instantaneous blackout. i'd never been in a dust storm that turned the light out that fast before. >> incredibly, the historic haboob on july 5th rolls through the city without a single death reported. he credits phoenix residents for observing proper haboob protocol. >> it might have been due to the warning that the national weather service put out about this. but one of the nice things about this particular storm was there were very few injuries associated with it. people were able to do the things they were supposed to do. pull off to the side of the road, turn their lights off and take their feet off the brake. >> the city doesn't escape completely unscathed. the dense storm leaves thousands without electricity after blowing down multiple power poles. >> power just went out. >> for millions of others, the storm is a nuisance, but nothing more. >> i was getting all kind of comments from other parts of the world that hadn't seen storms like this. people wondering how many people