[ARCHIVED THREAD] - HABOOB!!!!!!!!!!! (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 7/5/2011 7:30:03 PM EDT
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some more pics posted here http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/arizona-dust-storm |
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this is a good one.  |
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Holy shit! Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Quoted: Red Air! No mission tonight! Woot! Oops. Never mind. Flashback. Get out of my head  I told my wife the visibility sucked so we'd probably hit an IED. I took this one at Warner and I-10:  And then it caught up to use at at Baseline:  For comparison, here's Al Asad at about 7am, outside the DFAC:  |
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Best photo yet. |
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I had to shut off the Ac. Getting all gritty in the house. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to work on sealing up your house. Your electric bill will thank you. 
Seriously. Your AC unit recycles the air within the house. It doesn't draw in any air from outside, unless you have leaky windows/door. Then, the slight vacuum created by your unit will pull air in through the cracks and crevices. If you can get that sealed up, you'll pull in less hot air and your AC won't work as hard. |
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Quoted: Quoted: I had to shut off the Ac. Getting all gritty in the house. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to work on sealing up your house. Your electric bill will thank you. Seriously. Your AC unit recycles the air within the house. It doesn't draw in any air from outside, unless you have leaky windows/door. Then, the slight vacuum created by your unit will pull air in through the cracks and crevices. If you can get that sealed up, you'll pull in less hot air and your AC won't work as hard. Older construction may have swamp coolers which will draw the dust in. And not many central distribution systems are leak free, when routed through the attic, some loss there will create negative pressure inside. |
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I had to shut off the Ac. Getting all gritty in the house. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to work on sealing up your house. Your electric bill will thank you.
Seriously. Your AC unit recycles the air within the house. It doesn't draw in any air from outside, unless you have leaky windows/door. Then, the slight vacuum created by your unit will pull air in through the cracks and crevices. If you can get that sealed up, you'll pull in less hot air and your AC won't work as hard. Older construction may have swamp coolers which will draw the dust in. And not many central distribution systems are leak free, when routed through the attic, some loss there will create negative pressure inside. True. Although I seriously doubt AlphaBavo has swamp. Just about no one does here anymore. And if he did, he wouldn't be using it today. Too humid to work very well. 
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And here is a thread of last nights Haboob!! which was pathetic compared to this one!
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1203162 |
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I had to shut off the Ac. Getting all gritty in the house. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to work on sealing up your house. Your electric bill will thank you.
Seriously. Your AC unit recycles the air within the house. It doesn't draw in any air from outside, unless you have leaky windows/door. Then, the slight vacuum created by your unit will pull air in through the cracks and crevices. If you can get that sealed up, you'll pull in less hot air and your AC won't work as hard. I know, I'm working on it. We've only been in the house for about 4 months. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Never seen one this bad before..ever! Covering the whole valley it seems. the one a few years ago was bigger but I don't think the dust was as thick. THis one was thicker than shit. Apparently this one tonight is 7000 feet high, 50 miles wide, and moving at 50 mph. |
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Never seen one this bad before..ever! Covering the whole valley it seems. the one a few years ago was bigger but I don't think the dust was as thick. THis one was thicker than shit. Apparently this one tonight is 7000 feet high, 50 miles wide, and moving at 50 mph. that is sick! |
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Never seen one this bad before..ever! Covering the whole valley it seems. the one a few years ago was bigger but I don't think the dust was as thick. THis one was thicker than shit. Apparently this one tonight is 7000 feet high, 50 miles wide, and moving at 50 mph. Wow, that's huge. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK  |
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nice!!! |
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Looks like the fist of an angry god. (If we didn't all know that god is a white guy, that is...) |
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That's crazy. Here's some additional footage to give another perspective. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=8233690 |
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I had to shut off the Ac. Getting all gritty in the house. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile You need to work on sealing up your house. Your electric bill will thank you.
Seriously. Your AC unit recycles the air within the house. It doesn't draw in any air from outside, unless you have leaky windows/door. Then, the slight vacuum created by your unit will pull air in through the cracks and crevices. If you can get that sealed up, you'll pull in less hot air and your AC won't work as hard. Older construction may have swamp coolers which will draw the dust in. And not many central distribution systems are leak free, when routed through the attic, some loss there will create negative pressure inside. A lot of people run both out here, most people know what they got. Swamp coolers run with an opening to the outside to move the air. AC recycles. I prefer AC but swamp coolers can be ok sometimes. I could only see halfway down my street and it looked more white than brown. Pretty cool. |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: Never seen one this bad before..ever! Covering the whole valley it seems. the one a few years ago was bigger but I don't think the dust was as thick. THis one was thicker than shit. Apparently this one tonight is 7000 feet high, 50 miles wide, and moving at 50 mph. shit I think it was bigger then. I think that one a few years ago was around 5000 feet high. |
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About how many times in a year do you folks get 'haboobed'? -Or, do these storms tend to have-peak year occourences like hurricanes? The occur during our monsoon season. Julyish through end of Augustish. If conditions are right they can happen every evening. Seems we get a few gnarly ones every year though. |
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Quoted: About how many times in a year do you folks get 'haboobed'? -Or, do these storms tend to have-peak year occourences like hurricanes? a few times a year at least. sometimes a lot more haboobies in a year. when the storms collapse out in the desert the colder air rushes down and out picking up all the dirt. During monsoon season this can be a daily thing. Just not always with this much dirt. |