A/C Damaged by sandstorm?
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411A - you can see them coming from as far away as Malta!
I can't remember what the Maltese call these things - something hamra? - but they are a nightmare and the red sand (which has to be pretty fine to stay aloft over that distance) gets absolutely everywhere. Luqa should be avoided for several days after one of these has passed through.
I can't remember what the Maltese call these things - something hamra? - but they are a nightmare and the red sand (which has to be pretty fine to stay aloft over that distance) gets absolutely everywhere. Luqa should be avoided for several days after one of these has passed through.
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Originally Posted by Gipsy Queen
...you can see them coming from as far away as Malta!
... the red sand has to be pretty fine to stay aloft over that distance...
... the red sand has to be pretty fine to stay aloft over that distance...
And about once a year it will get another 600km further North to Paris.... when I lived there I repeatedly have found the car coated with it.
But I assume that in the clouds carrying it that far, it's "diluted" enough not to be a hazard to aircraft engines.
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Can move as fast as a front passes...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_storm
