AZ - Arizonans are calling it the mother of all dust storms
Seemingly
out of nowhere, the 100-mile-wide storm moved like a giant wave, the
dust roiling as it approached at up to 60 mph. Once it hit, visibility
dropped to zero in some areas, the sky turned nearly black, trees blew
sideways, and even downtown Phoenix skyscrapers became invisible.
"Just the height of it looked like a special-effect scene from a movie, like a dust storm out in Africa," said Charlotte Dewey, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Phoenix. "It looked so huge, looking at the city down below, it was just specks of light and miniature buildings.
"I have a feeling that people will be talking about this for another week or two, at least," Dewey said.
She said meteorologists were still trying to get exact measures from satellite and radar to figure out how big the dust storm was and compare it with previous ones, but they estimate it was more than a mile high and more than 100 miles wide.
"People who've lived here their whole lives, 30 or 40 years, are saying they've never seen a storm this large," Dewey said.
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"Just the height of it looked like a special-effect scene from a movie, like a dust storm out in Africa," said Charlotte Dewey, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Phoenix. "It looked so huge, looking at the city down below, it was just specks of light and miniature buildings.
"I have a feeling that people will be talking about this for another week or two, at least," Dewey said.
She said meteorologists were still trying to get exact measures from satellite and radar to figure out how big the dust storm was and compare it with previous ones, but they estimate it was more than a mile high and more than 100 miles wide.
"People who've lived here their whole lives, 30 or 40 years, are saying they've never seen a storm this large," Dewey said.
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Posted by Knucklz at July 11, 2011 7:11 AM 
Categories: Health or Science, Global Warming
Tags: Arizona Environment health or science global warming
Categories: Health or Science, Global Warming
Tags: Arizona Environment health or science global warming
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