Sand Showers

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I have been meaning to Blog about our recent sand storms here in Kuwait but I have not had the chance. So, I am a little late but it was a crazy day so I still want to share it with everyone.

A couple weeks ago we got hit with a huge wall of sand. It was by far the worst that I have seen. It was so bad that there was sand all over inside the buildings, everything was closed; the PX, DFAC, all resturants. I did not actually see the storm come in because I was in a movie. We have a free theatre here on camp, yes that is right I said free and it is awesome. We get to see all of the new movies on the big screen for free. Anyways, while in the movie I noticed that I could see the light for the movie shooting through the air to the screen. Then we could smell the dust in the air and it clicked. I could see the dust in the light of the movie going to the screen becasue there was a sand storm. Once the movie was over we went out to the lobby and the dust was everywhere. you could see it, smell it, taste it, and feel it!!!! Then we looked outside, OMG!!!! It was crazy!!!

So, the office is about a block away and I would much rather be stuck at the office than the at the movies. Alisha and I discussed it and decided to go for the office. Yeah, you can't open your eyes at all because the second that you do you get an eye full of sand. We had to squint every few steps to stay on the path but we kept our eyes closed for most of the walk back. We rinsed our face off with water as soon as we got to the office.

Once it died down we were able to get a ride back to our PCB's. I blew my nose and cleaned out my ears and it was nothing but a bunch of sand. Gross!!! Just had to deal with it until the next day because the showers are not in the same building. It would have been pointless to take a shower and then walk in the settleing sand back to our rooms with wet hair. We have had a couple more since then as well but none that were as bad as that one was.

Here are a few pictures, like I said I did not see the storm come in. It wasn't until I went to Facebook and saw all the pictures and videos of it that I realized why it was so bad. It was literally a big wall of sand!