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Surviving a Long Duration Haboob: Lessons from Phoenix's Category 5 Dust Storms
@getlongdurationhaboobcorner · 03 November 2026
Living in Phoenix means accepting that Monsoon season will test your home. I have spent enough years here to remember when a dust storm was a minor inconvenience, something you waited out for an hour before the sky cleared. The last two seasons changed that expectation completely. When the National Weather Service started using terms like Category 5 for haboobs, and when those storms lasted not for minutes but for hours, the game shifted. A long duration haboob is not just a
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