I keep telling everyone that it’s 90 degrees and sunny here every day…and it is. But I did get my first taste of a Sandstorm while driving on Saturday. From a distance it looked like a heavy brown haze or fog with buildings sticking out the top. Once you got in it, visibility evaporated to almost nothing. Winds were probably 30kts, gust to 50kts. Many cars on the freeway just stopped. I crept along only being able to see about 20 ft ahead. It was worse than any fog I had ever driven through. The worst of it only lasted for about 5 mins but visibility was still restricted to about 100 yds for much of the next hour. Not sure how common this phenomenon is, but it got my attention. Also, they had just cleaned my balconey and windows that morning…so now I have a fresh layer of protective sand everywhere.
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