[iltos]

"We can't see anything to fight anything, but it also shuts down the enemy," he said. A number of Baghdad residents said they thought the storm was the worst since the one that blanketed the country as the United States invaded in 2003

after the earthquake/tsunami disaster in southeast asia, some folks wondered about its religious significance.....

the dust storm in bagdad yesterday got me thinking about events of "biblical proportions"...mostly because it shut down military operations on both sides...

interesting meterological event....apparently, the winds kick up dust from jordon and syria and blow it down across the "cradle of civilization"....it only happens a couple of times a year, tho this is the first i've heard of it.

so....how long would this condition have to last before it became an event of "biblical proportions", clogging the arteries of this suv, and letting everyone know that the planet and our gods were discussing this war over a drink, and decided it was time to end it?

[Ciberblade]

I'd hate to say it Iltos ~ but you may not get much of a response unless you can link the storm to Rove or show that it was started by a political party

[Stoner]

Originally Posted by Ciberblade

I'd hate to say it Iltos ~ but you may not get much of a response unless you can link the storm to Rove or show that it was started by a political party

Or Bush's drug addiction..........

[Ciberblade]

See

[iltos]

Originally Posted by Ciberblade

See

s'ok...i pretty much put it up here for my own amusement anyway

kind of a seventh inning stretch

[marcus77]

Actually, given that we have only had the technology to track these large weather patterns for a few decades, it's difficult to say that things like this have not happened in the past. Team that up with over-sensationalized media, and you have "A STORM OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS!!", for just about anything.

Also, who's to say that "God" is causing all of it, and not our own bad decisions (like global warming)? I think as soon as something happens that people can't explain in simple terms, it becomes an "act of God".

[valley]

speaking of sand storms, I received these pics in an email awhile back and was amazed at how huge some of these storms are!

[valley]

another...

[gjw]

Originally Posted by Ciberblade

I'd hate to say it Iltos ~ but you may not get much of a response unless you can link the storm to Rove or show that it was started by a political party

this is all blair's doing, but there again he burnt my sausages this morning,

[valley]

and a few more

[iltos]

nice photos, valley

where are they from?

[bleepster]

pictures are from here:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/sandstorm.htm

The picture appears to be authentic and is one of many that were sent to friends and family back home from soldiers in Iraq after a spectacular dust storm on April 26, 2005.

[valley]

Thanks Bleepster...I didnt know anything about them other than the info about them being from Iraq.

[bleepster]

Anytime

[iltos]

Originally Posted by bleepster

pictures are from here:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/s/sandstorm.htm

The picture appears to be authentic and is one of many that were sent to friends and family back home from soldiers in Iraq after a spectacular dust storm on April 26, 2005.

thanks for the info bleepster.....i'm glad i live where earthquakes are the nastiest thing around