This is why we should be glad that we live here in sunny Southern California, dealing with the stupid traffic - because stuff like this doesn't happen here:

This is a wall of sand. A sand storm is about to hit a base in Iraq. I have a friend who's there, working for the Defense Department, and he said he only had a few seconds to grab his camera and take these photos. He said once it hits, you don't want to be outside. It tastes and smells terrible and gets in your eyes and your nose and your lungs. This is how it looked less than a minute later: