|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Welcome to City-Data.com forum! Make sure to register - it's free and very quick! You have to register before you can post and participate in our discussions with 400,000 other registered members. User profiles and some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your free account you will be able to customize many options, you will have the full access to over 14,000 posts/day about local topics and you will see fewer ads. Within the last few months our forum was cited in an article in 15 newspaper and in a story on AOL's homepage.| Search our forums (advanced): |
 |
|
|
09-11-2008, 08:02 PM
|
|||
|
|||
OH CRAP! Another Storm just BLEW IN!
So, I had to run out and move my car because a huge dumpster in my friends building complex almost blew into my car. The dust storm is pretty cool! And from the looks of it, rain is moving in! The winds are pretty strong here in downtown.
Apparently, the dust storm is moving through the Valley at 60mph, damaging wind gusts are being reported and huge hail has fallen in the SW Valley. It is headed in a E, NE direction. Last edited by fcorrales80; 09-11-2008 at 08:20 PM.. 
|
|
09-11-2008, 08:14 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
6:15 PM here: wind is quite gusty here at Scottsdale Rd/McDowell.
|
|
09-11-2008, 08:20 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
6:19 getting gusts around Kierland. No rain. And I dont see any dust. Just windy windy windy.
|
|
09-11-2008, 08:59 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Huge dust storm over surprise. Reports of zero visibility on I-10
|
|
09-11-2008, 09:01 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Looks like the storm fizzled and died SW of town. Did anyone see the film on CH 12 of the duststorm taken from the News helicopter? They said the dust cloud was 5000 feet high and 60 miles wide!
|
|
09-11-2008, 09:34 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
Still blowing pretty good down here in Casa Grande even now - though much less than earlier - Official high wind gust at our airport was 43 MPH. LOTS of dust for a good hour.....looking at radar I dont see much rain behind it now - unless storms pop up in the instability overnite.
However - now that the dust isnt blowing so much, the temperature is 75 degrees - opened my windows for the first time!!!! Last edited by sh9730; 09-11-2008 at 10:14 PM..
|
|
09-11-2008, 10:43 PM
|
|||
|
|||
|
My first dust storm, seemed pretty cool. I understand it can be pretty dangerous, but it really doesn't seem like its anywhere near as tough to drive in as a blizzard.
|
|
09-12-2008, 05:55 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
The one thing I never would have thought of that makes sense tho is reminding folks in a dust storm if you pull off the road to turn OFF your lights and keep your foot OFF the brake. So that others dont mistakingly "follow you" if visibility is low by following your lights. Following a PARKED vehicle=major accident potential.
|
|
09-12-2008, 08:41 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
I work in the SW valley and live in N Phoenix. I didn't notice the dust rolling in until I got on I10. It was a pretty crazy experience.
Once I was on the 101 you could see the dust to the north...It was kind of like outrunning it LOL. As soon as I got in thee house what was left of it came through. Luckilly I survived my first dust storm experience 
|
|
09-12-2008, 09:31 AM
|
|||
|
|||
|
i drove through a pretty tough pocket on the way home from work - was really bad on the I-10 around 75th ave
i guess out past buckeye the MC 85 was a mess - some major accidents out that way and no visibility
|
|
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com. |
|
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Linear Mode
