David Cristiani sent the two photos (above and below) of dust storm in El Paso last Saturday (April 14th). Photos appear to have been taken on the UTEP Campus (although UTEP may be called something else these days). Dust was being picked up by winds ahead of, and with, last weekend's strong front.
David reported: This is what I saw Saturday afternoon. Things blowing about, a few ocotillos and trees uprooted, etc. Started as warm blowing dust shortly after noon or 1 pm, but it was in the low 50's by sundown. After dark, it magically stopped, and the sky was black, full of stars! Like nothing happened. Not one drop of rain in El Paso or Abq.
Writer Rick DeMarinis spent a year or so at UTEP and wrote a mystery (see below) appropriately titled "Sky Full of Sand." That's downtown El Paso on the "dust" jacket.
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