HABOOB!

Last night, Phoenix erupted with dust. It was the first major haboob (Arabic, type of intense sand storm observed in arid regions throughout the world) of our annual monsoon season. We're no strangers to haboobs, but this one was pretty ridiculous. Check out the photos I took last night on my little ol' camera phone.

You can see the dust rolling into the valley...

And the wall of dust approaches...

And my favorite, it reaches the neighborhood...

Here's a video from AP, originally via ABC15. The haboob was estimated to be 17 miles WIDE. 17 MILES. Seriously, wth? I received some desperate phone calls this morning from pals across the country, very concerned I may have been killed. WE ARE OK! :) Just a little bit dusty.