Unprecedented Red Dust Storm hits Sydney

gscraig · 09-23-2009, 05:09 PM

Interesting...

Posted 9.23.09 The Huffington Post and Yahoo News/Reuters
By Michael Perry

A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil.

The dust blacked out the outback town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing a zinc mine to shut down, and swept 1,167 km (725 miles) east to shroud Sydney in a red glow on Wednesday...

For more please click

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090923/...alia_weather_5

Jacqui D · 09-23-2009, 05:48 PM

Have to admit gscraig when i saw this on the news this morning the story of THE RED SKY THEORY which was being banded around a few months ago came to mind! end of times!

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Originally Posted by gscraig

Interesting...

Posted 9.23.09 The Huffington Post and Yahoo News/Reuters
By Michael Perry

A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil.

The dust blacked out the outback town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing a zinc mine to shut down, and swept 1,167 km (725 miles) east to shroud Sydney in a red glow on Wednesday...

For more please click

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090923/...alia_weather_5

Anchor · 09-23-2009, 10:19 PM

Waking up yesterday morning was a blast.

Even before the fully sun rose, everything was deep-red to orange - as the first rays of the sun hit the top of the dust cloud.

My first thought was that there was a fire, but then I saw the sky was uniformly red/orange! No clouds. Then I smelled the dust and realised what it was.

I've been in Australia less than three years, but people that lived here all thier lives have not seen anything like it.

A..

Humble Janitor · 09-23-2009, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jacqui D

Have to admit gscraig when i saw this on the news this morning the story of THE RED SKY THEORY which was being banded around a few months ago came to mind! end of times!

What about this theory? Got a link because it sounds interesting.

Noela · 09-24-2009, 06:30 AM

I was wondering when we would get a post from you, Anchor, on this!

I checked it out on some Aust. websites.

I lived in Australia all my life until '86, and I.ve never seen anything
like it. I,ve experienced duststorms in the outback, but never
extending all these miles to the coast. And extending north to Brisbane, Queensland.

09-23-2009, 05:09 PM	#1
gscraig Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 335	Unprecedented Red Dust Storm hits Sydney Interesting... Posted 9.23.09 The Huffington Post and Yahoo News/Reuters By Michael Perry A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil. The dust blacked out the outback town of Broken Hill on Tuesday, forcing a zinc mine to shut down, and swept 1,167 km (725 miles) east to shroud Sydney in a red glow on Wednesday... For more please click http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090923/...alia_weather_5

09-23-2009, 10:19 PM	#3
Anchor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,280	Re: Unprecedented Red Dust Storm hits Sydney Waking up yesterday morning was a blast. Even before the fully sun rose, everything was deep-red to orange - as the first rays of the sun hit the top of the dust cloud. My first thought was that there was a fire, but then I saw the sky was uniformly red/orange! No clouds. Then I smelled the dust and realised what it was. I've been in Australia less than three years, but people that lived here all thier lives have not seen anything like it. A..

09-24-2009, 06:30 AM	#5
Noela Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 205	Re: Unprecedented Red Dust Storm hits Sydney I was wondering when we would get a post from you, Anchor, on this! I checked it out on some Aust. websites. I lived in Australia all my life until '86, and I.ve never seen anything like it. I,ve experienced duststorms in the outback, but never extending all these miles to the coast. And extending north to Brisbane, Queensland.