Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Sorry of the lack of blog but the horrific dust storm hit us today...


Wow I woke to my white holden commodore a fluro desert red, It had covered my desk as Id left the window open as well as my kitchen floor and balcony... This is the first time in my entire life weve been subject to a storm of such degree the first in 70years...Sadly I can not allow my Cystic fibrosis suffering daughter to even go outside for a second as it could have disastrous effects Heres the full story.....

Sydneysiders are being warned that a huge dust cloud will continue to affect the city through the day, after they woke to an eerie red dawn this morning. The huge dust storm which has settled over the city and much of New South Wales was carried east overnight by gale-force winds of up to 100kph. This morning the weather bureau said the dust cloud was expected to hang around until late afternoon. Senior forecaster Barry Hanstrum says more high winds are on the way and could cause more damage.

"The winds won't drop off until later today and when they do we think that the dust haze will start to clear," he said.

"The weather system that generated the dust yesterday is associated with gale force winds and the area which is most likely to be affected today is the Wollongong-Greater Sydney region and the Hunter Valley-Newcastle area.

"The winds at times during the morning will average 65kph, which is gale force, with some stronger squally gusts up to about 90-100kph."

The dust reduced visibility across the city and large parts of the state, with callers to ABC Radio saying the scene looked like something from the end of the world.

The bureau has issued a severe weather warning for damaging winds in Sydney and other parts of NSW, with a gale warning issued for Sydney closed waters.

Environmental Health director Dr Wayne Smith says people in poor health, especially those with asthma and heart and lung disease should remain indoors.

He says children with health problems, as well as older adults and pregnant women, should also take precautions and people should avoid heavy exercise.

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