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I was no more back and a bit settled than this hit.

Blowing Dust, Strong Winds in Coachella Valley

Try the video in the article to see the force of it.

They say La Quinta but it was all through the valley. And over in an hour or two.

I have said this before. The desert is a world of extremes. It is now quiet and sunny as we await the next surprise which could be tomorrow or, perhaps, three months from now.

I had never seen quite the force of this before. Dust storms yes but total obscurity as we saw while we went out for dinner, safe inside, was new.

This is just one more reason to love the desert. One special thing about it is that these things are so easy to see. We have the mountain in the west and then the desert. Clear to a far horizon on the north and forever on the east and south.

A lot of times you can see this stuff coming.

Then it hits. Then it is gone.

Haboob!

Labels: desert, dust, weather