Dust storms

[Ace]

Well what a sight, its not as bad here in Bathurst as it is in sydney going by the pics on sunrise, but its quite an eery (spelling Ron? :D) feeling. Looks quite thick on the telly in sydney. Left the bathroom window open last night and there was a nice pile of red dust on the bottom of the bath which is right next to the window. After the massive storm its hard to imagine there would be much dust, where is it all comming from?

[Bushie]

From the front of my place a few minutes ago

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It was real eerie at around 5:30am

Still doesn't compare to the one in Melbourne in 1983 while I was at Tullamarine :o

Martyn

[Rangier Rover]

Had a violent dry thunder storm last night and now have the dust as well. Be the worst dust storm I've ever seen here. :eek: Taking a pic now;)

[JDNSW]

Woke up this morning to a sight I have not seen since when I was working in Central Australia in the mid sixties. Visibility is about 100m and everything is lit by a deep red sky. I'll get some pictures when the light is bright enough. If gets bright enough..... My blue County is now brown, and I have not looked at the 2a yet - It has already been washed for the trip to the Expo!

John

[ohleaky1]

wow.... could nearly mistake it for fires (bushies photo)

[djhampson]

Its a beautiful warm morning here in Brisbane (as always)...

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[dobbo]

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Fassifern Railway station

[one_iota]

Sydney's gritty inner west is certainly a lot grittier this morning.

This time last year I was driving to Broken Hill down the Darling River..today it has come to me. :eek:

[Bushie]

Still enjoyed this one (looking back :D)

YouTube - Dust Storm


Martyn

[Rangier Rover]

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[JDNSW]

View out of my study window.

John

[long stroke]

Looks the same here, it went from a clear morning to a horrible dusty one within 20 mins:eek:

TIM.

[Gullible]

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hopefully the dust will make it a slow work day:o

[Rangier Rover]

Well, makes it a good day here. We have some top soil delivered free:twisted:

[Rangier Rover]

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hopefully the dust will make it a slow work day:o

:eek2::eek2: Bloody hell, looks like inland Australia is heading for overseas. I know some of country is tired and needs a break but....;)

[JDNSW]

Should be seeing reports on the subject about tomorrow afternoon from NZ!

John

[Dinty]

G'day All, Same here in Cessnock (Lower Hunter Valley), it has gone from a deep red to a more subdued colour now, my canvas covers over Series vehicles are red, as we had a thunder storm here at approx 0200hrs dropped 9mm rain to add to the mix LOL cheers Dennis:angel:
ps in the last hour the temp has dropped as well, it's now very cool outside,,.

[austastar]

immodicus pluvia in Hobart, about 8deg.
Very soggy ride to work.

[disco2hse]

Should be seeing reports on the subject about tomorrow afternoon from NZ!

John

Yeah well it's rain and showers here at the moment. So it'll probably all arrive as mud :rolleyes:

Thanks guys :P

The sunsets here during the 80's dust storms were pretty outstanding though.

Alan

[dullbird]

I got up at 5 this morning as the bloody dog was pacing at the end of my bed and panting all night.

So got up to open the back door, thinking she needed the toilet...and I looked out and thought it was a thick blanket of fog I stared at it for a bit then went back to bed

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Its a beautiful warm morning here in Brisbane (as always)...

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well it wont be long,,,

Toowoomba's now a loverly shade of red/orange

[cheyne_r]

Here's a few I took this morning down Cronulla at 6am. It was unreal.

I should add, these have had no editing, just straight convert from RAW to Jpeg.

[Shonky]

The view out my front door at 6.30am.

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[isuzutoo-eh]

Hmmm great weather for snot rocket competitions, if just I was 12 again :D

[GS-ADI]

Probably doesn’t need to be said here,.. But just a reminder to check your air filters :)

[Benny_IIA]

well it wont be long,,,

Toowoomba's now a loverly shade of red/orange


Yep, just starting come over now (west Brisbane)


Ben......

[solmanic]

Yep... Brisbane is in the thick of it now. Funny, I didn't think we were going to get this one...

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[VladTepes]

Freaky how some of these almost look like bushfire shots...


Inevitably there was some fool on Sunrise blaming it all on "climate change" and big cars....

[weeds]

we have just been told that we are to wear dust masks for the rest of the day or until the storm passes:(not a biggie as we have to wear them in the plant

[Psimpson7]

orange sky here too now

[Rangier Rover]

The pic I have posted does no justice to what this is really like here. Feels like we are on another planet when in the high country:confused: Very weird I can tell you.

This is a mix of being 3000ft above sea level, a misty cloud, the dust and the sun breaking through. Unexplainable really
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Tony

[Sleepy]

Great shots guys thanks. Hope all you asthmatics are staying indoors. That air looks.......ummmm.......dirty. :-(

[digger]

few things....

1. dont touch any surfaces inside unless you want to dust them!!!
(its like an outback code as no matter how well sealed, dust gets in!)

2. send back out top soil!!! (via postal is OK...)

3. if we had water we would have kept the soil wet....sorry - (it is the drought after all)

4. have a nice day!!!

digger

[zulu Delta 534]

View up and down our street at midday.
I am not game to walk out the back yard as I cant see where I parked the ex mil shorty and could trip over it.
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Regards
Glen

[Benny_IIA]

My whole house tastes like dust now :D


ben......

[dullbird]

nice and clear here now....it was great to see. but my house is full of dust coz of the back door being open. it reminded me of when I was in the dust storm of alice springs last year

[digger]

My whole house tastes like dust now :D


ben......

Ben,
just a quick question.....

why are you eating your house???:D:D

[Benny_IIA]

Ben,
just a quick question.....

why are you eating your house???:D:D


I thought everyone did:confused: :D

[incisor]

always hearing about blue moons

but first time i have seen a blue sun!

[juddy]

How long is this supposed to last??

[jezz]

Wow!! thats different, good photos guys

[incisor]

How long is this supposed to last??
no idea but there is a second one coming now.. be here in a couple of days!


Scientists warn of more dust storms to come | National Breaking News | News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,26114285-29277,00.html)

[MickS]

If you can't beat them, join them...:Rolling:

Thought I was going to be strip searched in Cronulla this morning...:eek::angel:


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[dullbird]

hahhahah Ian has one of those perhaps I should get him to get his out also :lol2:

[zulu Delta 534]

few things....




3. if we had water we would have kept the soil wet....sorry - (it is the drought after all)

4. have a nice day!!!

digger

Just heard from a relo that Strath had 36mm. What are you going on about? Drought indeed!
Regards
Glen

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Gee whizz! I just went outside to get a breath of fresh topsoil and it's all gone! :(

[MickS]

I told the kids a meteorite had hit ANSTO and an extinction level event had started similar to the dinosaurs....their response...?

:imwithstupid:

[V8Ian]

If you can't beat them, join them...:Rolling:

Thought I was going to be strip searched in Cronulla this morning...:eek::angel:


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When you've finished being silly, get inside and dry the dishes.:p

[Offender90]

A friend took these from his office this morning:

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[foz.in.oz]

What does is say on that poster between the two towers at the bottom right.......


DUST for fun!!

:D:D:D:D:wasntme:

[Rob Bruce]

Thank you Alice Springs and all central Aust for the top soil, just had 33mm of rain to wash it in:p

For those of you have not seen central OZ that was it blowing by in the dust storm. :eek:

In the 82 drought there was a farmer on the Peak Hill road out of Parkes with a sence of humour, he put a sighn up in his paddock by the road.

WARNING
PADDOCK CROSSING ROAD

You have to admire them when in adversity they still have a sence of houmour.

Cheers
Rob

[JDNSW]

Dust storm finished about half an hour ago. Now clear but cloudy, and still very windy. Also pretty cold! (15C)

john

[sclarke]

Snipit from my outback trip.....

YouTube - Dust storm, Broken Hill, August 09


Clarkie

[Gullible]

These were taken at 6.30am - no filters, no editing just what I woke up to:o

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[samuelclarke]

It hit around Noosa mid afternoon - I'll post pics later...

[MickS]

These were taken at 6.30am - no filters, no editing just what I woke up to:o

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You woke up and left a steamer in the bathroom Vaughan....??? :angel::D

[The ho har's]

brother in law has just arrived form Innisfail and said the dust didn't start till about Gympie


Mrs ho har:angel:

[Bushie]

A friend took these from his office this morning:

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Funny, your friend sent them to our office as well :D:D:D


Martyn

[long stroke]

At our place before it got worse..

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TIM.

[antvc]

Yesterday here was very windy , hot with lots of dust. Not pleasant at all.
This morning was quiet cool and apart form all the dust in the house, it was interesting to see the puffs of dust rising from my footsteps as I was walking on the grass.
There is a fantastic photo in the Birdsville pub of a dust storm about 2 years ago. The photo was on the front page of "the australian"newspaper.
anybody seen this photo?

[Ace]

guys on night shift from last night said this morning when we did shift change over it was very eery last night. At one point it was raining red blobs of mud and the road was like in a snow storm but mud instead of snow on the road.

[Slunnie]

guys on night shift from last night said this morning when we did shift change over it was very eery last night. At one point it was raining red blobs of mud and the road was like in a snow storm but mud instead of snow on the road.
Actually, in all seriousness it was raining mud in Orange this morning while on the way to work.

I kid you not, I have never seen anything like it before, and you would have to see it to believe it, but it was actually raining red mud. The entire way to work the windscreen wipers were pushing mud off the windscreen.

[George130]

Except for the clumps of dirt in the rain this morning it was finaly dust free today. I got it yesterday.

[malleefowl]

As an absolute change for us our rain was clear constant and a huge boost of 18mm Great!!!
At mildura we had the dust on Monday and it's not a all unusual.
Cheers ,
Mary

[350RRC]

Still doesn't compare to the one in Melbourne in 1983 while I was at Tullamarine :o

Martyn

By chance I was in Melb that day and so was my grandfather (spent most of his early life in SW NSW, Lockart, etc) and his 83 yo girlfriend.

The big black wall was approaching and I said WTF is that? Their response was 'dust storm', shut the windows, be over in half an hour.

And it was.

It's not like these events have never happened before. In the past no-one had the cameras and instant image transmission like we do now.

cheers, DL

[MickS]

8.00am - bust stop - Auburn ... :eek:

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[Disco44]

Have attached some from my place in Ipswich

[Shonky]

8.00am - bust stop - Auburn ... :eek:


That isn't Auburn... ;)

All of the people in the picture are anglo-saxon! :o

[cartm58]

Some pics l took yesterday whilst in Brisbane

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[Ace]

Actually, in all seriousness it was raining mud in Orange this morning while on the way to work.

I kid you not, I have never seen anything like it before, and you would have to see it to believe it, but it was actually raining red mud. The entire way to work the windscreen wipers were pushing mud off the windscreen.


Yeah, its really weird

[dullbird]

How hard will it be now for people that are anti 4wd's in the city, to pick on the ******* in the city that have 4wd's that "never go offroad" :D

[Ace]

How hard will it be now for people that are anti 4wd's in the city, to pick on the ******* in the city that have 4wd's that "never go offroad" :D

This is true, but given all the "off road" blew away and is now on the road does that mean its really not off roading anymore? :D

[Bushie]

And we thought we did it tough

YouTube - Broken Hill comes over pitch black during a dust storm

Martyn

[Gullible]

8.00am - bust stop - Auburn ... :eek:

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Your just loving this aren't you Mick.

Had a couple of slow days with not much to do?:wasntme:

[dullbird]

Bushie that is unreal.........

That would be quite scary if you were unaware of what was actually happening.

[Jock The Rock]

Rains too often here is Tassie to get that sort of thing :(

In fact we have little bits of the red centre stuck on our front windows from where the dust was in the clouds and came down with the rain.

Amazing the windows dried out enough to see the dust :p

[cucinadio]

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[Slunnie]

Dust storm has just hit Birdsville and headed towards the coast
I thought the one that came through NSW was eastbound.

Also which coast from Birdsville?

[V8Ian]

I thought the one that came through NSW was eastbound.

Also which coast from Birdsville?
SEQ

[Bushie]

Top Priority for Immediate Broadcast
NSW and ACT SEVERE WEATHER WARNING
Damaging Winds.
For people in the Alps, the ACT, the Southern Tablelands, the Central Tablelands, The South Coast, Illawarra, and Hunter.
Issued at 5:05 pm on Friday 25 September 2009
Synoptic Situation: 3:00 pm EST Friday
A vigorous cold front has moved into far western New South Wales. It is expected to reach the southeast of the state late evening/overnight and reach the far northeast Saturday morning. Fresh to strong, gusty north to northwest winds will turn colder fresh to strong westerly behind the change and may reach gale force in the above districts with blizzard conditions on the Alps. Snow is expected to fall down to about 900 metres during Saturday. Dust has been reported over northwestern New South Wales and South Australia today [although less in extent than on Tuesday] and this is expected to be transported to eastern parts of the state during Saturday.
Average wind speeds may reach 65 km/hr with gusts over 90 km/hr forecast for the above districts. Over Alpine areas blizzards can be expected, and above 1900 metres, winds may exceed 80km/hr with gusts in excess of 125km/hr possible.

Martyn

[JDNSW]

Arrived here overnight, but is nowhere near as bad as the last one. Does not sound like a very good day for driving over the mountains though.

John

[Gullible]

There could be some interesting land claims in the future:wasntme:

[Landy Smurf]

here again in singleton not abad as wednesday but not a to far off.
i hate the wind

[disco2hse]

Looks like you are going to get another dose, according to the news anyway.

We got some mud over here.

Alan

[Gullible]

The dust has left the Eastern Suburbs.

I can still see the dust cloud off to the north thou.

[Landy Smurf]

i was looking at the radar and it doesnt look like it will stay as long.looking outside now it feels like a late summers afternoon