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I woke up to the apocalypse

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Bockit
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sydney2287 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-23 06:55:26
September 23 2009 06:54 GMT
#1
I know this thread doesn't have much content but the picture says it all really.

The bottom picture is Sydney normally the top picture was Sydney today.
[image loading]


I woke up at somewhere between 4 and 5am with red light streaming into my room, turns out there was a gigantic dust storm that settled on Sydney overnight, which is annoying because I only just washed my car windows yesterday..

Pictures:

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sydney red dust <--best imo
http://au.news.yahoo.com/gallery/-/6093205/0
http://au.news.yahoo.com/gallery/-/6090451/0

Good times.

EDIT: Maybe this is common in other parts of the world /shrug apparently only happened once before here in Sydney. It also hit up and down the coast as well I have heard.

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Their are four errors in this sentance.
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-23 07:00:40
September 23 2009 06:59 GMT
#2
Wow nothing like this around where I live. Looks pretty cool IMO but probably a bigger pain in the ass than it's worth.

Also, very nice pictures on the flickr one
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
September 23 2009 07:01 GMT
#3
I wish I lived in Australia...
"Smokey, this is not 'Nam, this is bowling. There are rules."
Licmyobelisk
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Philippines3682 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-23 07:06:12
September 23 2009 07:02 GMT
#4
Like silent hill and of all sorts! Is this the first time it ever happened in Sydney?

best thing about the pictures.. NO PEOPLE in it!

Was the dust sticky that's why no one was getting out of their house? I mean, it seems you are the only one brave enough to take on the apocalypse head on!
I don't think I've ever wished my opponent good luck prior to a game. When I play, I play to win. I hope every opponent I ever have is cursed with fucking terrible luck. I hope they're stuck playing underneath a stepladder with a black cat in attendance a
Bockit
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Sydney2287 Posts
September 23 2009 07:05 GMT
#5
On September 23 2009 16:02 Licmyobelisk wrote:
Like silent hill and of all sorts! Is this the first time it ever happened in Sydney?


I heard in passing that it has happened once before, but nowhere near this magnitude. The only thing that has ever come close in my memory is extreme bushfires having an 'orangey' (nothing like this!) sunset due to heaps of smoke.
Their are four errors in this sentance.
Marine50
Profile Joined September 2007
Australia1764 Posts
September 23 2009 07:06 GMT
#6
spooky
IRIS FIGHTING!!!
eMbrace
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States1300 Posts
September 23 2009 07:11 GMT
#7
mustve been a pretty cool feeling
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51544 Posts
September 23 2009 07:19 GMT
#8
in albury we had a huge fucking storm woke me up at 4am.
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Play
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia608 Posts
September 23 2009 07:29 GMT
#9
happened in brisbane too, but to a much lesser extent oO
jmascis
lazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia3119 Posts
September 23 2009 07:56 GMT
#10
haha yeah it was awesome, i slept through most of it except my bro woke me up at 6 and i didnt really give a shit at that time, was so sleepy
SK.Testie
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada11084 Posts
September 23 2009 08:06 GMT
#11
I didn't even know that was possible.
Social Justice is a fools errand. May all the adherents at its church be thwarted. Of all the religions I have come across, it is by far the most detestable.
nataziel
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Australia1455 Posts
September 23 2009 08:26 GMT
#12
yeah it was like that in brisbane today too, at UQ you couldn't see 200 metres across the field >_>
u gotta sk8
Surrealistic
Profile Joined September 2009
311 Posts
September 23 2009 08:36 GMT
#13
Yep I'm in Syd too, confusing until my mom had the good sense to turn on the tv.
JohnColtrane
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Australia4813 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-23 08:49:07
September 23 2009 08:48 GMT
#14
Yeah i saw this too. My sister woke me up real early (10am) and i thought it was just orange sky like at night or something.

it reminded me of the ash storms from morrowind, actually has been quite a fun day

edit: im in syd
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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
September 23 2009 08:51 GMT
#15
closest thing ive ever had like that was where everything was green from a green sky, it was messed up
Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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Suc
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia1569 Posts
September 23 2009 09:00 GMT
#16
Yeah I was at a mate's place (brisbane) and it just started getting really yellow and then everything was orange at midday. The worst part was that no matter what, everything got layers of dust on it.
Spenguin
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia3316 Posts
September 23 2009 09:12 GMT
#17
It was so cool to watch that from Perth.
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Hyde
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
Australia14568 Posts
September 23 2009 09:15 GMT
#18
Apparently you could see the dust storm from space.
Because when you left, Brood War was all spotlights and titans. Now, with the death of the big leagues, Brood War has moved to the basements and carparks. Now, Brood War is unlicensed brawls, lost teeth, and bloody fights for fistfulls of money - SirJolt
zalcion
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia40 Posts
September 23 2009 09:22 GMT
#19
On September 23 2009 16:05 Bockit wrote:
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On September 23 2009 16:02 Licmyobelisk wrote:
Like silent hill and of all sorts! Is this the first time it ever happened in Sydney?


I heard in passing that it has happened once before, but nowhere near this magnitude. The only thing that has ever come close in my memory is extreme bushfires having an 'orangey' (nothing like this!) sunset due to heaps of smoke.


Yeah, I recall a bushfire-related one happened within the last 2 years.

Most trippy feeling ever today, groggy and trying to find the bathroom with the ambient orange light from the windows
araav
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
Armenia1590 Posts
September 23 2009 09:24 GMT
#20
wow how cool is that!
The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.
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