'It's zero visibility': Blinding dust storm moving at 90mph 'hurricane-strength' winds blanket HALF of Kansas and knock out power to nearly 120,000 people: 18-wheelers topple over and roads become no-go zones

The Daily Mail UK ^ | 15 December 2021 | MELISSA KOENIG FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

[blueplum]

...A blinding dust storm moving at hurricane force winds of 90mph has blanketed half of Kansas and knocked out power to nearly 120,000 residents Wednesday night.

Footage of the powerful storm posted to social media show the winds whipping red dust at such high speeds that nearly nothing in front of the camera could be seen, as drivers were forced to pull over...

...The Kansas Department of Transportation reports that highways throughout the state are closed, and staff had to be evacuated from the air traffic control center of the Kansas City International Airport....

...The National Weather Service in Wichita said the city of Russell hit 100mph at the airport at about 4pm,...

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[blueplum]

Everybody in Kansas and Missouri ok? all dug out and good?

[dynachrome]

Front range of Colorado got hit pretty good, too.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Biden's fault.

[ClearCase_guy]

Brandon Brings Back the Good Times!

[doorgunner69]

Blew over 18 wheelers?

Hell, the Santa Ana winds would do that all the time on I-10 out of L.A.

The truckers knew to stop under overpasses.

[Deaf Smith]

A good sand storm while out driving will sand blast your paint & windshield.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Damn. If only we had spent trillions on stopping warming. Or cooling. Or something. Anyway, it’s all about spending trillions.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I used to stop over underpasses. But, for some reason, that never worked for me.

[doorgunner69]

;-)

[CFW]

“I used to stop over underpasses. But, for some reason, that never worked for me.”

I think I see your problem.

[McGavin999]

I don’t think they have a lot of those in Kansas. It’s beautiful there but it’s miles and miles of miles and miles.

[dfwgator]

Bucket your seatbelt, Dorothy!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good thing there are no Ponderosa Pine or White Pine trees in Kansas. Those things are brittle and snap 50 feet off the ground when the winds hit 50 mph and higher.

[dfwgator]

Uggh

“Buckle your seatbelt, Dorothy!”

[Pollard]

NWS has wind advisory and it is windy but no tornado watch. Seems they expect it to dissipate soon.

[bigbob]

Probably Bob Dole’s ghost blowing out of Russell.

[Pollard]

For Missouri

[Delta 21]

Haven’t ever seen dirt in the air like that. I felt this crap coming. Look up and the sky is brown and plastic trash bins are blowing down the street at 50 mph. Then it sprinkled just a little so there is a coat of mud all over everything. My wife came out of work to find her Fiat 500 wrapped with 30’ chunk of aluminum siding from somewhere upwind. Just a few scratchs! All straight out of the south which is unusual and probly contributed to the dirt. The wind blows from the north 90% of the time. Aaaaahh! Kansas !!

[baclava]

Meanwhile, in FL, its 72 and sunny, no wind

[Kommodor]

Man, driving to work this morning here in TX, it was windy and there were a couple of places where the dust across the highway was pretty thick. Don’t want to think of what our friends further north are going through. Eek.