Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1230 on: March 14, 2026, 08:43:40 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
@suzukir122 : My younger brother wound up in a duststorm years ago in Arizona . He has photos from inside his car . It wound up completely black for a minute or 2 !
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1231 on: March 14, 2026, 09:03:33 PM » Author: suzukir122
@wide-lite 1000, @xmaslightguy, I do wonder if this level of dust storm is what @dor123 may be experiencing in areas nearby him? Sounds dangerous... and since I've got severe asthmatic symptoms that develop when it gets too dusty, I think I'll pass in terms of any of that! One thing I forgot to mention in my last post is the recent wind storm we had... it was sunny out, but the wind gusts kicked up to apparently close to 70mph at times here. I could actually hear my loft taking a lot of wind upstairs.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1232 on: March 14, 2026, 09:06:39 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
My crappy house was making all sorts of weird noises yesterday !
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1233 on: March 14, 2026, 10:49:16 PM » Author: dor123
It was a sandstorm, not a dust storm, because the color of the sky was brown, not gray. The wind speed was close to 100km/h.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1234 on: March 14, 2026, 11:19:48 PM » Author: suzukir122
Ahh... sandstorm... I imagine that's even worse on the lungs compared to dust storms.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1235 on: March 14, 2026, 11:39:39 PM » Author: wide-lite 1000
I'd guess both would equally suck !   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYujZcOiM8
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1236 on: March 14, 2026, 11:57:42 PM » Author: suzukir122
Yeah driving in either one would probably be a complete nightmare. Especially if there's an embedded severe thunderstorm in it.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1237 on: March 15, 2026, 12:06:45 AM » Author: dor123
https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1vm4c11911x
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1238 on: March 15, 2026, 12:30:12 AM » Author: suzukir122
That's interesting... does it not hurt to breathe in sandstorms? Seems like the people in each video are handling it better than I thought they would.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1239 on: March 15, 2026, 11:51:51 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Quote from: dor123 It was a sandstorm, not a dust storm, because the color of the sky was brown, not gray. The sky will turn brown or red-ish(depending on type of soil in the area) in a dust storm too.. The difference between the two isnt the color! its about whats in the location and the particle size kicked up by the wind. A sandstorm is sand -larger particles kicked up, where a dust-storm is actually dirt/soil(rather than 'dust', it could truly be called a 'dirt-storm') -smaller/fine particles kicked up. Quote from: suzukir122 does it not hurt to breathe in sandstorms?  Either one (sand or dust) can be bad or even dangerous to breathe in. Quote from: suzukir122 Yeah driving in either one would probably be a complete nightmare. Especially if there's an embedded severe thunderstorm in it. Driving in one is not something you want to do... If you get caught in one what you want to do is not drive, but pull completely off the highway(if its one where you can), turn off your lights (including blinkers), and turn off your car too(that dust/sand can damage the engine! (same and to an even worse extent for a plane - don't fly through one)) Infact when they issue a dust-storm warning (part of the actual text from one below (this from Wyoming - wording will vary some by location, but basic message is the same)), it specifically says to avoid them or pull off the road.: Quote PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE! There is no safe place on a highway when a dust storm hits. Visibility can be lost immediately, making it difficult or impossible to slow down and avoid stopped vehicles. Delay travel, or safely exit the highway before the dust storm arrives. As for thunderstorm in one...that in many cases is the cause of dust-storms in Arizona, strong outflow winds ahead of the storm - or for the big ones, line of storms like a QLCS - kicks up a huge cloud of dirt. (this typically happens with the arrival of 'monsoon season' there - you have all that dry desert land thats been baking in the summer heat, then when the first round of monsoon storms hit, the outflow winds ahead of them sets it off. Then after that first round its much less likely to have dust storms ahead of thunderstorms/QLCS in the following weeks of the monsoon season) Oh and note: you can also have a 'snirt-storm'(yep thats an actual term .lol. (meaning snow+dirt)) Thats where a snowstorm has picked up the sand/dirt/dust from a dust-storm, and when it comes down, you get dirty snow(it is kinda brown-ish in color)
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1240 on: March 15, 2026, 11:55:50 AM » Author: xmaslightguy
Not severe (though the can be) but I had a snow-squall move through my area late last night. (Those are also something you don't want to drive in, and they tell you not to)
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1241 on: March 15, 2026, 12:37:03 PM » Author: suzukir122
Yeah that's something I didn't really think about... that amount of dust in the air probably will do significant engine damage, if you let the engine continue to run during that, or if you're driving in it, worse case scenario. This makes me so glad that Ohio doesn't encounter dirt storms... but if that is ever a threat, I'm staying home and calling off from work if need be. ... Things are about to get a little crazy here... 72 degrees for today... severe storm threat set for around 2am here, then snow showers with possible snow accumulations on Monday. Drastic drop in temperature expected after those storms roll through tonight, along a very strong cold front. 2am time frame for severe weather though is very dangerous. Thankfully we aren't in the highest threat for severe weather, but we are still in the yellow. Southern Indiana is in the higher threat.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1242 on: March 15, 2026, 02:32:07 PM » Author: xmaslightguy
@suzukir122: Yep, I've heard you can actually even ruin your engine in some cases with it. Those storms really are something more for desert/semi-desert climates. Can & do get them here in CO, much more so on the eastern plains  than in or near the city or close to the mountains where I am (here its just a low-end thing, you're fine driving & such as it doesn't result in real-low visibility)... but I can say, the the next time I see a a big brown 'cloud' heading towards me & I go out to watch it approach/get pictures...I'll be putting on a mask. .lol. It was 70's here yesterday, then a good drop in temp to below freezing when the coldfront came through last night (the snow-squall I mentioned passed through along with the front) Its too early in the year to get severe here. (I did see the SPC outlooks for eastern parts of the country today...yep there's gonna be some storms, and tornadoes. Could be some bad ones. not good to see) Forecast shows a high of 32 for metoday...deff allt colder than the 70's we've had the past few days
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1243 on: March 18, 2026, 09:42:28 AM » Author: dor123
Once again we have a sandstorm.
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	Re: Severe weather never sleeps! « Reply #1244 on: March 18, 2026, 11:31:36 AM » Author: dor123
Update: It was the end of the storm, as there were no winds during capturing the picture, and now all of the haze left.
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