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[amlek]

The Computerland Shop on Timagia, next to BOC, had 2 of its huge glass windows literally blown away at around 7am. The owner showed us the footage from the security video. Scary.

[skyvet]

I'd like to post a vote of thanks to the guys from the Electricity company, who worked tirelessly in lousy weather conditions to restore power to those of us who were without!
Efcharisto!

[devil]

Worse still, my car has more sand on it now than it did when I took it to the ‘wash on Tuesday…

Where did all that come from?

Straight from the Sahara. When a depression approaches, the prevailing wind is South. A few dust storms in N. Africa can easily carry it to here, where it rains out. This happens frequently in spring, when the khamsin blows. The word khamsin is derived from the Arabic 50, because the season lasts 50 days from mid-Feb to April. Bit late now for a khamsin, but an ordinary dust storm can happen at any time. Once, when I was in Egypt, in Feb. 1952, I experienced a particularly violent khamsin, absolutely impossible to go out in it, dust everywhere, winds estimated at strong gale force. In exposed places, some vehicles were sandblasted to bare metal on the windward side. Hot, as well. Sand drifting in depths of over 1 m on roads. You could see nothing at the time, but new dunes had formed and old ones had disappeared.

[cadaunovera]

ITs all my fault!I admit it.On the last sunny day we had this month,i wished for winter to come back!I guess my wish came true haha :]

[aussiedrillerman]

Storm - pfffttt ...slight Tasmanian drizzle