Dust Storm in Sydney, Australia 9.23.2009


	Dust Storm in Sydney, Australia 9.23.2009
merrie
9-24-2009 4:55 AM
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9.23.2009, australia, news, sydney dust storm, worst dust storm in 70 years
merrie says:
No one was hurt as a result of the pall that swept in overnight, bringing an eerie orange dawn to Sydney. Dust clouds blowing east from Australia’s dry interior " parched even further by the worst drought on record " covered dozens of towns and cities in two states as strong winds snatched up tons of topsoil, threw it high into the sky and carried it hundreds of miles.

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Stuart Hannagan/Getty Images;
Brendon Thorne/Getty Images;
GREG WOOD/AFP/Getty Images;
Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images;
AP Photo/Rob Griffith;
Photo by Matt Blyth/Getty Images
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"> Sydney Opera House</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/B922A12E-6415-4936-8888-DB983A2B3CB1" alt="dust008" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">A man walks his dog through Observatory Hill near Sydney </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><P>The Sydney Opera House is seen on September 23, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/FA2F17D3-B0B2-44F4-A669-2F107A684678" alt="dust009" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/DACD6462-E51E-4926-AD16-97F9F5BAF8E5" alt="dust010" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">Jeffrey’s Street Wharf </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/642C7DE0-B7AD-42F7-9B02-97EDCE827C3B" alt="dust011" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/333622BD-AA8D-44D0-B8B7-60BE4EA70439" alt="dust012" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"> Australia. Flights are diverted and ferries canceled as a blanket of red dust shrouded most of Sydney</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/8C0FB57D-4CA4-4E0F-AF3E-22164AB23625" alt="dust013" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/FD21C602-BAAE-470E-8FCC-43468A747AA5" alt="dust014" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">A photographer takes photos of the Sydney Harbour Bridge</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/07F487EA-DD47-408D-B57F-F8FD56F1D0F9" alt="dust015" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">The Bradfield Freeway</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/0F351F17-C149-442E-9AD6-516317BAD494" alt="dust017" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">The Sydney Harbour Bridge</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/D2EA628B-2178-4CF6-A61B-09042840C6D1" alt="dust019" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/DD024772-256C-4CFE-9B95-19815F141439" alt="dust020" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/">Milsons Point ferry wharf is seen deserted</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/9B445007-59B0-4A7C-8988-6D6A6C193365" alt="dust022" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/78A35B76-8CF0-4BC1-A81E-25C90D30DB78" alt="dust023" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/blogs.denverpost.com/img/C69B5EF8-FADD-4DC7-B471-35B7804F9CDA" alt="dust024" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/09/23/dust-storm-in-sydney-australia/"> by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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