Wednesday, March 12, 2014

March Came In Like A Lion

The wind is blowing in the Texas panhandle and wildfire season has begun.  
National Weather Service meteorologist Charles Aldrich in Lubbock, Texas said a wall of dust as tall as 1,000 feet and 200 miles wide has roared across parts of West Texas and New Mexico.  Here are some awesome photos ... none taken by me ... I was out in the storm trying to hold my van on the highway as I tried to get home from my daughter's apartment across town. I hate driving in wind storms.   I know this is a long post but don't miss the photos below.
NewsChannel10 shared US National Weather Service Amarillo Texas's photo
Ever wondered what a dust storm looks like from above? This was taken from a plane northwest of Amarillo yesterday.   What an incredible photo taken from a plane at 38,000 feet of the dust storm that rolled through the city of Amarillo last night. Even though that wind was howling and the dust was a nuisance, this photo captures the beauty from above! Enjoy. -Mack
 The news said there were 3 wildfires in our area yesterday... here is one... 
Amarillo Globe-News
A fire near Borger has consumed a Panhandle Northern Railroad trestle ...


8 comments:

  1. I have never been to Texas and my only experience with dust storm is having read Grapes of Wrath. Wildfire season makes our 'mud season' sound not so bad, but spring cleaning must be a universal phenomenon.

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    1. I have only lived in this part of the world...west Texas and eastern NM, so dust storms are "normal" to me. Dust storms are as frequent here as rain in the NW, I imagine. The wind blows constantly. Wildfires really scare me. They move really fast with the wind blowing. It is so dry here it is easy for a wildfire to start and spread quickly. I live on the northernmost part of town and last year a wildfire came within 9/10's of a mile from my house. I don't remember how many homes were lost last year alone, but a lot. Then we always have several big hailstorms each year and tornadoes. Other than that, the weather is beautiful! Sunny and blue skies.

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  2. I saw those dust storms in the TV series about the Dust Bowl. Hard to imagine much less live through. I'm like you, fires scare me and with those winds--mercy!! It take a hardy person to accept those conditions as normal.

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    1. LOL! Hardy, or we just don't know any better! I was well into adulthood before I found it the wind doesn't blow like this everywhere. It is just normal here.

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  3. I saw news films of huge dust storms in Arizona last year. Yours look the same. I can't imagine living with that. We have wild fires here in the late summer, usually forest fires after out summer drought. As people build more and more into the wild areas, more homes are lost each year.

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    1. My son...the one that moved to your city..says he does not miss these dust storms at all!!! We rarely get rain and when we do it is a furious storm. He tells me Seattle gets gentle drizzle, not angry storms like here.

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  4. I lived in Midland, TX years ago and experienced more of those dust storms than I care to remember. I don't remember any wildfires there but we have way too many of those here in Colorado.

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    1. I bet you don't miss those dust storms. We had 2 more wildfires in our area. I know you guys have awful wildfires. Fire just scares me to death since it can change direction in a moment and move really fast.

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