12 Tweets From Residents That Perfectly Sum Up Yesterday’s Insane Sandstorm
‘Sandstorm Sunday’ came out of nowhere and played havoc in Dubai.
From traffic jams and pointless car washes, to your washing getting ruined on the balcony, Dubai residents had a lot to say about yesterday’s weather.
Here are the tweets that sum it up:
1. Roads were a scary place to be
No a happy morning…..#Sandstorm in #Dubai pic.twitter.com/45EZcOXAZ9
— #Fa|salAmeerMalik (@faisalmalix1) May 13, 2018
2. The freak storm reduced visibility for most of the day
3. Our thoughts EXACTLY
Oh great — Sunday AND a sand storm to contend with ????????????????
— Andrea Anastasiou (@angie_a) May 13, 2018
4. Yup, rookie error
5. Washing left on the balcony was the worst
I forgot to bring in my clothes from the balcony and there’s a sandstorm today… ???? and now sand is stuck on my contact lenses. Nice…
— Andrea (@andreaxxvii_) May 13, 2018
6. But hey, at least everyone was in the same boat
7. When Dubai does sandstorms, we do them big
I swear I take back everything I’ve ever said about that sandstorm in Ghost Protocol ????????♂️
— ثابت المعولي (@ThabitAlMawaly) May 13, 2018
8. Pictures went viral
It’s the sandstorm season in Dubai ???? pic.twitter.com/Y43c5yW5ON
— MANSOOR (@MansoorBawazir) May 13, 2018
9. At least the gifs were on point
#sandstorm bad day today, love #mydubai ???????? pic.twitter.com/A1sUhzdYfH
— Munaza Ali (@MunazaAli20) May 13, 2018
10. If you can’t gif about it, that what can you do…
What everyone in Dubai feels like RN#sandstorm pic.twitter.com/7LOWOMjbKe
— Lovin Dubai (@lovindubai) May 13, 2018
11. The basic feeling across the board
The weather is ????today #sandstorm
— Aashna ❤ (@Aashna_94) May 13, 2018
12. And hey, look on the bright side
Well at least it’s not boiling hot #SandStorm #dubai #positiveside
— Salman Qureshi (@salmanzq) May 13, 2018
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