Sydney Sandstorm Freak Weather – Sep 23, 2009

September 27, 2009 by simonturner  
Filed under Australia's Challenge, Features

Rarely has the phrase “clear the air” had more meaning than the sand storms that Sydney experienced on September 23, 2009.

We were in Los Angeles at the time and couldn’t quite believe the images of such freak weather we were seeing on the internet and television. The second storm on Saturday 26th turned out to be far less frightening.

These images are somewhat apocalyptic.

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  • That was creepy. I hope that this won't happen again for the establishments are not the only ones at stake here but people's lives. :(
  • Simon
    It was so spooky, not to mention really tough just trying to get from the front door to my filthy, dirty, dust covered car. In that short walk which lasted just a few seconds, my eyes started stinging, chest tightened, hair - OMG - the word frizzy took on a complete new meaning, and my mouth was full of grit. It was horrible and finally got blown out to sea by about 6pm that night. Fortunately saturday's storm was no where near as dirty, but powerful nonetheless.
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