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2011 Lubbock dust storm "haboob" (full video)

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Uploaded by on Oct 18, 2011

You can see the wall of dust covering campus.

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  • the camera is shaking because im holding it on the window. There was a 1/4 inch glass window that blew out in the architecture building.

  • How often do these dust storms occur in Lubbock? We don't get them in the UK so this is fascinating: is that colour for real? Crazy!

  • @ICR68 Yeah the colors are real. This doesn't happen much at all. I heard somewhere that the last time something like this happened in the states was during the dust bowl in the 1930's.

  • @tapao If that fact is correct, this then could be another sign of global warming? - just a thought. Thanks for replying.

  • @ICR68 global warming has nothing to do with this. It was a combination of a cold front coming in and a lack of rain.

  • Architecture building...that's what really trapped you on campus.

  • @styoung24 always

    

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  • IT EATING YOU

  • @peppypuppyperson That must have been quite a frightening experience. I have read about another elderly couple who said that as they saw the wall of dust rolling in it was like the end of the world - looking at the videos I can understand their sentiments!

  • @YBR35 The dust made it incredibly hard to breath, I was stuck outside because I had to watch for my ride. Some of the biggest buildings on campus just up and disappeared when you were standing ion front of them.

  • @tapao hmmm...prolonged period, a, historic period without rain, and yet you say definitively that it has nothing to do with global warming.

  • @tapao By the way, the last message from YBR35 is from ICR68 - I forgot to sign in to my own account! Woops, sorry!

  • @tapao You are right and it was just a thought! Can you tell me if it is possible to be outside in a dust storm of this magnitude (I noticed people frantically running indoors) or does the dust make it too difficult to breathe and see? I know from experience that being on a sandy beach during blustery wind is very uncomfortable but that is nothing compared to your huge dust storms! It certainly looked very ominous.

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