"Sydney 18°C - 21°C . Very windy. Raised dust."
Raised dust, huh?
Check out these pictures and tell me if "raised dust" is anywhere near an accurate description for what went down today:
http://www.smh.com.au/photogallery/environment/dust-turns-sydney-sky-red/20090923-g0tw.html?selectedImage=44And here's what my front yard looked like this morning:
As compared to:
and:
So, anyhow, I think you get the point: There was A LOT of dust everywhere.
One of my workmates moaned that when she went outside to drive to work, her car was like camouflage and she honestly couldn't see it anywhere. She then found it and rang her mum to announce that she was too embarrassed to drive it to work. Her wise mum replied that everyone's car would be exactly the same in grubbiness and my workmate conceded that this was indeed true, and drove into work.
As with most headliners, the weather spawned some pretty funny email forwards:
1. Kanye's take on the dust storm:
Or this one forwarded from a workmate:
"Subject: FW: freaky!
And the lord swept the city in an extraordinary sandstorm.... Matthew 9:23 (look at the date today!) "
To which another cluey workmate responded:
"i googled it and I cant find that verse "
To which another one replied:
"Google tells me Matthew 9:23 is:
9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, "
Clearly we were all very productive at work today, but that's how big of a deal this dust storm was.
On a parting note, here's my favourite picture of the day:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/sydneysiders-tell-of-dust-experiences/story-fn44v660-1225778634363
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