One tends to lose their frame of reference under certain weather conditions. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I have no personal experience of severe sandstorms yet I would contemplate that reduced visibility is problematic in both situations and if one is caught out-of-doors, one's vision and breathing may be challenged. The additional concern of below freezing temperatures would incline me to think that perhaps more people experience frostbite or injury in blizzard related conditions. I couldn't say with certainty, though....:shrug: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I got caught in a sand storm while driving once. Not a whole lot you can do if you don't have a good place to pull over and park. Had to replace a pitted windshield. The next time I almost got caught in a major dust storm driving I5 North from Los Angeles to Washington, but I heard about it before the highway split and took the east route, and later heard their was a 100 car pile up with several fatalities on the route I would have taken. That dust storm made the sky look as ugly and menacing as I've ever seen a sky before or since.
Hi scheherazade. I lived in Saudi Arabia for a spell and can tell you a bit about sandstorms. They are not like the Hollywood versions in which someone is throwing ashtray sand into a fan and the actors hunch over hiding their faces in their burnooses. Sure, wild, large-grain storms something like you see n films are possible, but more often a 'sand storm' is a dry mist of minute particles that just hang beige and suspended in mid-air stinking up the atmosphere like thousand-year old bits of camel dung and other detritus and, well, sand. When the first windy days came along, Saudis would say to me, "Wind! Bad!" I couldn't see why. I thought it would relieve the 12o-degree heat somewhat. I soon understood what they meant. The wind kicks up the dust and makes for the most miserable weather I've ever experienced: days of windy or windless (doesn't matter)low visibility where it is impossible to enjoy any outdoor activity.
Thank you for providing more details on the nature of dust storms in Saudi Arabia, Epictetus. I just stumbled across the following item which links to an interesting page of headlines about the extreme weather of 1953. Perhaps much of what the world is dealing with now in the way of weather is not entirely unprecedented? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://www.real-science.com/1953-a-year-of-extreme-heat-drought-dust-floods-tornadoes-and-hurricanes
Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Apparently, extreme heat in Australia is causing a lot of problems. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/pic...rne-plays-havoc-with-the-Australian-Open.html
I can only think that was a poorly built railroad track.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! But if you got to find blame, it's hard to beat the heat as an excuse.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I wonder if Joe's Crabshack has any of these baby's, and this one is only half grown.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
The following picture shows a floating bed. It was built with strong permanent magnets repelling each other. If you look closely you can see the strings attached to each corner. Damn! I wish I could have built one of those. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
I'm afraid you're off topic, Klown. In what way is that picture 'cool'? (The same effect could be achieved with an underlying platform less wide than the visible part of the bed.)
I must admit that the bed is a bit low for my taste. But I like the floating idea, and I know I could design one more to my liking. Your pretty good at doing searches. Do you think you can find a better example? This is the only picture that I know of to show off this idea.
Challenge accepted. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://news.discovery.com/tech/the-floating-bed-brought-to-you-by-magnets-110912.html
Both you and Epictetus have found fine examples, however they are all above my pay grade.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
This picture looks like two galaxies colliding, but that's only because of our viewing angle. They are really a couple of 100 million light years apart. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
