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2018-02-21 Down Under

Dust storm blankets Australian town in orange

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Posted by Besoeker 2018-02-21 03:15|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Ah, I'm reminded of the sweet days of my youth in Chicago's steel mill ghetto on the south side of Lake Michigan. Iron Oxide from the mills would fall as rain and coat everything brown. Brown houses, snow, rain, brown cars, trees, streets and birds.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-02-21 08:53|| 2018-02-21 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 We had dust storms in Enid, Oklahoma back in the 50's.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2018-02-21 16:05|| 2018-02-21 16:05|| Front Page Top

#3 When oaks on each other come callin',
In gardens and parks, what's that fallin'?
Okay, it's not rusty,
Depressin' or dusty,
But pollen on cars is appallin'.

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-02-21 16:46|| 2018-02-21 16:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Skidmark, as my uncle from the area used to say "Shades of Hammond".

His joke being that it was only one shade.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2018-02-21 16:53|| 2018-02-21 16:53|| Front Page Top

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2018-02-21 17:36|| 2018-02-21 17:36|| Front Page Top

#6 For those of you who have not been in one, they are crazy weird.

And if they hit a storm front, it rains mud. Very unpleasant to drive in, among other things.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-02-21 18:46|| 2018-02-21 18:46|| Front Page Top

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