Sand Storm in Riyadh
Feb 25th 2012, 1:16 pm
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Sand Storm in Riyadh
experienced my first sand storm of Riyadh today.......
Feb 26th 2012, 2:43 am
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Re: Sand Storm in Riyadh
How was it? A bad one? One of my guys was getting quite excitable on the BBM.
Feb 26th 2012, 4:53 am
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Re: Sand Storm in Riyadh
It was a bad but that's what expected in a storm.....isn't it
but it was a good experience and people here told me that its just the beginning as these storms are very common during summer here
Feb 26th 2012, 4:57 am
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Re: Sand Storm in Riyadh
it was like monsoon season in Jubail yesterday...no sandstorm but constant rain, thunder and lightning...i was hoping to see a flare stack get hit but zero luck 
Feb 26th 2012, 8:37 am
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Re: Sand Storm in Riyadh
This was taken a few years back, looking north from kingdom tower between Olaya and King Fahad. A wall of sand turning Riyadh the colour of orange fanta.
Feb 27th 2012, 6:31 am
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kewl pic man......but i wonder why in every sandstorm picture, they show ariel view of olaya n king fahad only......its time to change the photographer
i heard there was a sand storm in Dubai as well......looks like saudi is now exporting sand also
Feb 28th 2012, 1:50 pm
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Re: Sand Storm in Riyadh
It rained too. MUDSTORM!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!! made my uniform look like someone had taken a dump on it.
