5/4/2005: Sandstorm arrives

Undertoad · 05-04-2005, 12:41 PM

Strategypage had a great gallery of what they see in Iraq when a sandstorm arrives... a wall of sand traveling at 60 MPH.

And then it's on top of you:

wolf · 05-04-2005, 12:53 PM

That looks like something out of Dune ...

Would someone who has phot .... digital photo manipulation software please add Shai-hulud into one of those?

xoxoxoBruce · 05-04-2005, 03:58 PM

I saw these pictures on EHOWA the other day and yesterday somebody emailed a pdf of the same thing with 15 pictures but it doesn't really show any more than these.
I guess this kind of storm would bury a caravan. Probably have to keep getting the camels up to keep them on top of the sand. I guess the lungs would work the stuff up and out eventually.

Cochese · 05-04-2005, 05:29 PM

Here's your big nasty worm.

footfootfoot · 05-04-2005, 06:55 PM

o shit.

where's my lens cap?

footfootfoot · 05-04-2005, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

...snip... I guess the lungs would work the stuff up and out eventually.

Only for about 43 years if you live in Afghanistan:
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications...k/geos/af.html

About 69 if you (can) live in Iraq

xoxoxoBruce · 05-04-2005, 07:36 PM

I think living in either place I'd put sand inhalation pretty low on my worry list.

wolf · 05-05-2005, 12:40 AM

*thunderous round of applause*

Excellent work Cochese!!

Thanks!

Catwoman · 05-05-2005, 05:09 AM

Fucking hell. Can you survive after one of them compounds you? They don't look too worried. If it's only going at 60mph why don't they escape in their speedy looking trucks?

wolf · 05-05-2005, 11:04 AM

Think of it as a really enthusiastic exfoliation ...

LabRat · 05-05-2005, 03:41 PM

macro-dermabrasion...

BigV · 05-05-2005, 03:51 PM

I think you'd be at risk of having your bones etched.

Elspode · 05-05-2005, 04:28 PM

This explains everything. We're not there for the oil...we're there for the Spice.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-05-2005, 07:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catwoman

Fucking hell. Can you survive after one of them compounds you? They don't look too worried. If it's only going at 60mph why don't they escape in their speedy looking trucks?

One of the pictures in the other set I saw, showed a guy walking around outside in his shirtsleeves and a respirator like car painters use. It appears he was concerned about breathing but not abrasion.
Oh, wait...he was a US Marine.

lookout123 · 05-06-2005, 12:16 AM

i got caught out in the open when one of these rolled through the Al Kharj, KSA area about this time 11 years ago. put the goggles on, cover as much of the skin as possible, a couple layers of handkerchief around the nose and mouth... it was all good. wish i had a camera. 30 minutes start to finish and sand piled up one side of my vehicle like neat little snowdrift in the midwest.

05-04-2005, 12:41 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/4/2005: Sandstorm arrives Strategypage had a great gallery of what they see in Iraq when a sandstorm arrives... a wall of sand traveling at 60 MPH. And then it's on top of you:

05-04-2005, 12:53 PM	#2
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	That looks like something out of Dune ... Would someone who has phot .... digital photo manipulation software please add Shai-hulud into one of those? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-04-2005, 03:58 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I saw these pictures on EHOWA the other day and yesterday somebody emailed a pdf of the same thing with 15 pictures but it doesn't really show any more than these. I guess this kind of storm would bury a caravan. Probably have to keep getting the camels up to keep them on top of the sand. I guess the lungs would work the stuff up and out eventually. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-04-2005, 06:55 PM	#5
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	o shit. where's my lens cap? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-04-2005, 07:36 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I think living in either place I'd put sand inhalation pretty low on my worry list. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-04-2005, 05:29 PM	#4
Cochese Disorderly Orderly Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 54	Here's your big nasty worm.

05-05-2005, 12:40 AM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	thunderous round of applause Excellent work Cochese!! Thanks! __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-05-2005, 05:09 AM	#9
Catwoman stalking a Tom Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: on the edge of the english channel Posts: 1,000	Fucking hell. Can you survive after one of them compounds you? They don't look too worried. If it's only going at 60mph why don't they escape in their speedy looking trucks? __________________ I've decided I'm not going to have a signature anymore.

05-05-2005, 11:04 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Think of it as a really enthusiastic exfoliation ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-05-2005, 03:41 PM	#11
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	macro-dermabrasion... __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

05-05-2005, 03:51 PM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I think you'd be at risk of having your bones etched. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

05-05-2005, 04:28 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	This explains everything. We're not there for the oil...we're there for the Spice. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

05-06-2005, 12:16 AM	#15
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i got caught out in the open when one of these rolled through the Al Kharj, KSA area about this time 11 years ago. put the goggles on, cover as much of the skin as possible, a couple layers of handkerchief around the nose and mouth... it was all good. wish i had a camera. 30 minutes start to finish and sand piled up one side of my vehicle like neat little snowdrift in the midwest. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

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