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09/23/2009 10:40:15 PM · #1 |
just caught it in the news last night. what's up with the red dust?
are all our Aussie friends alright and well? |
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09/23/2009 10:47:55 PM · #2 |
| I am really surprised this is first mention of this here on DPC. Was pretty big news on this side of the world. Especially where I am at because yesterday a whole bunch of flights had to return to Wellington and Auckland that were in route to Sydney. Kind of made a mess of the airport here for a couple of hours my wifes cousin had his flight take off time delayed twice because of flights that had to come back for unscheduled landing. Alot of flights were scrubbed yesterday. |
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09/23/2009 11:05:32 PM · #3 |
| The DPCers in Sydney can't see their computers b/c of all the red dust ? ;) |
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09/23/2009 11:07:39 PM · #4 |
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09/23/2009 11:22:07 PM · #5 |
I woke up yesterday any my whole apartment was glowing RED! I didn't think to take any photos as it was 6am but I know there's groups on Flickr with loads, just search for Red Sydney.
It turned to yellow by about 8am and by about 1pm it was pretty much gone, but there was a film of red dust over everything! |
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09/23/2009 11:24:21 PM · #6 |
| Some great shots on flickr. |
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09/23/2009 11:56:29 PM · #7 |
Yup lots of them too. Bet ya alot of those folks are going to have some serious sensor dust problems after that.
Originally posted by vlado:
Some great shots on flickr. |
Message edited by author 2009-09-24 01:57:36. |
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09/24/2009 12:50:46 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by vlado:
Some great shots on flickr. |
On the Flickr blog, too.
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09/24/2009 12:53:31 AM · #9 |
| What is happening there guys? What a hell is that? |
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09/24/2009 01:05:01 AM · #10 |
| Those photos are seriously unreal. How bad is it for you to walk around in in terms of breathing difficulties? |
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09/24/2009 01:07:32 AM · #11 |
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09/24/2009 01:26:29 AM · #12 |
| Yikes. Gotta be loving it if you own a carwash! |
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09/24/2009 01:35:42 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by Ivo:
Yikes. Gotta be loving it if you own a carwash! |
...or a sensor-cleaning shop!
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09/24/2009 01:58:26 AM · #14 |
Window Cleaners are going to be working overtime too.
Originally posted by Ivo:
Yikes. Gotta be loving it if you own a carwash! |
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09/24/2009 02:42:05 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by pedrobop:
What is happening there guys? What a hell is that? |
Red outback grit, the dust storm came from gale force winds in the country's interior whipping up a bunch of dust and chucking it into the air. Worst dust storm in 70 years. The whole thing made possible by the worst drought on record. |
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09/24/2009 03:27:17 AM · #16 |
Within two hours of hearing the news of the dust over Sydney, we received the dust storm as well. We are about 1500km (give or take) North West of Sydney. Visibility, which is usually to the horizon dropped to 500 meters. We drove 300kms in the storm yesterday, for a funeral today and then watched the limited visibility drop to 50 meters last night over the beach. Today we drove back through it again. The Black Sahara looked terrible and I feel like death warmed up, with a sandpaper throat and headaches. I went to use my ventolin last night, only to find it empty and no scripts with me. The visibility wasn't too bad today, although Blackdown Tablelands, which stands tall and proud for many kilometers, was invisible to the eye.
I didn't even take any photos....I just want my bed.
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09/24/2009 04:47:13 AM · #17 |
Nothing cool like that EVER happens here.
Portland is FUCKING boring! |
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09/24/2009 05:10:48 AM · #18 |
clearly I had a bit too much to drink when I posted that
Message edited by author 2009-09-24 15:55:04. |
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09/24/2009 05:25:43 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by Judi:
I didn't even take any photos....I just want my bed. |
I remember seeing a full page photo of yours, of a young girl in a dust storm (Kita, perhaps, a few years back in a UK photography magazine - am sure I have still got it some where. |
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09/24/2009 06:21:51 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by ben4345:
Nothing cool like that EVER happens here.
Portland is FUCKING boring! |
Come on down to Eugene. The whole valley is full of smoke from the fires around here. There's even ash falling like a very light snowfall. You can put on a red filter and it will be just like being in Australia right now. |
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09/24/2009 06:23:46 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by SaraR:
Originally posted by Judi:
I didn't even take any photos....I just want my bed. |
I remember seeing a full page photo of yours, of a young girl in a dust storm (Kita, perhaps, a few years back in a UK photography magazine - am sure I have still got it some where. |
Yup...I know the one you mean. This one.
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09/24/2009 06:29:32 AM · #22 |
| Hmm... maybe it's time to buy an underwater housing in case New Jersey gets hit by one of those... |
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09/24/2009 08:58:12 AM · #23 |
Originally posted by ben4345:
Nothing cool like that EVER happens here.
Portland is FUCKING boring! |
Ever hear of a little incident called the Mount St. Helen's eruption? Of course you probably weren't even a gleam in your daddy's eye at the time, but it was kind of impressive. Enough so to make their little dust storm pale to insignificance. A few of us old-timers still talk about it now and then.
Personally, I much prefer boring. Maybe even "FUCKING boring!"
While I'm bringing up old shit, have you ever heard of an ancient Chinese curse that goes something like, "May you live in interesting times." There's a reason it's called a curse.
;-)
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09/24/2009 09:14:38 AM · #24 |
Originally posted by george917:
Hmm... maybe it's time to buy an underwater housing in case New Jersey gets hit by one of those... |
That toxic NJ water would eat right through it though. |
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09/24/2009 10:33:19 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by AJSullivan:
Originally posted by george917:
Hmm... maybe it's time to buy an underwater housing in case New Jersey gets hit by one of those... |
That toxic NJ water would eat right through it though. |
...or just the industrial chemicals in the air. ;-)
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