Sandstorm hits Valley

Tuesday evening we were hit with a major sandstorm. It is definitely Monsoon season! It is muggy and muggy means monsoon which means storms... usually thunderstorms with heavy rain, but sometimes it means heavy winds resulting in sandstorms... also known as habubs (haboobs). We had a sandbox in the bottom of our pool. We are still cleaning the sand and debris out of the deep end. The wind at 70mph had us running around the backyard picking up cushions and pool toys and furniture. George got some pictures out our back door but I haven't had a chance to download them yet. Here are some pictures from the local weather channel that other people took from around the area. Queen Creek and that side of the valley got hit harder than we did. It was so thick that there was zero visibility. Some people lost power for a little while.