Weather in the desert isn’t too difficult to forecast…except for the dust storms. In Kuwait most days have been sunny and hot since we’ve been here. Our daytime highs have been around 100 degrees. This week we’ve not only had to deal with the heat but also dust storms.
Dust storms or sand storms…whatever you wish to call them…are a pain. The winds have been kicking up around 15 to 20mph and they’ve been blowing from out in the open desert. The winds pick up the sand out in the big desert and drop them on us at Camp Beuhring.
Once the winds begin the sand stays in the air all day. Sand gets in your eyes, your nose, your ears, your pockets, your computers…everything. Visibility is cut down to about 100-200 yards. The wind doesn’t die down until evening then the next day the winds pick up again and we start all over.
When dust storm conditions occur it shuts down the roads and helicopter operations. Since we need the roads to get to and from the ranges it pretty well stops our training for the day. Today the winds shifted and started blowing from the Persian Gulf. That keeps the dust down but brings in the heat. Tomorrow its supposed to be 105. It’s a dry heat but 105 is hot no matter what the humidity is.
SABER 2, out.
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