Shepherds Warning

I usually wake up briefly at around 6.50am, thanks to the annoying gap in my window blinds, and squint at the morning sun before falling back asleep. This morning though, I was left wondering if there was horrible huge bush fire or I'd been teleported to Mars during the night. The orange colour in the sky, everywhere in the sky, was so unnerving I actually got out of bed at 7am - that's very unnerving. Stepping out onto the balcony the whole sky was just the strangest rust colour I've ever seen. Turning on breakfast TV at least let me know that the world wasn't on fire and that, logically enough, it was a big dust storm. Having said that, nothing like it has been seen in Sydney in more that 60 years. The colour had faded by the time I went to get my train to work (dust everywhere on the seats). The air was still dusty enough to taste and the visibility next to nothing and stayed that way for the next few hours. Lost of amazing photos on the Sydney Morning Herald site..