Hell Kitty Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 When I got up at 5:30 this morning to a blood red sky I thought I was either dreaming or hallucinating. It was pretty disappointing to find out it was just a dust storm and not the first sign of the zombie apocalypse. More funky pics here. Sitting on the train looking at an empty Hornsby platform at about 9:30 this morning gave me quite the Fallout 3 vibe with everything being a yellow/brown tinge.
Purkake Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Australia is pretty damn weird, first mammals laying eggs and now this.
Humodour Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Yeah, it hit where I live too. I woke up to go to work and the sky looked a bit odd, being burning orange and all. When I arrived at work, the building had been repainted red. Satellite photo:
Humodour Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Now the storm has moved to Queensland, where the winds are fuelling the bushfires while the dust opacity is grounding firefighter helicopters. And yes, the top of Australia is on fire while the bottom experiences earthquakes, flooding, golf-ball hail, and tornadoes. Earlier this year it was the reverse. The cycle looks likely to continue. This was the 2nd warmest winter on record and El Nino is about to start.
mkreku Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 I blame those damn alarmists and their global warming mantra! If they hadn't mentioned it, none of this would have happened! /end taks rant Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish!
Moose Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Reminds me of this video where they drive through a dust storm. There are none that are right, only strong of opinion. There are none that are wrong, only ignorant of facts
Trenitay Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Hey, this was just on my local news. Hey now, my mother is huge and don't you forget it. The drunk can't even get off the couch to make herself a vodka drenched sandwich. Octopus suck.
WILL THE ALMIGHTY Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 That looks pretty cool, although a bit dangerous. "Alright, I've been thinking. When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade - make life take the lemons back! Get mad! I don't want your damn lemons, what am I supposed to do with these? Demand to see life's manager. Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons. Do you know who I am? I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! With the lemons. I'm going to to get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that burns your house down!"
Aram Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 (edited) don't get that dust pneumony, pneumony in your lung Edited September 23, 2009 by Aram
Rosbjerg Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Very beautiful, although I'm getting a "The Mist" vibe here, which isn't so good. Reminds me of this video where they drive through a dust storm. Wow, that looked amazing! Fortune favors the bald.
Oerwinde Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 don't get that dust pneumony, pneumony in your lung Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity.
Hurlshort Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 I don't think it is volcanic dust, so that probably isn't a concern.
kingofsquid Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 Very beautiful, although I'm getting a "The Mist" vibe here, which isn't so good. Reminds me of this video where they drive through a dust storm. Wow, that looked amazing! If things start going like "The Mist" than i'm movin to Russia.
Shryke Posted September 23, 2009 Posted September 23, 2009 apparently it's heading toward NZ now when your mind works against you - fight back with substance abuse!
Gorth Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Eat our dust Kiwis!... “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice.” - Albert Einstein
Killian Kalthorne Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 I rather eat Kiwis. "Your Job is not to die for your country, but set a man on fire, and take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe."
taks Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 This was the 2nd warmest winter on record and El Nino is about to start. el nino "started" several months ago and is now holding steady according to the latest reports coming from JPL. el nino screws our weather up, too, though oddly, we had our fist snow of autumn today. our first snow of the "season" was the last day of summer, this past monday. taks comrade taks... just because.
Guard Dog Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Winter Is Coming.... Oh, wait... this isn't the book thread. "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Humodour Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 This was the 2nd warmest winter on record and El Nino is about to start. el nino "started" several months ago and is now holding steady according to the latest reports coming from JPL. That's not really correct. Basically, at first glance, some indicators of El Nino aren't showing, so some people are predicting a weak or non-existent El Nino. But those predictions arise from not looking at the entire data set.
LadyCrimson Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Neat-O. If there's enough dust to have that kind of color effect, can one breathe without feeling like the lungs are filling up with dust&dirt? “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Humodour Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Neat-O. If there's enough dust to have that kind of color effect, can one breathe without feeling like the lungs are filling up with dust&dirt? No. It stung my eyes and it smelt and tasted horrible. The government had to issue health warnings telling people to stay indoors if they could help it, and simply not to leave the house if they were young, old, or asthmatic. The amount of particulate matter in the air was above minimum safe levels (2000 parts per million IIRC). Prolonged exposure to levels of particulate matter above that level significantly increase risk of cancers and diseases (mainly of the lungs). But a day of it is unlikely to cause that (you've got a problem if you're a labourer in the mineral industry who works in such circumstances every day, though). The amount moved was pretty amazing, though. About 52 million tonnes of dust was dumped over the state of NSW.
LadyCrimson Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Guess I was wondering because of the people in the pics...like they're just hanging out on a fine dusty day. 52 million tonnes? Holy bejeebus. My dad was in a white-out snowstorm where he had to stop the car and sit on the freeway several hours...but that dust storm sounds 100x worse. Even if you could see, wouldn't the dust choke up a car before long? The clean-up on everything must be awful. :/ “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts
Humodour Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 (edited) I dunno about cars, but it's playing havoc with our data centres. The data centre I work at has been running fine, though. The vast majority of damages and outages were caused by the storm that led to the dust storm. Mainly flooded server and switch rooms and stuff. They had to ground flights because the dust ****s with the engines. Not to mention visibility. Edit: But yeah, you could walk around in it easily with only mild discomfort. As long as you weren't asthmatic. Anyway, it's a once in a lifetime phenomenon (we've been getting a lot of those lately) - gotta enjoy it. Edited September 24, 2009 by Krezack
Humodour Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 Here's an excellent photo album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/plasticbag/ga...57622310168099/ For example, this is the beach: And here's the view from the laundry:
Humodour Posted September 24, 2009 Posted September 24, 2009 This video is from a dust storm in Broken Hills 2 years ago, but it's still fething awesome:
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