The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-28
STORMS AND WAVESOFSAND.
GALES Destructive OF NEARLY ALL
FORMS OF LIFE.
The AIR Fined with . Fog or Dust, the sand
- whirleA Up lnto the sezbiance OF Huge
w"tsrspouss. While waves pr Sand Roll
Before the Wind Like Mig Sea Waves.

Bcf0re the Wind Like Mig Sea Waves.
DAeorTT. COL. Fob. 20-One morning durint
brief stay mado in Death Valley awoke {,
fnd the wind blowing from the north down th,
valley ut perhaps twenty-five miles an hour
Tho sun was shining dimly and tho house ant
trees at the ranch made vague and at time.
worry indistinct shadows on the ground. II
tho east. particularly where the sun was shin
Ing above the peaks Of tho Funeral Mountains
the air was full Of whitish haze such as one
may 900 at sea whom storm is gath
sring. To the west the landscape was
blotted out by q dense brown fog. Within a
fow miles west Of the Furnace Creek ranch
Whero camped. tho peaks OF tho Pannmint
Mountains roso from 5000 to 5000 feet above
tho levcl OF tho valley. but neither foothill nor
face nor snowy crest could be secn. Indeed
neither grease bush nor mesquite treo could
be seon in tho valley half n mile away In that
direction. nor was the vision much less OBJ.
structed to tho north and SOUTH sand storm
was raging. and tho mir was smoked with the
dust 40 far above the marsh that even the
highest mountains were obscured.
People throughout tho East think they arc
familiar with dust. They SEQ 1t picked IN by
the wind from country roads and city streets
and carried along In binding clouds. They
500 the particles ~ dust sometimes in puifS
sometimes In serred ranks. drive pnst the
troes. and fcnccs. ana houses. leaving film
ovor all rs II goes. They SEQ tiny tornadocs
the whirligips that on tho street corners pick
ur tho debris and toss It alott In n merry. GO
round that they will avoid IL possible. But
nowhere in the last can any ono see anything
that may be compared with the sand storms In
D,,,th Valley. thouah ono NAV get n mint idea
-, v,, .,,.h :, stnrn, Looks liz, from ,,is.
t,,,,r 4. ;,c VII stand nm IN, dock of lake yes
s.,,rI ,o,, ov,r nft,,r ar twoptv piI,s q,
Gator ,t IN, conds Of smoke md ,,u.t TINT
hang above Bu.rn,, and Chicago Or no can
20 To fin, Palisades mt Fort Loo on n windy
day and Ind n faint resem blance in the lust
TIM. hangs oyer tho metropolis
Aswas said. when onclo,ks nj n dusty sounll
IN tbo r,st h, s,,s tho n,rtic,,s and dshris
dr;v;uy with I'm, wind n,st Nh, ,hinrts which
tho winl cnnnnt nova Inn sam, storm, in
Jn,th y,,Iav ono hns r. stare :, Iopy timo into
Iii. ,,ur.v ,tmnsnhero h,f,ro Il. ann Jistir
rnish INV moving object. Even thouph tho
winL In blowing Mt uront snecd II "a ma II
ann var, irwin, n luok thr,ucb y, Raw n, Er,-
DIV foo nm n windl.ss div. ono cnpnot ca,
WHARF th, Just TINT Hlls tho AIR comes from
l., fact I shou,j NOT at f,rst sipbt bnyn tbouyht
tn,re wv, INV dust in th. mir ,hnt mornin,,
h,,I I no, n,oviou.v been told ~ soma of
,bs ch.rac,,.ris.ics n, such storm
A,,,r while. bov,yer. notice,I th,.
dry fast, of dust which tho breath
drew into tho mouth 1t Ia true that little
gusts OF wind dashed along now and then.
uicking sand and even little pebbles from about
the cumps Of bushes or mesquite trees. where
.ddics we're made In tho wind, and little rufry
clouds were forme there as they arc when tho
wind hicks dust from the Eastern roads, but
tnese clouds quickly fell back to the earth or
were dissipated. The general or ordinary
ruwer 81 the gale seemed not to move any
thing Int the branches Of the shrubs.
I,,k;ou toward in n cast ohserved that tba
white haze thickened and thinued oyor the
fa,, of IL, sun ma IL clouds of ynryine density
were nas,iny there. though no distinct clouds
could te seen. The face OF the sun was a great
white disk Tint faded and frightened al,er.
natsIv without entirely vanishing or becominu
roo lricbt TO look MT and vet no outline Of a
cloud could be distinguished. Tint WINS Curl
ous ant more curjous md int crestinp was the
vi,w whon looking toward the sky nhov, the
centre OF the valley, 1t was along tho axis of
IN. valley that the dust fog was dcnsest, and
b.r. ite highest strata seemed fravod ont into
waving feathery streamers. while the dark
brown mAss below Thorn showed lieht and
dark shades. What with the sun showing
.h,stlv white. and seemins.; stationary fog
Ian. m n pue Of wind. the spectacle was
strange u not weird
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tn. n iii ,-,,rJ h,lf th. haiohts tbemselvos
war. coxcr,d Sharn squalls nlunpod down
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