This is what we woke up to today and it has lasted all day so far - it's not a real sand storm but rather dust filling the air. Well, I guess it still comes from the desert but it does not give that crunchy sand feel in the teeth. It's more like clearing out an attic or something no one has cleaned for ages and the dust comes at you - the eyes go dry and the nose tickles. Quite unpleasant but still better than a real full blown sand storm, I guess...
(Picture above: view from our balcony this morning)
We have a tad of the same once or twice a year. Don't know where it originates from, if there has been a sandstorm in Kuwait which is carrying our way, or sand carried from a drier place in Turkey. Anyway, the sky gets all yellowish, and everywhere is covered with this thin layer of yellow sand. Usually followed by rain (winter fenomena) to really make the sand/dust stick ;-)
ReplyDelete...just heard someone say that it rains mud in the summer (after a dust storm)... hmmm will have to see for myself.
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