If you encounter a severe dust storm: * Reduce your speed immediately * drive carefully off the highway or road * stop as far to the right as possible (or the left, in Australia, UK and New Zealand) * turn on hazard lights to warn approaching drivers that you are there * wait until the dust storm has passed ---- If you are not in a car, seek the best shelter you can. If you are outside, you must protect your mouth and nose with clothing, using it as a filter through which to breathe. If you have advance warning that a dust storm is apporaching, ensure that airways and cracks under doors and at window openings are stuffed with material to stop the fine dust coming inside. Protect pets outside (bring them in, if possible, or shut them in a secure, protected area). Stay indoors.
the dust bowl
read "of mice and men" by John Steinbeck, then you tell me.
November 11, 1933
1 to 2 hrs
They were called "dusters" and "black blizzards". http://factoidz.com/facts-about-the-dust-bowl/ They had many names for the storms but one that all who endured the dust bowl remember Black Friday. It was a GIANT storm that swept through fields and did more damage to crops then any other storm. They say when it was on it's way you could only see pitch black and that it was so strong fathers and sons had to hold the windows up.
Because the dust bowl is the SOURCE of the dust raised by a dust storm.
The worst dust storm that ever occurred happened in 1989.
Depending on what the wind is hurling around in a dust storm(besides dust), yes, they can be quite dangerous. The most potential harm is to your lungs, since a dust storm carries around some particles tiny enough to enter your system. If you have a decent shelter, ideally a house, you should be safe.
Storm Stories - 2003 Oregon Dust Storm was released on: USA: 15 June 2006
Yes, a dust storm can make you fall. And you gonna fall back in your house.
Like the length of a piece of string, he height of a dust storm depends on the storm and its location. Some Asian dust storms have impacted the stratosphere (8 to 30 miles high)
No. Dust storms cannot be stopped.
After a dust storm, the dust settles and visibility improves. Clean-up efforts may be needed to remove dust from surfaces and machinery. It is important to check for any damage caused by the storm and ensure that any disrupted services are restored.
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