Sydney engulfed by huge dust storm

TarJak · 09-23-09, 07:59 AM

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

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/nat...0923-g19h.html

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sy...ml?autostart=1

More pics from smh here: http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/e...0923-g0tw.html

SteamWake · 09-23-09, 08:23 AM

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

Just ask the UN

nikimcbee · 09-23-09, 08:30 AM

Great day to have asthma

. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?

Oberon · 09-23-09, 08:32 AM

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

TarJak · 09-23-09, 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

Great day to have asthma

. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work?

Ja Ja!

AVGWarhawk · 09-23-09, 08:42 AM

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

August · 09-23-09, 08:49 AM

Dust bowl pics from the 1930's. Look familiar?

09-23-09, 07:59 AM	#1
TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	Sydney engulfed by huge dust storm I awoke this morning just before dawn to a sight like this: 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/nat...0923-g19h.html http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sy...ml?autostart=1 More pics from smh here: http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/e...0923-g0tw.html

09-23-09, 08:23 AM	#2
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I blame it all on those evil corporations and their huge profits and wreckless disdain for the enviroment. Just ask the UN __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-23-09, 08:30 AM	#3
nikimcbee Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Patroling the Slot. Posts: 17,952 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Great day to have asthma. So did you wear you afrika korps uniform to work? __________________

09-23-09, 08:42 AM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I read a brief acticle on this. Very strange. Looks like Mars. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

09-23-09, 08:49 AM	#7
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Dust bowl pics from the 1930's. Look familiar? __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

09-23-09, 08:32 AM	#4
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Ah, the Martian terraforming has begun early I see...