That's crazy stuff
I used to see these "haboobs" all the time as a kid growing up in Phoenix. I really don't get the reason why they get talked about so much now.
These storms make a real mess. We had huge ones in Saudi Arabia when I lived there in the 1980's. Here is a time lapse video of the one in Phoenix. . [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrcVqtmugj8[/ame]
I saw the beginning of it and later looked out my window and couldn't see anything. I STILL have dirt on my front door and my windows are still dusty, although we've had 2 other haboobs after that. I've been here since July '07 and have never seen a haboob, or experience a dust storm that bad.