reported to be roughly 50 miles wide.
One Phoenix woman just told us she’s lived here 50 years, and she‘s never seen anything like tonight’s dust wall.
AP
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Comments (150)
Bodine
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 4:13amActually these happen all the time here in Phx during the Monsoon season, I just wish the wind would stop and some actual rain would start falling
Report Post »grimmjsb
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 4:02amThe dust on my car is horrible lol.
Report Post »Country_of_Arizona
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 3:46amPlease, we here in the country of Arizona, do not need any intrusion from your country’s (ObamaLand) military AKA the B_HO Humanitarian Forces (of 20,000—remember the civil defense agency who’d be better armed then the regular military (2008 campaign)), for as we are not a third world country. Unlike ObamaLand, which is rapidly turning its people into forced governmental slavery, by making everyone believe rights and liberty comes from him and not HIM. WE THE PEOPLE of Arizona are made up with a since rugged independence and unwavering compassion for those in need; when faced with natures or “MAN-MADE disasters are quite capable of taking care of our extended family—that’s how we, as citizens, see our identity—not one that comes from a government!!! We have, for more then a hundred+ years had dust storms and yes this was a large one. I contend it’s a result of an overbearing government (ObamaLand), who in the past controlled how our lands were to be managed. We could not do control burns in order to lessen the large fires; those trees keep the lands topsoil from eroding. In California it’s rain and in Arizona it’s wind.
Report Post »Q
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 3:21amThese dust storms are amazing! It’s really breathtaking to see that sky-high wall of dust coming toward you. They are usually followed by a spectacular thunderstorm that settles all the dust back to the ground. It smells wonderful too!
When we were kids my dad always made the storms fun by being excited about them. We lived across the street from the big blue water-tower in Mesa so the lightning would hit it repeatedly. He called the lightning Heavenly Fathers fireworks. Nothing like a storm in the desert!
Report Post »GetUpOnTheWheel
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:59amIt was awesome…I could barely see the outline of my neighbor’s house out the back sliding glass door. I haven’t seen one like this in a loooong time. Just glad I wasn’t driving. Been caught in a few so thick you literally can’t see the car in front of you and have to get way off the road to avoid hitting or getting hit.
My Black lab ran outside to bark at the dust storm (rolling eyes) and comes back in just covered in brown dust. Dogs are funny.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:36amAnd Mossbrain is crazy.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:33amThe sky is falling, the sky is falling! …or something like that.
It‘s all Obamas’ fault.
Seriously though, I hope all of you out there fair well through it. Must be a real mess.
Report Post »ISRAELISOURFRIEND
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:29amI live in Phoenix and survived, this is nothing like the storm of Obama and the Soros DECEPTION.
Report Post »TrueGrit
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 7:24am^Your Flag symbol is displayed backwards…
the Union is always in the upper left corner to the observer.
Just a note:(
Report Post »Have a great day.
kickagrandma
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 7:44am@TRUEGRIT~~~ Your avatar certainly fits this story! : )
Report Post »AmericanSince1619
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:28amAt least the third one in ten years.
The ‘fun’ one, driving in a jeep with the top off, getting pelted with rocks the size of peas. That one had a rainstorm behind it and it started to rain mud.
Report Post »madhornet
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:16amthanks for the laugh mossbrain
Report Post »Gary_K
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:10amDust storm?
I thought it was a stampede of illegals.
Report Post »Fastsam
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 4:37amThat makes sense.
Report Post »50sgrownup
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:37pmA stampede of illegals! That’s hilarious!!!
Report Post »mike1956will
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:53pmGood one! :-)
Report Post »Howardw
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 6:24pmI certainly feel for these folks but I am glad I am not the only one perfectly content to call this a “dust storm” rather than the middle eastern term that sounds like something you cook on a grill.
Report Post »rcw_68
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:00amI just moved to Phoenix a few months back. This was one of the wildest things I’ve ever been through. I keep hearing biggest dust storm in at least 10 years. Car washes are going to be hopping tomorrow.
Report Post »amero
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:00amIm not a prophet at all, but this kind of stuff was to easy to predict. We haven’t even seen the beginning of these storms.I told family members to prepare for the worst storms you’ve ever seen. I live in alabama and this was a couple weeks before the alabama tornadoes. After I seen what happened to my own state, I can’t doubt it. This country, (not us) has turned anti Israel. Pat Robertson said early 2011 maybe earlier, that he sees this country completly annihilated within 2 years, as a vision from GOD. I myself can confirm I don’t see anything other than that happening here within 2 years. GOD is pissed, and even though you may not have voted this nazi into power. Your countryman has, and we as a country have to pay.
Report Post »Gen 12:2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Gen 12:3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 7:02amamero
Report Post »Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:00am
“Im not a prophet at all, but this kind of stuff was to easy to predict… blah,blah, blah”
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Yeah it’s easy to predict because we get them every couple of years here in The Sonoran Desert. Have been for thousands if years. Now the for rest of your analysis… Let’s just say it must be very dark where you have your head stuck up into.
johnprewett
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 5:12amAmen
Report Post »Halo9x
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 11:25amNo, you are not a prophet. We had similar storms like that in El Paso when I was a kid in the 1950s. Its NOT a sign of the end, its just weather! You should also learn to spell. Pat Robertson is hardly a reliable source for much of anything religious or otherwise. Try thinking for yourself.
Report Post »metalcat12497
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:53amI worked in Iraq and experienced sandstorm’s. This is impressive! I was in some pretty nasty ones. It seems to be more common there. This is just a typical cycle that happens in a desert, though in Arizona. It is in a different type of area surrounded by the Rockies and layout of the land. I’ll never forget seeing lightning in an orange wall of sand at sunset. Took 18 q-tips to clean out one ear!. I hope too many people did not spend a lot of money a car detail before this.
Report Post »rikyt74
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:51amMy swimming pool looks like a mud pond! North Phoenix
Report Post »NuffSaid
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:48amThis is a regular menu item for the US men and women serving in the middle east. Thank you for your sacrifices. God Bless Phoenix
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:24pmLots of work for the Pool Guy’s and Car Washes…..if your
Report Post »doing a pool party, might hold off for a day or two ..the only
really bad thing about these things, is being out on the road,
not good, some times quite terrifying..
threedoor
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 12:27amHad one in Baghdad in ‘06 pretty cool
Report Post »Lana40
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:47amI figured they were gonna come soon. Poor Oklahoma has been having over 100 temps and no rain for months now/ Texas. All that area is super dry. Seems the weather pattern of the ‘Dust Bowl’ is coming back around.
Report Post »thecontemporaryphilosopher
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:46amI’ve never quite seen anything like it… The dust was so thick I could not see the huge, bright red neon sign of Sweet Tomatoes literally 30 yards across the street from my home
Report Post »BOUGHT YOUR SILO YET?
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:44amThese events are crazy. I remember my first dust storm in and around Phoenix in 1997. We were at the pool and saw this massive brown cloud just eat up the sky. We made a run for our house but got in the middle before we could get indoors. We also got to experience much worse dust storms while living in Kuwait for two years. Totally paralyzing to say the least. And the mess! OMG! It gets everywhere and into everything.
Report Post »ModerationIsBest
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:37amWe’re use to these dust storms. There won’t be tons of damage.
Report Post »corbecket
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:53amYeah. It ain’t no big thing, those dust storms. Even flying in and out of PHX can be somewhat “challenging” with those about, but it doesn’t happen too often. Best thing to do is hunker down in a nice A/C’d room with good seals on the doors and, when you come out in the morning, it’s all gone.
I‘ll take your word that it hasn’t happened in a while. Ten years ago it seemed to be a fairly normal occurence. Seems like I encountered them about once a year back then. It’s certainly not something to be concerned about, and definitely not an omen of the end times. Oh, and PHX is not the only domestic location that encounters these conditions, so they are not exclusive. I’d much rather deal with a dust storm, than a midwestern thunderstorm.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:34amLet’s see, we had dust storms like this during the Great Depression. We are again in a depression and on the verge of another world war sparking up this time in the Middle East. Seems like history does indeed repeat itself.
Report Post »DaveOregon
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:34amGlobal warming, globals warming!!! Well, obviously, Phoenix is where HS should set up shop as all the Muslim jihadists will be moving there to feel right at home. But really – guess that “retirement” spot just got crossed off the ol’ list!
Report Post »sweathog1948
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:48amare you in oregon? I am in Medford.
Report Post »Hisemiester
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 4:36pmNah, just hot air from Hoary Gore
Report Post »staythecourse
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:33amPerhaps God is trying to get our attention.
Report Post »Dirty Mind Pure Heart
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:37amI doubt that God is sending a message. These things just happen from time to time.
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:03amThese happen all the time in the southwest. Lighten up.
Report Post »5Ludi15
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 8:59pmI had the same thoughts. Between the unbelievable floods and consuming fires makes you wonder
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 10:42pmDo You Think God Might Be trying To Get Our Attention?
Report Post »CatB
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:32amOH my G o d … that is going to leave one big mess. Prayers going out to the people in and around Phoenix.
Report Post »Deuteronomy22
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 6:53amCatB
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:32am
OH my G o d … that is going to leave one big mess. Prayers going out to the people in and around Phoenix.
Prayers? All we need is a broom and a hose. It looks worse than it is. Dusty, windy fog that gets in your eyes, Save the prayers for the tornado, earthquake and hurricane victims.
Report Post »Professional Infidel
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 8:02amhit in palm springs also. car was coated
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 8:03amCatB, no prayers needed and the cleanup won’t be as bad as you think. One good rain will take care of the dust outside and a dusting of the inside of a house and possibly cleaning of the a/c unit outside will take care of everything. In Iraq, we got hit with these things almost weekly. Just stay inside when there is that much dust out, it gets in your eyes and nose. No fun when that happens.
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 12:41pmI’ve been here 50 years also and we “did” used to have them like this occasionally, especially back in the 60′s when there were not so many people here and less pavement and roads. Most of the bad ones formed down toward Eloy, more bare desert down there. Most of us don’t mind them any more than you northern folks mind 20 below in the winter time. I’m a retired pilot and I’ve seen them over 20,000 feet. Just learn how to handle them.
Report Post »BS61
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 12:50amCars were coated in the dust for sure! But no damage. Very profitable for car wash businesses though!
Report Post »saintjock
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 1:30amLive in north west phoenix, was very neat. Been awhile since weve had one like this one.
Report Post »Chuck Biscuits
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:13amMy wife got both of her cars washed today. I told her not to. We live in Scottsdale. Oh well.
Report Post »Kurty C Wipe
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:15amMyself and family were in one 10 miles north of Searchlight NV a few years ago, Harry Reid was blowing so much crap out his mouth, we had to pull over, couldn’t even see the white line in daylight. By far, I mean by far, the scariest shi- this dog has ever been in. Of course, unless we look at this regime in DC, thats even worst.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:55am@ Kurty.C.Wipe……………I had to laugh….that made my day!
Report Post »Marci
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 2:37amLive in Queen Creek (the “south” it was coming in from) and it was amazing to watch. The wind was at some points sustained at over 60 mph. Just a BIG brown mess!
Report Post »B2H
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 6:03amI live in Surprise, AZ, it died right over us dumping all that dirt! This is typical Monsoon weather.
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 8:34amlive in phx..it was really wierd
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 9:10amI saw a dust cloud like that once when I was very young in West Texas. My Mother told me they were common during the Dust Bowl days.
Report Post »MsMonsoon
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 11:20amI remember, here in the southwest, when they were called SCIROCCO, a long used word in Spanish, English and Italian languages, of Greek origin used . Why are they now introducing, of all things, an arabic term.
That’s just idiotic!!!
Report Post »billwill
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 5:20pmHaboob is arabic. Why are meteorologist’s using arabia
Report Post »c to name weather storms? It’s a dust storm. Just say it.
Toastery
Posted on July 6, 2011 at 7:09pmHaboob’s occur in other parts of the world; it’s a Dust Storm in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, and a big one at that!
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on July 7, 2011 at 7:14amThey can call it a “haboob” all they want, I’ll call it what it is, a freakin’ DUST CLOUD! Does everything in this country have to be defined in Arabic terms??? Why, because we have a “Muslim” pres…..I mean REGIME!!!
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