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New York Times: The best way to explain a haboob is to say it is a tsunami of sand, in the sense that there is no stopping it or outrunning it. It is a supreme spectacle. The fierce winds that precede it make the leaves on palm trees stand as if they are hands waving an effusive goodbye, the sky darkens and the world takes the color of caramel as the dust swallows everything in its path.
Last week, a dense dust storm turned daytime into night in Palm Springs, Calif., “blowing so bad that I could not even see......
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Swirls of Dust and Drama, Punctuating Life in the Southwest
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 29th, 2014
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