Blech!

At about 5:45 this evening, while I was still at work, I looked out the window and saw the sky had turned a brown-ish white. A minute later the lights flickered on and off and the air conditioning died (whee- just what you want to have happen in Phoenix). One of my coworkers turned to me and said "You live in Ahwatukee, right? That's where the heart of the dust storm is right now."

Choices, choices....stay in an airless building or walk the ten minutes to my car and drive home in flying dirt. I chose the latter and walked outside into dust so thick it was like smoke. I'd love to be a drama queen and tell you barn-sized tumbleweeds bounced off my windshield, but the truth of the matter is I made it home without incident.