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[arts&crafts]

and i was just watching this epic masterpiece.

 

[Outlaw]

Have you had any urges to eat some brains?

 

[Fredescu]

Video: http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/09/23/2693651.htm

 

[THE Caffeinated]

Fucking awesome, why isn't this happening in Adelaide?!

 

[Mike Works]

Sculli, I never knew you lived in Australia, but now that I think about it, you have the most Australia-sounding username ever

 

[Substance]

dust all over my car :/

 

[this guy]

Fuck, if that happened here I'd walk around outside the whole day, even if I had to wear a mask.

 

[TurtleSnatcher]

This has gotta be viewable from space right? Just the redness or clouds? or something?

 

[Windu]

get your ass to mars sydney.

 

[Veidt]

That shit looks manageable.

 

[Kunan]

In that situation, every time I would go to a window, I would just think that a zombie would slap up its hands and face on the window out of nowhere alllll the time :S

 

[Mar]

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/sydney-turns-red-dust-storm-blankets-city-20090923-g0so.html

I say we pick up our shotguns and chainsaws and head to the Atkinson residence. After a short sacrifice to the zombie god, we begin building our fortress to protect ourselves from the undead.

 

[Angry Grimace]

Time to fire up my copy of Vhiessu.

 

[Great Rumbler]

Looks like Sydney has come down with a severe case of Deep Hurting.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

Now you know how the dinosaurs that survived the impact felt...

 

[Bob Loblaw]

 

[dejay]

Meh, just turned into another yellow dust storm. Still, I've never been in a dust storm in such a cold wind - these are usually mid-summer events.

 

[Replicant]

Yeah, I woke up this morning and saw the red sky and I thought "Is this the end of the world?" But then I realized I'm still sleepy so I just went "Fuck it, I'm going to sleep some moar."

 

[TofuEater]

The smell of mud and dust is irritating, also looks to be getting worse atm

After this is over, everyone is going to have a mass carwash and then we will have a drought again :lol :lol

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

did you see this man?

 

[discopantsman]

It absolutely is getting worse.

I'm at my desk in the Sydney CBD sitting about 20 floors up with a great view to the south. NOrmally I can see the airport clearly, and I can make out Sutherland (40km on a reasonable day). Today when I got in I could barely see Sydney Uni (maybe 3km away); now that has disappeared and I can barely make out the monstrosity that is the University of Technology tower block - that's no more than 1 km away. Soon I'm going to struggle to find my way to the dunny...

 

[hamchan]

Lol good thing I didn't go to school today. I was playing ODST with my windows closed and didn't even know there was a sandstorm until my Dad came home early. :lol
The day could have passed wihout me ever finding out.

 

[Atrus]

Hopefully the OP is taking lots of good pictures to sell. Those are awesome.

 

[funk0ar]

My exact words when I woke up this morning, saw a red tint coming through my blinds and lifted them:

WHAT THE FUCK?

 

[legend166]

It absolutely is getting worse.

I'm at my desk in the Sydney CBD sitting about 20 floors up with a great view to the south. NOrmally I can see the airport clearly, and I can make out Sutherland (40km on a reasonable day). Today when I got in I could barely see Sydney Uni (maybe 3km away); now that has disappeared and I can barely make out the monstrosity that is the University of Technology tower block - that's no more than 1 km away. Soon I'm going to struggle to find my way to the dunny...

Don't insult my Uni building D:

Just kidding, it is horribly ugly. I guess this dust storm has an upside afterall.


Anyway, my mum came into my room at 6am to close my window. I vaguely remember looking out the window and seeing bright red.

Here's a cool photo:

 

[ralphwiggum]

Edit: ^^^ That is a fucking awesome comparison.


I'm in Brisbane at the moment, and its just starting to spread up here. it was hazy now there is a very orange glow.

 

[roosters93]

I'm an hour away from Sydney (Central Coast) and I've got glass sliding doors covering the wall in front of my bed, so when I woke up all I could see was orange!

Then it went yellow and now it's just kind of white but still dusty.

 

[Shawsie64]

Fucking awesome, why isn't this happening in Adelaide?!

Nothing ever happens in Adelaide

Spoiler

 

[themadcowtipper]

 

[BowieZ]

Who's Sydney does the apocalypse have and when will he give it back?

Whose "whose" did Sydney trade for a "who's" and when will he give it back?

 

[Jal]

fucking awesome, even if it does signify the end of days.

Has this ever happened before?

 

[Glandy]

Fucking cool

 

[Cheshire]

A farmer from Tenterfield I know said they had a massive dust storm there this morning. Said he couldn't see more than 250m in front of him. Apparently all his white cows are red now.

 

[NotWii]

Hahahaha I woke up at around 6:30ish
Saw a reddish tinge outside the curtains, and thought: that's odd... and went back to bed.
I just woke up now and my bathroom is all covered in red dust, we left all the windows open all night :|

 

[SenorDingDong]

I'm not sure but it looks like here in Brisbane we might be copping a bit of the dust, the sky has a bit of a slight sepia tinge at the moment. Not anywhere near the level of Sydney though.

Edit: Yeah definitely copping it here.

 

[Hootie]

I think there's an Oblivion Gate outside of Sydney

Go in and scale the tallest tower where you will find a sigil stone. Remove it and you will be ok.

btw I saw a mudcrab today. Nasty little creatures.

 

[jett]

Rejoice Scullibundo, this will be the closest you'll be to being in a James Cameron movie.

 

[Dizzan]

Pics of my backyard I snapped with my shitty digicam.

They were taken at 6AM. No retouching at all. It was crazy

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Its like God switched to the Unreal 3 engine in Australia. Are you noticing more bald space marines around?

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Dammit I came in here to say... "GET YOUR ASS TO MARSSSS!!!" :lol

SO DID I!!

FACK!

 

[Dizzan]

This is how it usually looks :lol

 

[BeEatNU]

That looks creepy as hell.

reminds me of Fallout 3oint lookout for some reason

 

[saunderez]

Bah! When I lived in Western Queensland (Cloncurry to be exact) this was a regular occurance. The ground is red so when the dust storms rolled in and the sky turned red the place really looked like a Mars colony.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sou...n=47.215051,79.013672&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=9&iwloc=A

Check out that landscape! Mars indeed...

 

[Salazar]

The Nothing has well and truly hit the Gold Coast, too. Redded out here.

 

[thesoapster]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlD22HwPvI

Holy shit.

 

[NotWii]

Its like God switched to the Unreal 3 engine in Australia. Are you noticing more bald space marines around?

*touches head*
OH NO!

 

[Rewrite]

That looks both scary AND awesome. Wow!

 

[Ydahs]

This would have been horrific if it occurred in Melbourne on Grand Final day.

 

[Servbot #42]

This reminds me of the Siren games for some reason.

 

[Crash Station]

Whose "whose" did Sydney trade for a "who's" and when will he give it back?

I was contemplating which to use and didn't want to take the time to actually find out, so I just went with my gut. Guess my gut was wrong:lol

Still, I wish I could see the redness first hand.