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Posted on Wednesday, July 14, 2004
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#7 Posted by spgtmg89 on 10/8/2004

I believe this is called a "Dust Devil" and according to http://weather.ncbuy.com/, here is the definition of what a "dust devil" is: A small atmospheric vortex not associated with a thunderstorm, which is made visible by a rotating cloud of dust or debris (dust whirl). Dust devils form in response to surface heating during fair, hot weather; they are most frequent in arid or semi-arid regions.

#6 Posted by prescott on 1/4/2005

yeah it's a dust devil... cool pic

#5 Posted by pez on 2/17/2005

I see these all the time near my house. About this same size, too. No offense, but it's not that special.

#4 Posted by undefined_innocence on 3/14/2005

I think its awesome, ive never seen one in real before, only in pictures.

#3 Posted by aghimacrazyduckofdoom on 4/23/2006

Dust devil those are cool

#2 Posted by sorina on 7/10/2006

Yepp, that's a dust devil, my friends. But still cool, I mean, doesn't matter if it's not a real mile-wide twister, you can still have some nasty debris onto you, when you are getting so close.

#1 Posted by jack_of_blades on 9/2/2007

One hot summer here in PA I saw one of these at a construction site.

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