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Old 04-08-2010, 02:48 PM   #11
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What do you feel when you see that coming at you? From here its just a cool pic.
Thats an easy one, HIDE. I saw so many of those come rolling in when I was here in 2003 and there was no where really to go. This time around I just go into my room or in my office....lol Screw standing out in that crap.
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Old 04-08-2010, 04:14 PM   #12
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Awesome pics, makes me glad I'm in Kosovo instead of there!
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:12 PM   #13
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Awesome pics, makes me glad I'm in Kosovo instead of there!
yea sand storms in the Middle East ftl! That grit is everywhere!
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Old 04-08-2010, 09:28 PM   #14
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Amazing pictures but sounds (and looks) like it would be a major PITA if caught in the middle with no shelter.
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Old 04-08-2010, 11:25 PM   #15
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We had one while I was in Kuwait in 02 but it actually originated in the Sahara and was fallout from high level dust clouds. It was very fine silt when it made it to Kuwait and was more like a fog, visibility was about 80 yrds or so. What was worse was the 10 minute rain shower we had one morning when it was 125F and made the humidity shoot up. I never complain about GA summers anymore
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Old 04-10-2010, 01:05 PM   #16
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Ugh, I still remember that shit. I've witnessed ones in both Kuwait and in Eastern New Mexico. Absolutely full of suck. That shit gets into everything.
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Old 04-10-2010, 03:06 PM   #17
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Sandstorms suck ass! got them mostly in Kuwait... not so much in Northern Iraq... but they were teh suck
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Old 04-10-2010, 05:22 PM   #18
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I would hate having to deal with that on a regular basis...but it does make for a cool pic.
I always thought the aftermath was cooler. The whole place looks like a Mars landscape, complete with reddish tint (I assume from leftover sand/dust in the air).
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I always thought the aftermath was cooler. The whole place looks like a Mars landscape, complete with reddish tint (I assume from leftover sand/dust in the air).
This is very true... just the other day we had one that rolled in while I was in the office. I walked out to have a smoke and it was quite literally orange outside. It felt weird going back indoors because the light seemed overly blue.

That being said... it makes keeping weapons clean a real bitch.
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What do you feel when you see that coming at you? From here its just a cool pic.
i think time to go to the px since the pogues will be running for home
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