It's Raining... Dust?

As you probably heard, things got a little dusty here in Sydney this week! They say it was the craziest weather in 60 years, and although I've only been here for nine months, I have to agree that is was one of the wildest things I've ever seen. The photo is the Harbour Bridge and that's not fancy photoshop - it's the real deal.

I was really confused when I opened my eyes at 6:30am. I could hear sirens and my whole bedroom had the creepiest orange glow, so the New Yorker in me immediately thought we must be getting bombed. Then I realized I was in Sydney. My second thought was a really bad fire because I could hear the trucks, but the glow was just beyond strange, so I got up and turned on the TV. My trusty local newspeople explained the situation, so I knew all was safe, but was it ever creepy! You know there is something wrong when your iGoogle weather just has an orange image box that says "DUST".

The sky stayed that way for a few hours, and eventually the sun broke through and the dust subsided. It was in the air all day, making it a little yucky to breathe, and I came home to find a bathtub full of red sediment, which wasn't the most fun to clean. All in all, no harm no foul, but definitely a very cool thing to experience and something pretty special to see.