Thursday, September 11, 2008

"An Arizona "Haboob" Dust Storm"

Well here it is and Arizona Haboob. Meaning a big nasty dust storm. It is going on right now as I type this. Then usually behind it is a thunderstorm. These can be very dangerous, and can make your pool dirty along with everything else. This came rolling in around 5 this evening. Even the weather man said that he has seen many Haboob, but this one was huge and very intense. They warn people to get off the road and if you are on the freeway to and can not see to pull off as far as you can and turn your lights off. Wait........ok now it is raining. Tomorrow will be a mess. So the weekend will be fun cleaning up. That is what you get when you live in AZ. Wait.............a little thunder now! Sometimes the storms can be little fun too and very wild. One time several years ago, Cindy, Duff and kids where all here for Memorial Day, well we had an early monsoon that day. Clouds rolled in, wind came up and the brand new BBQ went whipping across the patio and almost ended up in the pool. Luckily we had some quick moving people that stopped the BBQ from landing the pool. Now we have a built in. Much better.

3 comments:

Leslie said...

Built in BQ, pool, what the heck? I'm coming for a visit.

Lisa Tucker said...

Come on over! My home is your home!

Jennifer said...

Saw the storm on our local news. The were getting a kick out of saying haboob.