Dusty Morning

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Coach · #1 Post by **Coach** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:17 am

Just took these Pics of the Dust in the Sky and all over everything else

No work today ,, I aint breathing that in alll day

Hilly · #2 Post by **Hilly** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:01 am

well we dont have the dust here yet Coach but we have a lot of wind so hope that will keep it away for us
Hilly

longbow steve · #3 Post by **longbow steve** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:06 am

Yes we have the same here Coach, Sydney has copped it aswell.
I was going to get some soil in for a vege garden, I dont have to now

. Steve

feral66 · #4 Post by **feral66** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:14 am

Yeah same here coach but the winds have picked up again and it's starting to clear up.

Benny Nganabbarru · #5 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:24 am

Wow!

Get your bows out fellows, in case any camels get blown into your yards with all that!

M.Hogan · #6 Post by **M.Hogan** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:30 am

It's really windy here and every thing is yellow from the dust

Reece · #7 Post by **Reece** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:31 am

It feels like I'm on Mars with the redness.

Something interesting I noted was that the birds didn't start singing until an hour after their usual time this morning.

Roadie · #8 Post by **Roadie** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:51 am

Morning All, Thats life in Australia, we have Bush fire Alert in Sthn Qld, Sand storms in and around Sydney and down here some good rains, all this in a distance of approx 2000klm. Hope everyone has a great day. Cheers Roadie.

longbowinfected · #9 Post by **longbowinfected** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:19 am

The news last night was quoting some centres which are dusty now got 70mm of rain in 10-15 minutes.

Kevin

#10 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:37 am

WOW!!!

That must be chocking to have that everywhere. I hope it clears up for you all quickly. I have only experienced a dust storm once really bad out in western Queensland on a hunting trip.

Jeff

DylanK · #11 Post by **DylanK** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:34 am

We have it up here in brisbane too though not as bad.

kerrille · #12 Post by **kerrille** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 1:35 pm

looks like a normal day to me we get a number of dust storms a year, so eat some concrete dust and harden up

....nev...

Glenn · #13 Post by **Glenn** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:38 pm

I remember dust like this in Brisbane in 1965 but it was worse, didn't see the sun for about 3 weeks, there was a big drought on at the time...Glenn...

#14 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:39 pm

The dust storm has just hit here - terrible.

Jeff

Coach · #15 Post by **Coach** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:45 pm

Cleared up here ,, but geez I wish we hadnt left all the windows open last night

#16 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:10 pm

Cleared up here ,, but geez I wish we hadnt left all the windows open last night

That's good that it has cleared mate. We have the aircons on hoping to keep the dust out of the house. We hope it clears before the weekend as our son is getting married.

Jeff

Coach · #17 Post by **Coach** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:13 pm

Too bloody cold to have Aircons on down here

pdccr · #18 Post by **pdccr** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 5:15 pm

Bloody hot up here, getting ready to burn tonight as the NW is setting in. Should make things even hotter

Gringa Bows · #19 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:48 pm

man i just drove home from Caboolture to here and it was dust all the way as thick as in your pics Coach not good.......................Rod

Coach · #20 Post by **Coach** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:54 pm

Its horrible aye ? It rained a little here ,, but it was like mud falling from the sky

Gringa Bows · #21 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 6:57 pm

yeah locked the house up and put the aircon still bloody hot,waiting for it to cool things down.............Rod

Coach · #22 Post by **Coach** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:00 pm

Whats the Temp up there ? Its only 13 here

Yesterday was 27

Its the end of the world I tell yas

Gringa Bows · #23 Post by **Gringa Bows** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 7:03 pm

dont know Jeff,at least high 20's

longbowinfected · #24 Post by **longbowinfected** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:05 pm

Be careful because leaving motors on air con and cooling fans on computers could cause them to clog up and burn out.....two neighbours computer towers blew up.
Just remember that a high percentage of that topsoil was something's guano yesterday....breathe deep but blow harder.

Kevin

Nephew · #25 Post by **Nephew** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:52 pm

Moreton bay looked pretty spooky at around midday today! I've never seen anything like that in Bris before.

Blinkybill · #26 Post by **Blinkybill** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 10:22 pm

Geez!! I've never seen anything like that before! EVER! Mind you, I'm not as old as you guys yet

jokes.
But seriously, how do you get dust storms? Ive never heard of them.

Is it purely due to a lack of rain?
Thanks,

Ben

Glenn · #27 Post by **Glenn** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:05 am

Lack of rain and no vegetation on the ground to hold the soil in place. You should see some of the Willy Willies (mini tornadoes) they get in the Outback, it's a sight to see. It was a lot worse in the mid 60's and it lasted for weeks...Glenn...

Reece · #28 Post by **Reece** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 7:30 am

Blinkybill wrote: Geez!! I've never seen anything like that before! EVER! Mind you, I'm not as old as you guys yet jokes.
But seriously, how do you get dust storms? Ive never heard of them. Is it purely due to a lack of rain?
Thanks,

Ben

It was the floods from QLD that dumped their dust in SA. It was just being sent back

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydne ... -g2e0.html

Dr Mitchell, CSIRO wrote:"One of the main sources of this is via the waterways that drain into the basin, particularly the rivers from the tropical parts of Queensland, like the Diamantina (river), the Georgina (river) and Cooper Creek.

"Over preceding months we've had some flood events that have dumped quite a bit of fine material in (the basin).

"So there's the availabilty of the sediments and what you need then is a very severe weather event to blow them out and that's exactly what we've had over the last 24 hours or so."

longbowinfected · #29 Post by **longbowinfected** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:45 am

Last time this happened, the red dust ended up on the New Zealand ski slopes.

Kevin

Sparra · #30 Post by **Sparra** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 2:57 pm

Reece wrote:It feels like I'm on Mars with the redness.

When was the last time you were on mars????

Sure makes a mess...I just finished installing 2x 140000litre rain water tanks and we had the same dust storm but then heaps of rain so now they are half full of red muddy water....

Ozbow

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