Biblical Proportions

Tuesday was my first full day in Phoenix, AZ and the area gave me quite a greeting. We watched a larger, seething mass of black clouds build over the mountains while waiting for dinner and by the time we left dinner, the sandstorm was upon us. Thankfully the storm was dying by the time it reached us and it was followed by a fabulous lightning show and a short burst of rain.
This has to be one of the strangest things I've ever experienced - like something out of the bible or for a more recent reference, the sandstorm attack in the movie The Mummy. Pretty awesome display of natures raw power - sand, wind and lightning sheeting across the sky.