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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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We get them all the time in Afghanistan. We call them "Mummy Walls".

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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 03:13 PM
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I was stationed at Luke AFB from 1990 to 1997. We'd get word one of these was rolling in and we would still got caught outside trying to secure everything. Nothing like spending 30 minutes after it leaves shaking dirt out of your hair. We did have goggles to save the eyes. My 89 C4 convertible got caught in a few of these. A good shop vac took care of the dust inside.
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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by PittMD1
We are about 15 miles north of Phoenix and it seems that the dust storms stay on the south side.
Yeah, but July 31 you got a little "present" from the weather gods:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXxzR...eature=related
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Old Aug 16, 2012 | 01:20 AM
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I never saw any dust storms like this while I was living in Tucson. Was I just lucky, or is there some logical reason why Phoenix gets them but Tucson does not?
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