Arizona asks for haikus to promote dust storm safety
The Associated Press
PHOENIX—Arizona transportation officials are getting the message out about dust storm safety—in precisely 17 syllables.
The Arizona Department of Transportation is encouraging Twitter users to tweet haikus around the theme safe driving in haboobs—severe dust storms that hit Phoenix in the summer.
An example, from Phoenix resident Mindy Lee, who goes by the Twitter handle mindyblee: “Haboobs blow through town / In one instant it is dark / Pull over and wait.”
The haiku challenge runs through Friday. Tweeters are asked to include the hashtag (hash)HaboobHaiku.