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Haboob

by Soulo Jacob Bourgeau

monsoon’s wispy kin
blustery apparition
haunts Sonoran plains

02/15/2007

Author's Note: The name Haboob comes from the Arabic word for "phenomena". It's a dust storm moving at a maximum speed of 80kph (50mph), the average speed is 50kph (30mph). The storm can reach up to heights of 3000 feet. They last about three hours, in which they change the desert landscape.
(source and pictures: http://mediatheek.thinkquest.nl/~ll118/en/development/types.list.haboob.html)

Posted on 02/16/2007
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