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mitch96

(15,118 posts) Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:33 PM Aug 2024

This is weird. I'm on the west coast of Florida near Tampa. With this storm blowing thru and being just after

sunset my neighborhood is a weird orange glow to it. I guess the sun is shining thru all the various cloud density's... Very eerie to see everything orange...
queue the twilight zone intro..
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This is weird. I'm on the west coast of Florida near Tampa. With this storm blowing thru and being just after (Original Post) mitch96 Aug 2024 OP

Please stay safe, my dear mitch96! ♥ nt CaliforniaPeggy Aug 2024 #1

Tnx Peggy.. I've lived in Florida most of my life and have been thru a bunch of these "events". It looks like mitch96 Aug 2024 #2

The sunsets have been bright orange and different shades of orange for the last couple of evenings Deuxcents Aug 2024 #3

Haven't checked the map. duncang Aug 2024 #4

No dust intrusion that I can tell.. Just pink skys at sunrise and sunset.. This orange is/was a different animal.nt mitch96 Aug 2024 #7

I hear you, mitch96. I'm on the west coast of Florida, too, but a little further south from you. wordstroken Aug 2024 #5

Yup, that's it but a bit more intense. Most of the homes in my neighborhood are white so they reflect mitch96 Aug 2024 #6

👍 Stay safe. wordstroken Aug 2024 #8

lots of smoke and sahra dust cloud layers perhaps ? AllaN01Bear Aug 2024 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(153,504 posts)

1. Please stay safe, my dear mitch96! ♥ nt

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:37 PM

Aug 2024

mitch96

(15,118 posts)

2. Tnx Peggy.. I've lived in Florida most of my life and have been thru a bunch of these "events". It looks like

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:47 PM

Aug 2024

this is just gonna be a lot of rain. I'm also quite high here at 60 feet above sea level..
Run from the water, hide from the wind..
I love the visuals mother nature provides... The "orange light show" only lasted for about 3-5 min or so..
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Deuxcents

(21,784 posts)

3. The sunsets have been bright orange and different shades of orange for the last couple of evenings

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:49 PM

Aug 2024

Here..I’m also on the west side of Florida. It is eerie knowing a storm is just a few miles away but Mother Nature has given us quite a lovely show

duncang

(3,767 posts)

4. Haven't checked the map.

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:55 PM

Aug 2024

But do y’all have the Saharan dust coming in over there also.

We’ve had orange skies in the morning and at twilight here in Texas for a while because of it.

mitch96

(15,118 posts)

7. No dust intrusion that I can tell.. Just pink skys at sunrise and sunset.. This orange is/was a different animal.nt

Reply to duncang (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 10:30 PM

Aug 2024

wordstroken

(1,051 posts)

5. I hear you, mitch96. I'm on the west coast of Florida, too, but a little further south from you.

Reply to mitch96 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2024, 09:08 PM

Aug 2024

The sky was orange during the storm on Monday. Felt eerie then and took a picture at 8:16 pm. Sounds similar to your description.

Not tonight, though. Very oddly dark for over an hour. And spooky silent. As you say - weird.