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Published: February 11th 2009
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Sand Storm #1
Everything is now coated with sand. These things supposedly last for several days. Would you say "It's Sanding Out"?
It’s been great interacting with the Participants because I’ve never talked to a Saudi before. I had a pretty long discussion today with a guy who is a helicopter pilot for Aramco. Ironically, he was in Grand Forks, ND during 9/11 and his mother was worried about him (she didn’t know that Grand Forks isn’t anywhere near NY)! Of course my mother is worried about me being here, so perhaps mothers are the same the world over.
Today was a sand-storm and the sky turned a beautiful golden color. Everyone from here laughed at me when I got excited about the sandstorm, but then the consultants came out and were equally impressed so I didn’t feel as much like as much of a dork. It’s not like a snowstorm made out of sand. . It’s kind of like fog, but now all the streets and sidewalks have fine sand on them. It could be my imagination, but it seems like my lungs hurt from breathing it in.
It reminds me when I was a freshman at college in St. Louis and the first tornado siren went off. All of the easterners (including
Sand Storm #2
I didn't take a picture of it, but the sun looked like the moon during this. me) went to the balconies to look for the tornado and all of the sensible Midwesterners took cover in the basement!
I attaching a few photos of the sand-storm. The only thing is that tomorrow is the weekend and supposedly these things last for several days. I’ve seen it, now let’s get back to warm and sunny, OK?
Hey, I’ve now been here for a week! The time is going very quickly.
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Ellen
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Ted: I loved your sandstorm pictures. I never thought about a sand storm. The gold color is really nice. Great job on the blog...I really feel I am there with you. Ellen