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mitch96

(14,607 posts)
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 07:33 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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mitch96

(14,607 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
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 07:47 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

(19,528 posts)
3. The sunsets have been bright orange and different shades of orange for the last couple of evenings
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 07:49 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

(3,510 posts)
4. Haven't checked the map.
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 07:55 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

(14,607 posts)
7. No dust intrusion that I can tell.. Just pink skys at sunrise and sunset.. This orange is/was a different animal.nt
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 09:30 PM
Aug 2024

wordstroken

(648 posts)
5. I hear you, mitch96. I'm on the west coast of Florida, too, but a little further south from you.
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 08:08 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.

mitch96

(14,607 posts)
6. Yup, that's it but a bit more intense. Most of the homes in my neighborhood are white so they reflect
Sat Aug 3, 2024, 09:27 PM
Aug 2024

the orange light really well..
Tnx for the pic...
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