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Post by komsomol on Mar 11, 2009 11:54:02 GMT
It was on March 10th.   |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2009 18:42:31 GMT
Sandstorms look like a ravenous monster. Frankly I would like to see one for real some day. In a safe place, of course.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 11, 2009 22:00:46 GMT
Wow! I'd only read about sand storms, then recently watched The English Patient with its big sandstorm. As far as I can tell, there is not much warning before they hit. My god, imagine the clean up afterwards!
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Post by hwinpp on Mar 12, 2009 8:06:41 GMT
I can hardly remember them but there was a season I think. It used to get as dark as night and we'd all gather in one room.
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Post by spindrift on Mar 20, 2009 22:17:33 GMT
Those are amazing pictures. And frightening too.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2009 1:56:56 GMT
Very frightening. I do recall reading that they have a season as HW mentioned.
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Post by komsomol on Apr 2, 2009 11:06:20 GMT
You have to try to stuff up every crack or opening with rags or papers, but everybody says that a lot of dust and sand still gets in.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 11:36:00 GMT
Aside from the mention Bixa made about the movie The English Patient ,I remember there being frequent reference to these in The Alexandria Quartet.
There was a name for the season when they occur,can't recall what it is.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2009 11:43:26 GMT
Sometime in Europe we get a sand deposit from the Sahara -- maybe about once every 5 or 10 years. You go out one morning and there is a tan layer of fine powder on the cars and everything else, after a tremendous sandstorm in Africa.
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Post by onlymark on Apr 2, 2009 12:41:06 GMT
casimira - the season and the wind is called the 'Khamseen' or 'Khamsin', same thing really. This is the Arabic number for 50 and denoted a fifty day period usually from April onwards.
We get problems with this in Cairo every year, but it's generally just a wind that blows and not a sand storm, though they do happen every year.
It is the time of the year that the medical authorities dislike (as well as heatwaves) because many many people have breathing difficulties.
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