Texas has been enduring a terrible drought. "
With drought, Texas can expect more dust storms," "Despite recent rains, the Texas drought lingers — and experts say the number of irritating and dangerous dust storms could increase across the state, especially in West Texas and the Panhandle.
The story was in the
Westtexas.com media outlet, on Sunday. Unfortunately that prediction did not take too long to come true. Tonight a massive storm rolled through Lubbock, blotting out the sky and sparking lots of "WTF?!" comments on twitter.
Posted by Tom Fornelli - "That photo above is not doctored in any way, and was taken by Texas Tech's associate director/athletics communications for football Scott Lacefield. It's of a giant dust storm that has hit Lubbock, Texas and is literally blocking out the sky. This really doesn't have an effect on the Texas Tech football team, as the Red Raiders play in Oklahoma this weekend, but I figured the picture is just so amazing I had to share it here with the rest of you."
Above from From Twitter @JuliaCopeland
ABC News says 'Cold front responsible for bad dust storm in Lubbock'. Pastor John Wagner writes on twitter, "Strongest dust storm in 70 years - 51mph sustained winds & 75mph gusts! Complete darkness at 5:45pm."
Massive, blinding dust storms have plagued Lubbock's past"People could see the menacing clouds methodically moving toward town. It wouldn’t be long before darkness settled in, and it was still the middle of the day. Tornado? Not this time. It was another weather phenomenon all too familiar to West Texans: the dust storm. “They were awful,” said Alta Cates, who moved to Lubbock from rural Scurry County in 1938. “They would come rolling in, and in some rare cases, the dust in the air was so thick you couldn’t see your radiator cap.” While today’s South Plains residents weather occasional dusty days, severe droughts and less sophisticated agricultural techniques were the primary reasons for numerous howling dust storms that occurred throughout the 1930s and into the early 1950s."
Apparently the storms are back, even with today's advanced agricultural technology. As the end time storms progress, they will be getting larger and larger. When the Tribulation occurs, the storms will be incomprehensibly large, with people in shock at being unable to understand the proportions and the scope of the devastation.
Fortunately, remember that Jesus is always larger than any storm, either the one you're having inside yourself or the one you're enduring in life or in nature. He will save you instantly if you repent. You might still have to go through a dust storm, but you'll be calm knowing that no matter what, Jesus is with you always, even to the end of the age. (Mt 28:20).
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