Scary Sand
 

This was taken by a friend of a friend of mine in Texas. My friend was ok, it had calmed a bit by the time it reached his house in San Angelo...but his friend had three windows blown out of her truck and there were a fair few trailers blown over.

I just thought this was an awesome picture and worth sharing...yes, I have permission!

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Yep, saw it on the news this morning, pretty amazing pictures, but glad we don't have to live with this

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Well they do say every thing is bigger in Texas, cool pic.

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Been through a much smaller one of these on a bike.
We had to turn the bikes off to keep dirt from stopping up the airbox and hold our breath as the cloud of dust covered us. But only lasted a couple of minutes.

Why anyone would choose to live in a dried up desert is beyond me. :confused:

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had one of these in egypt on a nile cruise.. smaller scale but scary

accounts for my sandblasted look

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Sounds like a case of there being a sand storm and wanting to impress, so looking for a picture to pass off as their own then. Will let my friend know...he'll unload an appropriate amount of wee taking :-)