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Old 09-23-2009, 12:23 AM   #1
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Sept 23, 2009: Red Sydney

Sydney Australia, has been enveloped in red dust...



Dayum, looks like one of those middle eastern sandstorms.

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Sydneysiders have woken to a red haze unlike anything seen before by residents or weather experts, as the sun struggles to pierce a thick blanket of dust cloaking the city this morning. Callers flooded talkback radio, others hit social networking sites and scores of emails were received from smh.com.au readers as Sydney residents expressed their amazement at this morning's conditions. "It's just red, red, red as far as you can see," one caller at the Anzac Bridge told 2GB.
It appears to have blown in from the desert.

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The fiery haze was the result of the sun hitting the blanket of dust, Bureau of Meteorology senior forecaster Jane Golding said.
"The reason for the dust is we had some really strong winds in the inland areas of NSW and in South Australia for a sustained period yesterday," she said. "That's lifted a whole lot of dust off the ground because it's quite dry out there, many of those areas are still drought affected."
Oh, and it get worse.

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Weather to get worse

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning across the state because of widespread damaging winds, which are expected to increase in force across Sydney this morning. "It's been close to 60km/h already this morning ... it's just a matter of time before it gets stronger," Ms Golding said.
Wind speeds this morning were expected to average over 65km/h, but there would be gusts in excess of 100 km/h, the Bureau said.
That ought to blow that crap into every nook and cranny.

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Old 09-23-2009, 12:32 AM   #2
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Holy moly. I reckon that second pic was taken with a filter - I've never seen a dust cloud anything like that shade of red, and I've seen plenty of dust.

That dust came over the mountains, from at least five hundred kilometres away. Damn.
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Old 09-23-2009, 02:25 AM   #3
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Nah, no filter, it's for real. I woke up this morning and my whole appartment was bright yellow. (I don't get up til 8am) but anyone up around the 4am mark was treated to a blood red sky.

Check out the link for more info

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/du...0923-g28g.html

My mate just washed his car yesterday too
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Old 09-23-2009, 06:17 AM   #4
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Brisbane is not much better. There's a front coming across from the desert and it's dropping 16000 tons of dust per hour on Brisbane. There's been a haze across the whole city since about midday today.

It's expected to clear a bit by tomorrow.

Here's what the city looked like in the daylight today.

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Old 09-23-2009, 09:06 AM   #5
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How's the saying go? Red sky at night sailors delight, red sky in morning sailors take warning? Red sky all the time....sailors begin to whine?
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:25 AM   #6
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How's the saying go? Red sky at night sailors delight, red sky in morning sailors take warning? Red sky all the time....winos drink wine
Fixed it for ya.
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Old 09-23-2009, 12:15 PM   #7
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The God of Saltwater Crocodiles is PISSED OFF!! RELEASE THE CROCS!! Or at least let them eat those idjits in the tanks.
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Old 09-23-2009, 12:33 PM   #8
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My mate just washed his car yesterday too

Well Now we Know who's fault this is !!!
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:23 PM   #9
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We had orange air in Canberra too. And today the water coming out of the tap is pale orange.
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:58 PM   #10
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I sit corrected. Seems that colour WAS real; I think the dawn light contributed to the intensity of it.

The dust cloud was in a front 400km thick and almost 2,000 km long. It is expected to reach New Zealand.

It is still early spring, and the inland is totally dry. This summer could well be worse than last summer.
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Old 09-23-2009, 10:42 PM   #11
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Fuck. Now the koala's are gonna be begging water *and* goggles.
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Old 09-24-2009, 05:28 AM   #12
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Old 09-24-2009, 08:46 AM   #13
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The God of Saltwater Crocodiles is PISSED OFF!! RELEASE THE CROCS!! Or at least let them eat those idjits in the tanks.
As I recall, they especially like Chitos.
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Old 09-25-2009, 07:05 AM   #14
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Old 09-26-2009, 02:17 PM   #15
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