Arizona, too!
We would get hellacious dust storms when I lived in Arizona, mostly in the south eastern corner in Willcox, though also happens in the central part of the state, too. Sometimes it's so dark approaching, it looks like a thunderstorm or rain cloud is coming. Then next thing you know it's near blackout condition of flying sand. It's actually pitted glass on car windshields and even blasts some paint off too.
Whenever these dust storms rolled across of the Interstate, I-10, all the out-of-state drivers who are unaware of the risks keep on driving, and eventually there are 100 car pile-ups. The locals know to drive way off the side of the road and wait for the storms to pass.
I used to work on some ostrich farms in the Arizona desert and when these sandstorms passed across the farm, I'd be in the middle of it working. Then when I get home there is sand in every pocket of your clothes, between your toes, ears, nose and other places I won't mention. It's crazy!
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