This is what followed me home today! Literally as I stepped off the bus. The clouds were very dark to the east, but the wind wasn't really blowing or at least it didn't look like it. I thought I have plenty of time to get home, with stopping at Walgreens. See on the other side of that wall, is the parking lot the nursery, then a field and then Walgreens on the corner. I don't have that far to walk. Except when it's a 104 degrees like today!LOL! Anyway - I could see the clouds forming some wierd things and lots of lightening. But it looked like it was out in Fountain Hills.
I stopped at Walgreens, for something for Carl and then as soon as I reached the parking lot of the apartments the dust storm hit. My heart nearly stopped. I couldn't believe the winds! We've been caught in a severe dust storm once before and that was in a car - that was scarey too. See the pink in the clouds, that's not rain it's dust!!As I turned the news on we were in a thunderstorm and dust storm watch for 45 mins. Winds at Mtn. View High School, just up the street were at 39mph!! Did we get rain?!! Sprinkles!!! I don't call that rain!! The west valley got some rain but that was about it.And the wind was enough to do some damage! It was weird an early monsoon in May!!

Carl is doing better, although he admitted I was right and he shouldn't have gone to work today. He didnt want to miss Karens bday. To bad he's got such a good job!!