The driving rain had cut visibility down to nothing.
Surfers who were in the area when the plane went down said the fog had cut visibility on the water to only about 20 feet.
I tried to look on the bright side: at least it cut visibility down to about 150 feet.
The wind drove the warm rain into their faces, cutting visibility to several hundred feet.
Sand stirred up by the breakers cut visibility to three or four feet.
Two minutes later it was falling heavily, cutting visibility down to a few hundred yards.
Smoke from the missile explosions filled the air, cutting visibility.
There was a low-hanging mist that cut visibility to a few kilometers.
The rain came in white sheets that cut visibility to only a few hundred feet.