Sand Storm

[Intamin]

Did any of the rides or attractions at any park in Australia close yesterday because of the sand storm; especially in LPS? By the way I'm going to Dreamworld today, but it already looks like it's cleared up.

Edited September 24, 2009 by Gazza

[downunder]

I don't know, even though I work not far from the harbour bridge but it wasn't looking good that morning.

[Stef]

It wasn't a sand storm. It was 100km winds from the west picking up all the red dust etc I went outside and saw everything was covered in a fine red powder and it was like red fog everywhere lol I wouldn't like to be on any fast rides haha come back with a mouth and nose full of red dust haha

[Gazza]

Intamin, I hope you don't mind me adding a poll to the topic.

[T-bone]

The news showed some footage of Luna Park, and the rides didn't appear to be operating, but having said that I believe Tuesday and Wednesday is the parks "closed" days, so the rides wouldn't have been operating anyway (unless we are in School Holidays, but I thought they started next week).

[Stef]

Bhahaha nice poll Gazza

[jjuttp]

T-bone, week after and because i wake up to wsfm (yes and im only 15) they said that from circular quey that you couldnd even see the OH

[Reanimated35]

here is one i took on my phone at carina in brisbane just to show what it was like WITHOUT a sepia filter

[Stef]

Yes it was like a thick fog but brown. Its amazing that it streched as far as south west sydney to brisbane! and further

[joz]

Holy crap, that poll is like the Iranian election without the civil rights violations. Only 6 voters and 12 of them voted 100%!

[little lefty legend]

apparently theres another one heading our way this weekend

[downunder]

There's no way any of those photos were inaccurately representing the dire situation in Sydney, flaming Godzilla, f***ed up the trains.

[Bussy]

Here are a couple of photos I took from the front of my house at 7am when I go home from work. The first is with the "sunset" setting turned on the other on the standard setting. The third is my car. I had a bit of trouble finding my car when I left work because all of the cars in the car park looked the same. I am hoping the prediction of another dust storm for the weekend are incorrect as I washed my car yesterday and I don't want to have to do it again. Bussy

[DonjaiInLA]

I was driving into the city around the time the storm was at its peak, understandably today I got around to washing my car- came inside and checked facebook and only then read about the predicted dust storm tomorrow. It will be a good week for window washer companies though aye

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

Have been hit by the dust 4 times now - once earlier in the week in Brisbane, then hit on fri\sat at Coffs coast, then another on the way back north earlier today, and arrived home to a dust blanket on everything we had cleaned from earlier in the week. Our BLUE pool blanket is ORANGE (and it was a hell of a job lifting it off the pool without letting all the scungy water fall into the pool).

[Stef]

^ Lucky you our pool blanket blew off

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

well - Ours did worse than blowing off, it got blown over itself (twice) so it was a quarter the size of the pool, and floating dead in the middle of it, with a mountain of dust piled into the middle of it.