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Jun18

WEEKLY WEATHER – SUN DOG – 6/18/17

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WEEKLY WEATHER – SUN DOG – 6/18/17

This Week’s Challenges: June 18 – 24 (OWPC & WW)

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This week for Weekly Weather we are to show photos of what is called a sun dog. Also, sun halos, and light pillars are included in this.

A sun dog is formed from ice crystals in the atmosphere, appearing as either a bright or muted light to the side/sides of the sun. Here’s the wikipedia information on the topic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog

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Aug14

WEEKLY WEATHER – DUST STORM

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WEEKLY WEATHER – DUST STORM weekly-weather

This week’s weather word prompt is Dust Storm.

The challenge information is available here:

Weekly Weather: Dust Storm

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Living in west TX, we get lots of dust storms. They can happen any time, but mostly from January through March. These photos were taken out my back door during a couple. The first one was very strange. They said it was a haboob. It got really dark, and the sky was filled with red dirt for awhile. The other two was another sand/dust storm, but wasn’t that eerie red color. It gets so bad here at times, you can’t see good enough to drive down the highway, and there are accidents every time.

I’ve seen big walls of dirt rolling in, and that’s what they call them…walls of dirt. They can be seen for miles before they get to you, so you do have a little time to prepare, like closing windows, and tying things down outside so they don’t blow away.

The sand gets in the house through every little crack, even piling up in little drifts by the door and windows. Our eyes are gritty and it even gets in your mouth at times. The fact that there is so much dust in the air does make for some spectacular sunsets, and sunrises, too.

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The red haboob

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Dust/sand so thick you can’t see houses across the way

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