[joberly]

Damn never seen them before check it out

http://www.sunbelt-software.com/stu/iraq/sandstorm.htm

If anyone's using Firefox there's a neat extension called Stumble! that brings you to random pages on the net that match your preferences, comes up with some pretty wild shit, that's where I found this.

[LowSider]

http://www.big-boys.com/articles/sandstorm.html

Might be the same one. Looks similar.

[JeffL]

Damn.

[joberly]

That's nuts, cool vid

[U.S. Marine]

This site shows Al Asad Iraq. The pics are from atop a bunker that used to have generators that supplied power to the base( we took those out in the occupation attacks)

My unit is .25 clicks to the right of there.

It acctually was moving fast, but looked slow due to the size of the cloud of sand, 6,000 feet high by 10 miles wide.

It looked every bit Hollywood, but there was not much noise, and it turned BLACK. you would be hurting if you got caught in it, out of reach of shelter.

We've had 3 of these storms so far, and they are cool every time they come. Every body waits to go inside until its feet from hitting them, we're stupid like that!

[mikeb]

Originally posted by U.S. Marine
This site shows Al Asad Iraq. The pics are from atop a bunker that used to have generators that supplied power to the base( we took those out in the occupation attacks)

My unit is .25 clicks to the right of there.

It acctually was moving fast, but looked slow due to the size of the cloud of sand, 6,000 feet high by 10 miles wide.

It looked every bit Hollywood, but there was not much noise, and it turned BLACK. you would be hurting if you got caught in it, out of reach of shelter.

We've had 3 of these storms so far, and they are cool every time they come. Every body waits to go inside until its feet from hitting them, we're stupid like that!

got to keep yourself entertained somehow when your not kickin ass right! must be some cool shit to see live. clean up has to be a bitch! sand everywere.

[U.S. Marine]

Originally posted by blackvfr
clean up has to be a bitch! sand everywere.

At first its not so bad but after a while your body cant get rid of the dust and its in your mouth and nose. Not much you can do about it. Everyone looks like cinnamon donuts, as you can see we have computers, they dont mix well.

Wet wipes are our best friend out here.