span class="re5"> fpx_fnc_sandStorm = {
    _eff = ppEffectCreate ["colorCorrections", 1501];
    _eff ppEffectEnable true;
    _eff ppEffectAdjust [1,1.02,-0.005,[0,0,0,0],[1,0.8,0.6,0.65],[0.199,0.587,0.115,0]];
    _eff ppEffectCommit 10;

    _emitter = "Land_Bucket_F" createVehicleLocal (position player);
    _emitter attachTo [player,[0,0,0]];
    _emitter hideObject true;
    _emitter allowDamage false;
    _emitter enableSimulation false;

    _parent = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getPosASL player);
    _parent attachTo [_emitter,[0,0,0]];

    // create the children emitters that will follow the parent emitter
    _objN = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getPosASL player);
    _objS = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getPosASL player);
    _objE = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getPosASL player);
    _objW = "#particlesource" createVehicleLocal (getPosASL player);


    _parms = [
        ["\A3\data_f\ParticleEffects\Universal\Universal", 16,12,13,0],
        "",
        "Billboard",
        1,                  //Time Period
        30,                 //LifeTime
        [0,0,0],            //Position
        wind,               //Velocity
        0,                  //rotationVel
        10,                 //Weight
        7.84,               //Volume - higher number causes more float (in relation to weight)
        0.0001,             //Rubbing
        [5,15,10,15,20],    //Scale
        [[.6,.5,.4,0.0],[.6,.5,.4,.04],[.6,.5,.4,.02],[.6,.5,.4,.03],[.6,.5,.4,.02],[.6,.5,.4,.01],[.6,.5,.4,.01],[.6,.5,.4,.01]], //Color
        [1000],             //AnimSpeed
        0,                  //randDirPeriod
        0.0,                //randDirIntesity
        "",
        "",
        _parent
    ];
    // define a master random array for the EFX
    _params_rand = [0,                  // random time period
        [0,0,-0.8],         // [+right, +forward, +upward] random position based on position emitter is attached to
        [0,0,0],            // random velocity value
        0,                  // random rotation value
        0.215,              // random scale value (ie. .25 or 25% of the declared value in param array)
        [0.02,0,0.02,0.106],    // randomized color
        0,                  // random direction period value
        0                   // random direction period intensity value
    ];

    // for each child emitter, set class/circle and attach
    {
        _x setParticleClass "HousePartDust";
        _x setParticleCircle [0.0,[0,0,0]];
        _x attachTo [_parent,[0,0,0]];
    } forEach [_objN,_objS,_objE,_objW];

    // master arrays are modified for each childs specific parameters, then applied to the child
    _parms set [5,[0,100,0]];
    _params_rand set [1,[70,0,-0.8]];
    _objN setParticleParams _parms;
    _objN setParticleRandom _params_rand;

    _parms set [4,20]; // lifetime
    _parms set [5,[0,-40,0]];
    _params_rand set [1,[70,0,-0.8]];
    _objS setParticleParams _parms;
    _objS setParticleRandom _params_rand;

    _parms set [5,[70,30,0]];
    _params_rand set [1,[0,70,-0.8]];
    _objE setParticleParams _parms;
    _objE setParticleRandom _params_rand;

    _parms set [5,[-70,30,0]];
    _params_rand set [1,[0,70,-0.8]];
    _objW setParticleParams _parms;
    _objW setParticleRandom _params_rand;

    {
        _x setDropInterval 0.05;
    } forEach [_objN,_objS,_objE,_objW];
};