Thursday, September 24, 2009

Oh My Dust!


So, in Australian News, There has been a massive dust storm in NSW (new south wales, where sydney is) that has moved up to 75,000 tonnes of dust per hour. Today in Cairns we started to see the effects of the dust that has traveled up the coast. It was the weirdest thing. It looked like it was going to storm the whole day but that was just dust in the air. It was so thick that you couldn't see the mountains and i was told that in sydney you couldn't even see your hand in front of your face. This storm has come at the most inconvenient time with school holiday coming up. Several flights have been canceled but i am hoping that by the time i fly out on sunday the dust will have dissipated by then. I just think its crazy how much can be stuffed up just because of the environment being so dry with an increase in wind speed.

When i thought of australia, i always pictured bright sun and beautiful skies. The picture above definitely proves that Australia is full of crazy weather....i might even be here when cyclone session erupts and then there will be massive floods...."when it rains, it pours" :)

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