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

Subject: Re: [OM] [IMG] Dust Storm in Tempe, AZ
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:51:56 -0400
Despite the look of my dried out lawn the corn in New York and 
Pennsylvania seems to be in very good shape.

Chuck Norcutt


On 8/11/2012 9:59 PM, Chris Trask wrote:
> 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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