The Horrific Sandstorm
Have you all read the I SURVIVED series by Laura Tarshis. If I was to add more to her series, I think this would be a good choice. This is a sandstorm I encountered when we were returning from our road trip from Salalah, Oman to Dubai, UAE.
Driving down the 700 km long road with barren desert on each side of it, with still miles more to go, my legs ached from the journey. Suddenly something covered our car.
It felt like it was a dark cloud. I looked out of the window.
To my horror, I found ourselves in a calamity.
It was not just a sandstorm, it was a very powerful one that the car shook.
I could not believe my eyes, it was a bright sunny day earlier and then the next second we found ourselves in a petrifying dark dusty sandstorm that we could not see what was ahead of us.
Instead of where the mighty sand dunes should have been,
I found sand flying and I shuddered at the gale- like-sound it made as it hit our car.
Oh, how horrifying it was. The still sand was now so powerful that it misplaced the barricades.
I was afraid that the car might topple.
The sandstorms I used to see at home were nothing compared to this terrifying storm.
Just as the sandstorm looked calm, it started its awful sound all over again.
It seemed like a prolonged process.
It seemed like it was not yet done with us.
But alas after some rough time in the storm,
WE SURVIVED THE SANDSTORM!
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