It’s not the heat, it’s the haboob

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Sure, it's a little muggy today , last night's storms weren't conducive to a good night's sleep, and the rare June sandbagging effort has been underway at a few homes along the Cannon and Little Cannon Rivers.
But it could be worse; you could live in Phoenix.
This storm, a "haboob," hit on Saturday, coinciding with the Arizona Department of Transportation effort to call attention to haboobs by encouraging Twitter users to tweet their haboob haiku.
The haboob hubbub
The word glorifies dust walls
Just keep yourself safe.
Clearly we need some "humidity haiku" in these parts.
You go first.
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