that envelops you. blaine finally makes out the faint red lights of cars paralyzed when the massive haboob extinguished the street lights. this sudden darkness is the most perilous aspect of the storm, one that can result in deadly accidents on the road. the primary danger that these people are going to experience is the rapid loss of visibility, particularly if you re in any kind of a vehicle, like car, a plane, what have you. you run the risk of crashing that vehicle because you simply cannot see what s in front of you. and this large, dense haboob spares no square inch of ground in its path. this time lapse by photographer michael binski shows a different angle. from this spot near the heart of the city, you can see the storm roll right over the phoenix skyline, including a busy i-10 in the foreground.
that envelops you. blaine finally makes out the faint red lights of cars paralyzed when the massive haboob extinguished the street lights. everybody else seems to be hiding out, too. this sudden darkness is the most perilous aspect of the storm, one tat can result in deadly accidents on the road. the primary danger that these people are going to experience is the rapid loss of this visibility, particularly if you re in any kind of vehicle, like a car, a plane, what have you. you run the risk of crashing that vehicle because you simply cannot see what is in front of you. and this large, dense haboob spares no square inch of ground in its path. this time lapse by photographer michael binski shows a different angle. from this spot near the heart of the city, you can see the storm roll right over the phoenix skyline, including a busy i-10 in the foreground.
when it rolled in, it immediately went pitch black. you couldn t see your hand in front of your face. this is incredible. that s the park we were just looking at. it kind of hits just like this huge wall of wind and you re also getting sand blasted at the same time. dust and sand swirling around you and getting in your teeth and getting in your eyes. you could hardly hold your eyes open. well, i think we got the shot and we ll have to shoot another day. my next thing was trying to get to safety. get to lower ground. but the task proves impossible. blaine can t find his car. can t even see. it really becomes black as night. you get a sense that it s kind of the end of the world because it s this rusty, brown color
blaine watches in awe as the gargantuan storm swallows up south phoenix. watch how fast it s coming. watch it engulf that light over there. should be here in, oh, probably less than four minutes. that s my guess. and over here, we ve got people playing softball don t even know what s about to hit them. warnings have gone out on tv and radio, but many phoenix residents remain unaware of the approaching behemoth. the storm was so wide and tall, you could literally see airplanes trying to get out of the storm s path. the colossal cloud moves with surprising speed and within 2 1/2 minutes, the edge of the storm reaches blaine s location in tempe. look, here it comes. it rolled in way quicker than i thought it was going to.
day turns to night in an instant. when it rolled in, it immediately went pitch black. you couldn t see your hand in front of your face. this is incredible. that s the park we were just looking at. the it kind of hits like just this huge wall of wind and you re also getting sand blasted at the same time. dust and sand swirling around you and getting in your teeth and getting in your eyes. you could hardly hold your eyes open. well, i think we got the shot and we ll live to shoot another day. my next thing was trying to get to safety. get to lower ground. but the task proves impossible. blaine can t find his car. can t even see. it really becomes black as night. you get a sense that it s kind of the end of the world because