The greater Phoenix area is under a duststorm warning right now! We have seen one from the distance but we haven't been in one since we've been out here... they look cool as long as you are somewhere safe. It is being caused by a thunderstorm to the east of us (we have had a hard time getting used to the idea of thunderstorms coming in from the east...it seems so backwards!) Since monsoon season is officially underway we've had severe thunderstorms every evening and night for about the past week or two weeks (yes it thunders, lightnings, blows, and even RAINS here). But no dust storms yet... Someone told me that only the desert here and the desert over in the middle east have these kind of storms. I'm kind of excited to see what they are all about... Good thing we haven't washed the cars recently!
Update: We have still not seen a duststorm. It only hit the northeastern corner of the valley. We could see the huge wall of dust (like we have before) but it didn't come over us.
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the first night i was at philmont we had a wind/dust storm...it was crazy. not much fun when you're camping.
It's natural disasters like these that have lead me into a life of never washing cars!
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