The Bartlo Information Ministry wrote:
> From: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0606weather-ON.html
>
> Bartlo, you let the people of Maricopa County down. Maybe the Sheriff
> should put you into one of his tent city jails for your crimes.
>
>
> Wall of dust covers Valley at rush hour
>
> Michael Clancy
> The Arizona Republic
> Jun. 6, 2006 06:48 PM
>
> A huge dust storm rolled across the Valley this afternoon, as
> thunderstorms popped up throughout the state driving high winds out in
> front of them.
>
> The early evening dust storm rivaled anything a monsoon could kick up,
> even though a National Weather Service forecaster said it is far too
> early for the monsoon season to arrive.
>
> The strange early June weather picked up early this afternoon with
> thunder, lightning and rain. Severe weather alerts were posted
> throughout the state, an unusual occurrence in a month known more for
> searing heat than cooling rain.
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>
>
> The wall of dust, which stretched from Apache Junction to Avondale,
> preceded a storm that dropped a quarter-inch of much needed rain in
> Tucson. The rainfall was a record for the date.
>
> The temperature there dropped 25 degrees in 90 minutes, from the day's
> high of 101 to the day's low of 76.
>
> As that storm was passing to the west of the Valley, another large storm
> was moving toward it. At 6 p.m., it was situated near Willcox, east of
> Tucson.
>
> Mike Bruce of the National Weather Service in Phoenix said it is too
> early and too dry to call the weather a monsoon.
Bruce, eh?
> But conditions were favorable for microbursts, he said. Microbursts are
> localized, severe downdrafts that can cause damage similar to tornadoes.
>
> Last September, a microburst snapped trees and power poles in Mesa like
> they were toothpicks. A microburst in 1996 also caused the strongest
> winds ever recorded in the state, 115 mph at Deer Valley Air****t.
I wonder if there's a resemblance between Foamy and Dr. Turdi.
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