04-08-2010, 01:48 PM | #11 |
The Great White Ape
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Thats an easy one, HIDE. I saw so many of those come rolling in when I was here in 2003 and there was no where really to go. This time around I just go into my room or in my office....lol Screw standing out in that crap.
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04-08-2010, 03:14 PM | #12 |
Ride Naked.
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Awesome pics, makes me glad I'm in Kosovo instead of there!
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04-08-2010, 08:12 PM | #13 |
Moto GP Star
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04-08-2010, 08:28 PM | #14 |
AMA Supersport
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Amazing pictures but sounds (and looks) like it would be a major PITA if caught in the middle with no shelter.
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04-08-2010, 10:25 PM | #15 |
I'm so much cooler online
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We had one while I was in Kuwait in 02 but it actually originated in the Sahara and was fallout from high level dust clouds. It was very fine silt when it made it to Kuwait and was more like a fog, visibility was about 80 yrds or so. What was worse was the 10 minute rain shower we had one morning when it was 125F and made the humidity shoot up. I never complain about GA summers anymore
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04-10-2010, 12:05 PM | #16 |
Let's do another U-turn
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Indiana
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Ugh, I still remember that shit. I've witnessed ones in both Kuwait and in Eastern New Mexico. Absolutely full of suck. That shit gets into everything.
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04-10-2010, 02:06 PM | #17 |
TWFix Legend
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Sandstorms suck ass! got them mostly in Kuwait... not so much in Northern Iraq... but they were teh suck
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04-10-2010, 04:22 PM | #18 |
This is not the sig line.
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I always thought the aftermath was cooler. The whole place looks like a Mars landscape, complete with reddish tint (I assume from leftover sand/dust in the air).
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04-11-2010, 12:38 PM | #19 | |
Sham WOW
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That being said... it makes keeping weapons clean a real bitch.
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04-11-2010, 01:44 PM | #20 |
Chaotic Neutral
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