Comments for "Driving into a MONSTER dust storm in Australia" Video at VideoSift.com

By videosiftbannedme

videosiftbannedme (http://www.videosift.com/member/videosiftbannedme) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:05:49 -0700

"That is surreal..."
Took the words right out of my mouth. Great find.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:23:17 -0700

Wow, I predict top 15 for this one. My forecast: 106 points once it leaves top 15!

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:47:09 -0700

That is just awesome.

Of course I'd love to know what part of Oz this is. Recently travelled from Melbourne, Vic to Renmark, South Australia (a desert town on the river Murray), and drove through some nice dust storms, but NOTHING like this, this is just truly awesome.

I hope they switched their aircon to recirculate!

By moonsammy

moonsammy (http://www.videosift.com/member/moonsammy) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:38 -0700

Anyone want to slap on a *nsfw for a bit of swearing?

Great video. Pretty happy we don't get those where I live, though tornadoes and blizzards aren't exactly fun either.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:38 -0700

Invocations (nsfw) cannot be called by moonsammy because moonsammy is not privileged - sorry.

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:26:20 -0700

nsfw slapped.

By shadownc

shadownc (http://www.videosift.com/member/shadownc) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:48:37 -0700

This joins "Shuttle Launch from Commercial Flight" in the "Videos that Ended Way Too Quickly" club.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:32 -0700

Wow. They were going WAY too fast inside that monster.
And they'll regret that once their engine seizes on them.

By poolcleaner

poolcleaner (http://www.videosift.com/member/poolcleaner) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:50:26 -0700

Honestly, how does NSFW even apply to a bit of swearing? Who uses speakers at work to watch non-work related internet videos? If you do, you're probably going to be unemployed anyhow, so the point of the tag is lost.

By maatc

maatc (http://maatc.videosift.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:32:55 -0700

>> ^spoco2:
That is just awesome.

Of course I'd love to know what part of Oz this is. Recently travelled from Melbourne, Vic to Renmark, South Australia (a desert town on the river Murray), and drove through some nice dust storms, but NOTHING like this, this is just truly awesome.

I hope they switched their aircon to recirculate!

Poster over at liveleak sais it was filmed by him just outside Broken Hill in New South Wales near the South Australian Border.

By lucky760

lucky760 (http://lucky760.videosift.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:40:37 -0700

>> Pretty sure I would be driving in the opposite direction....

They were. It's just that they drive on the other side of the road in Australia.

By spoco2

spoco2 (http://www.videosift.com/member/spoco2) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:50:09 -0700

>> ^maatc

Ahh, thanks for that... ok then, not that far from where we were in the dust storms then.

But I think I might consider NOT driving into one that big!

By StukaFox

StukaFox (http://www.videosift.com/member/StukaFox) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:05:23 -0700

Someone must have told them there was beer on the other side of that dust storm!

By arvana

arvana (http://arvana.videosift.com) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:11:12 -0700

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Wow. They were going WAY too fast inside that monster.
And they'll regret that once their engine seizes on them.

I was wondering about their car -- I figure the air filter would just choke up and the engine would stall out once it inhaled too much dust. But if they knew engines they could probably still bang the dust out of the filter and keep going.

By grahamslam

grahamslam (http://www.videosift.com/member/grahamslam) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:03:24 -0700

>> ^poolcleaner:
Honestly, how does NSFW even apply to a bit of swearing? Who uses speakers at work to watch non-work related internet videos? If you do, you're probably going to be unemployed anyhow, so the point of the tag is lost.

Well I like to know that a video has swearing or anything inappropriate so I don't have my little children right here when I watch it. But that's just me. NSFW can also mean not suitable for kids.

By Payback

Payback (http://www.videosift.com/member/Payback) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:36:37 -0700

Kept waiting for the Mummy's face to appear and swallow Brendan Fraser.

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:54:24 -0700

amazing, and spooky, someone needs to edit that to have a grisly "Blair Witch" style ending of blood curdling screams as they are torn from the vehicle by unseen entities

By oohahh

oohahh (http://oohahh.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:41:40 -0700

#106 woot!

By gypsyrover

gypsyrover (http://www.videosift.com/member/gypsyrover) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:37:01 -0700

if there was ever any doubt about who's in charge.. mother nature or our huge tribes of apes. This is just a sneeze. amazing.

By bluecliff

bluecliff (http://www.videosift.com/member/bluecliff) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 10:38:18 -0700

I hope they get killed. The music they were listening to really asks for divine retribution.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:32 -0700

Why keep driving 60mph down the highway when you can't even see 10 feet in front of you? *eia

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:29:32 -0700

Adding video to channels (Eia) - requested by jwray.

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 18:07:59 -0700

Oddly enough, this storm was only circling Ayers rock in a 10 mile diameter funnel over three miles high. Extended video of the archeological dig at Ayers caught much more interesting views:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8DJDMT6JoA
(They wear the suits because of the extreme dust.)

By NordlichReiter

NordlichReiter (http://www.videosift.com/member/NordlichReiter) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:33:31 -0700

I would like to know how far they make it. Because sand in the air intake is gonna break that car.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 05:25:20 -0700

I'm pretty sure it would have a good filter on the intake, otherwise it would break every day from random dust.

By Doc_M

Doc_M (http://www.videosift.com/member/Doc_M) — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:42:21 -0700

Lol, I was thinking they should be playing Sandstorm by Darude only to realize they are in fact listening to Trance. Nice.

By 13509

13509 (http://www.videosift.com/member/13509) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:33:54 -0700

Hi arvana,

we are looking for someone who have the original footage of this big dust storm.
if you have know any information, please let me know.
your cooperation will be much appreciated.

Orange Films

Osamu

By itsmissmia

itsmissmia (http://www.videosift.com/member/itsmissmia) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:43:53 -0700

BEAUTIFUL!