The Haboob

Yes, that is really a true word...it's what a huge dust storm is called during a monsoon and we experienced one last night. It was pretty cool! Lyle just pulled in from work and mentioned for me to look outside. When I did, there was a huge dark cloud that was moving so fast towards the north...this was at 7pm when the sun was still out but once the haboob hit us, it was instant night.

What happens is during a monsoon storm, the clouds all gather and drop cold rain and when the rain stops it continues to force cold air down which then picks up the dust and forces a huge wall of dust forward.


image by Stan Celestian, Glendale Community College

This was before we ran into the house.


And this was 30 minutes after.


This was the next day...our cars were covered with dust.