Yall Ever Seen Anything Like This ?

RadTexan

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• Oct 17, 2011

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Hadnt seen one in a few years,but have seen it before...Wall of dust invaded Lubbock about 5:45 today with 60-70 mph winds...Went from mostly blue skies to almost dark in minuets...Hopefully the news will have some better pics later,but here's of couple of mine and friends....

This series were taken no more that 3-4 minutes apart..Hopefully it will show how fast it was moving..

 

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• Oct 17, 2011

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Thats a dirt storm alright.....and they are playing in it.....LOL

 

RadTexan

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• Oct 17, 2011

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Bonesquat

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• Oct 18, 2011

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Great pics. Looks like your run of the mill dust storm.

 

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• Oct 18, 2011

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It's called a Haboob .. common in deserts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haboob

My friend in Lubbock said the temp dropped 20 degrees in 15 minutes. This is a result of drought and there has not been one like this since the dust bowl days back in the way back when.. 30's I think.

 

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• Oct 18, 2011

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I saw one of those....in the recent Mummy movie!

Bwaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaa!

 

HuntNGold

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• Oct 18, 2011

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Those are some awesome pics. As dry as its been here in Texas I don't doubt it one bit. It was bound to happen sooner or later.

 

RadTexan

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• Oct 18, 2011

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Realtime video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tauoBRoRlzU&feature=player_embedded

 

RaylandRat

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• Oct 18, 2011

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It's been a while since I've seen one. Around here much of the credit goes to the NRCS for the Conservation Reserve Program. Farmland that used to blow like that is back in native grasses.

 

hssea

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• Oct 18, 2011

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Incredible pictures ! Used to live in El Paso , Texas. Remember watching the local weather on TV and they showed the 7 day forecast-- one of the daily weather box was labeled "brown out/flying objects"..haha....only in Texas !!

 

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• Oct 18, 2011

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hssea said:

Incredible pictures ! Used to live in El Paso , Texas. Remember watching the local weather on TV and they showed the 7 day forecast-- one of the daily weather box was labeled "brown out/flying objects"..haha....only in Texas !!

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That is where i live. Never seen one of these before. There was a huge one in Arizona a few months ago.

 

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• Oct 18, 2011

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Freaky

Crazy looking stuff. Theres no big bugs attacking crops or rivers turning red is there ?

 

gemmy1

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• Oct 19, 2011

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Yep Rad, seen plenty of those, and I sure do not miss em. One of the things that always bothered me about living there was the wind and the massive amounts of dust. No home is quite tight enough to escape those storms.