Friday, April 18, 2008

IT'S A SANDSTORMY DAY


Today, it’s cream to light orange everywhere. There is a big sandstorm in the eastern region of Saudi Arabia. It’s choking out there. The visibility is almost zero. The wind is coming from the north.





Sandstorm is a common natural disaster that happens very often at the onset of the long summer. Usually, sandstorms come with a warning. A dark brownish color cloud means there is possibly going to be a sandstorm. Sandstorms when strong are very destructive. They are unpredictable, they can appear out nowhere or from behind sand dunes. Sandstorms cause visibility to be reduced one hundred meters. When the sandstorm is over, everything is a mess.




Sandstorms can get winds picking up sand to the very high speed of 85 km/h to 130 km/h. When the winds reach the speed of 60-85 km/h, the sand gets pick up with it. The wind is carrying the sand and is throwing sand away in high speeds so that it is strong enough to distract something like signs on the roads or anything that is likely to be knocked over by winds reaching over 85 km/h.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

yup... and sandstorms don't smell so good either.. >_<

oh well.. hintayin nalang matapos ang sandstorm..

Bay Martin said...

The very fine dusts nagsettle na, ang dumi. I am sure will have a sandtormy weekend again.

Anonymous said...

Another sandstorm is comingggg!!!

Bay Martin said...

Yes, I think it's coming from the north again. I just finished tidying up the whole flat! Grrrrr!
Enjoy it!

Anonymous said...

Nakakatamad maglinis dahil this is the time of the year na maraming sandstorms! Let's go to the beach again, Kuya Bay!

Bay Martin said...

No problem, we can go night swimming. Give me a call so we can set the date.

Anonymous said...

Weekend is coming, and it's too dusty and windy outside!