Ever heard of a Dirt Storm? Well, we just had one last night. Kind of like a sand storm only with dirt instead. Every year for the past two years we've had a sand storm come through out town and the surrounding areas. Last year it was so bad that some of the highways were shut down because you just couldn't see where the road was. The dirt/dust storm lasted all night and through today. Our porch had a layer of dirt on it. My kids went outside for a little bit and every time they took a step on the grass a little poof of dirt went up. My son's black sweats were gray all around his ankles.
The greeter at Walmart was wearing a white mask and there was dirt all over the outside of her mask. When I first got in there, I notice that it was a little foggy in side - a dust fog. I could taste the dirt and dust. Yuck!
Never experienced anything like that in Hawai'i. Tsunami warnings, hurricanes, tropical storms that flood the whole island, but no dirt storms!
