Sydney engulfed by huge dust storm

[TarJak]

I awoke this morning just before dawn to a sight like this:

http://images.smh.com.au/2009/09/23/748756/Castle%20Hill%20Benjamin%20liu-600x400.jpg

Driving to work was like driving through thick red fog. Visibility was down to only a few hundred metres. The airport got closed for a while and Sydney Harbour ferries were also halted. The sky didn't really start to clear until around 2 or 3pm this afternoon.

A very eerie looking day.

http://www.smh.com.au/multimedia/national/dust-storm-swallows-sydney/20090923-g19h.html

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydney-dust-blanket-causes-highest-air-pollution-on-record-20090923-g1fw.html?autostart=1

More pics from smh here: http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/environment/dust-turns-sydney-sky-red/20090923-g0tw.html

[SteamWake]

I blame it all on those evil corporations and their huge profits and wreckless disdain for the enviroment.

Just ask the UN :salute:

[nikimcbee]

Great day to have asthma:doh:. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?:haha:

[Oberon]

Ah, the Martian terraforming has begun early I see... :hmmm:

[TarJak]

Great day to have asthma:doh:. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?:haha:
:har: Ja Ja!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-785-0285-14A,_Nordafrika,_Soldat_mit_Sandschutz.jpg

[AVGWarhawk]

I read a brief acticle on this. Very strange. Looks like Mars. :o

[August]

Dust bowl pics from the 1930's. Look familiar?
http://learnshareact.com/sustainable/files/2009/04/01_theb13652.jpg
http://lascrucesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/dustbowl-1935.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Did you forget to remove the lens filter from your camera after that porno you shot last night :hmmm:

[Oberon]

Did you forget to remove the lens filter from your camera after that porno you shot last night :hmmm:

What the heck could he film in orange, Dave Dickenson and Dale Wintons Dirty day in Dartford? :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

What the heck could he film in orange, Dave Dickenson and Dale Wintons Dirty day in Dartford? :hmmm:

Oh you'd be suprised, I saw some of his work in Houston last year, with a variety of different colour filters. :hmmm:

[TDK1044]

It's always like that in Sydney when Jim has just eaten a curry!

[Jimbuna]

It's always like that in Sydney when Jim has just eaten a curry!

LMAO :haha:

I tell you....it was so bad KL was forced to wear extra underwear and sleep with one eye open for fear of TarJak and his dreaded camera with the lens filters.

"Withdrawal symptoms from being away from sheep and kangaroos for so long" he told us :DL

[TarJak]

:har:

Jim's camerawork was so shaky I had to take over.