Sydney Dust Storm

So this morning I woke up to Thomas crying at 5:30 am. I figured it was just an early morning compared to his 6:00am wake ups. I opened the blinds and saw this thick bright red fog everywhere--I could not see more than 20 feet outside our window. I thought it was fog and the sunset was reflecting off the clouds in a way I had never experienced before....but then when I came out to the main living room (where we had slept with the window open) I realized it was more than fog. It was SAND and it was all over the carpet, couch, walls and even into the kitchen. Apparently we had been hit by a sand storm--think of Wall-e (but the wind wasn't as strong)!

I went through the house and opened the blinds, and the color outside just reflected inside off the walls--so everything was red/ orange. Even with the lights on in the inside, the light in the house did not change much--it was just dark red.

Everyone just stayed inside and went to work/ school late. It was kind of peaceful in an weird way. By 8:00am it had subsided to an orange cloud and by 10:00am to a yellow cloud and the winds had died down. It was blue skies again by the afternoon. Crazy hu?!?

Above is a picture of the Sydney Opera house, and at the top is the Harbour Bridge!