If you follow our emails or facebook you will have heard mention of sand/dust storms from time to time. They have been quite bad this year and we have an amazing one at the moment with no wind. It is unusual to get them at this time of the year but experts are saying it is because of the lack of rain in Iran and Iraq and then winds are blowing sand - dust from the dry riverbed areas round the Gulf. A strong dust storm hit Qatar yesterday along with temperatures of about 48 degrees. With virtually no wind this means the sand storm has settled and will take up to three days to go. The sky has a strange yellow glow through the haze. The sand - dust storm drastically reduces visibility especially when driving.
The storm hit the city early in the morning and settled. The means you really have to stay indoors as strong winds whipped up dust and sand, creating a dust haze in the city for long hours. No good going to the Dip Club, you would need dusting after being by the pool! I have managed a quick run into a couple of malls though.
The thick dust haze brought work at many construction sites to a standstill for a few hours in the morning. Workers at project sites in the West Bay area were seen running for cover from the dust-laden winds. These photos were taken in the middle of the day.
Today, the htird day. is slightly clearer but still unpleasant and you can feel yourself developing a "dust cough". My friend Dhabia and I joke about DDD - Doha dust disease which is fast being a reality
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