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lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« on: October 18, 2011, 09:43:27 AM »
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44939529/ns/weather/

Is this the beginning of another dust bowl?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYKJaWuj0Y

And would Jamis please explain why the folks ran down into the basement of the control tower?  (OK, it was really a room on the first floor.)

stay safe.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2011, 09:52:40 AM »
Texans don't get haboobs very often.

We get 'em annually here in AZ.


I wouldn't read too much into one weather occurrence. 
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2011, 10:20:35 AM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on October 18, 2011, 09:43:27 AM

And would Jamis please explain why the folks ran down into the basement of the control tower?  (OK, it was really a room on the first floor.)

stay safe.

60+ mph wind gusts.  Some places just north of here saw gusts in excess of 70.

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2011, 10:37:34 AM »
Dusty and windy in West Texas - who would have ever expected that ?   :P
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2011, 11:23:19 AM »
I didn't think that was unusual up there, at least not unheard of.  Another reason not to like Texas Tech.   =)

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2011, 11:31:56 AM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 18, 2011, 11:23:19 AM
Another reason not to like Texas Tech.   =)



Heathen.  :laugh:

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2011, 11:48:35 AM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 18, 2011, 11:31:56 AM
Heathen.  :laugh:

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Not a Heathen, just another Aggie happy to escape Lubbock again with a win.   :lol:
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #7 on: October 18, 2011, 12:06:43 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 18, 2011, 11:48:35 AM
Not a Heathen, just another Aggie happy to escape Lubbock again with a win.   :lol:

Oh, dear!  Will you two devolve into headbashing like this?  http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=31907.0

stay safe.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #8 on: October 18, 2011, 12:26:28 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 18, 2011, 11:31:56 AM
Heathen.  :laugh:

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At least one can buy booze in College Station.

Who's the heathen now?  :-*
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2011, 12:50:58 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on October 18, 2011, 12:26:28 PM
At least one can buy booze in College Station.

Who's the heathen now?  :-*

 Haven't been to Lubbock lately, have ya?  =D

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #10 on: October 18, 2011, 01:19:46 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on October 18, 2011, 09:43:27 AM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44939529/ns/weather/

Is this the beginning of another dust bowl?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQYKJaWuj0Y

And would Jamis please explain why the folks ran down into the basement of the control tower?  (OK, it was really a room on the first floor.)

stay safe.

High winds.  Towers have lots and lots of glass.  You do the math. 
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I'd have to look again, but I think the evac plan at EFDT calls for bailing with winds over 50. Can't remember if thats gusts or sustained.  Probably gusts.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2011, 01:20:59 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 18, 2011, 11:23:19 AM
I didn't think that was unusual up there, at least not unheard of.  Another reason not to like Texas Tech.   =)



Don't say that around my dad!  ;)
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #12 on: October 18, 2011, 02:26:23 PM »
Lets see. South Plains dust storms. Do I miss them?


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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #13 on: October 18, 2011, 02:30:03 PM »
Lordy, Lordy- where is Harold Camping when you really need him!?

Isn't his delayed TEOTWAWKI now October 21st?

Yikes, he is wrong again, as it is here early!
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #14 on: October 18, 2011, 02:32:24 PM »
Quote from: Brad Johnson on October 18, 2011, 12:50:58 PM
Haven't been to Lubbock lately, have ya?  =D

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No, and that's a good thang!

I take it ya'll went wet.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #15 on: October 18, 2011, 04:06:47 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on October 18, 2011, 02:32:24 PM

I take it ya'll went wet.

Yep, couple years ago.  The strip is heestwah.

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #16 on: October 18, 2011, 04:41:04 PM »
Quote from: vaskidmark on October 18, 2011, 12:06:43 PM
Oh, dear!  Will you two devolve into headbashing like this?  http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=31907.0

stay safe.
Nothing like that.  Just some typical rivalry around Texas.  A&M is leaving for SEC anyway. 
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #17 on: October 18, 2011, 08:02:09 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on October 18, 2011, 04:41:04 PM
Nothing like that.  Just some typical male rivalry around Texas.  A&M is leaving for SEC anyway. 

Fixed.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #18 on: October 18, 2011, 11:38:04 PM »
You'd think with all the pissin contests down there,combined with the beer consumption. there would be no drought.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2011, 02:18:27 AM »
I live near a few huge dry lake beds, most of the black rock desert see's dust storms like that every so often-we call them white outs. I live in kind of a protected area due to some small mountains, the most dangerous thing is being on the road, most folks do not have the sense to either stop or drive 5mph
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #20 on: October 19, 2011, 02:45:21 AM »
Quote from: Lee on October 18, 2011, 11:38:04 PM
You'd think with all the pissin contests down there,combined with the beer consumption. there would be no drought.

Ftw.
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #21 on: October 19, 2011, 07:39:15 AM »
I believe that if a locust swarm follows THEN it would be the beginning of the end. Meanwhile, back to good old head bashing school rivalries.  [popcorn]
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #22 on: October 19, 2011, 08:58:45 AM »
A troop of self-stimulating Capuchin Monkeys would also indicate that the end is near......
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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #23 on: October 19, 2011, 09:50:10 AM »
Quote from: Lee on October 18, 2011, 11:38:04 PM
You'd think with all the pissin contests down there,combined with the beer consumption. there would be no drought.

And that's just the wimmin...  :laugh:

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Re: lubbock dust storm - is this the beginning of the end?
« Reply #24 on: October 19, 2011, 12:43:40 PM »
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