Re: OT-CHAT: A Storm by Any Other Name
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: A Storm by Any Other Name
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:44:25 -0600
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
> From: "Jan Clark" <janclarx@hotmail.com>
> We get funny little dust storms called "Willy Willy's" which are just
> a funnel of dirt.
These sound like what we call "Dust Devils".
>The most wierd experience I had was hearing the train
> approaching at our old farm house years ago, and thinking -uh oh! no
trains
> around here. A quick look outside revealed a large black mass approaching
at
> some speed. Just enough time to close all the windows up tight, while
> husband ran to pacify the horses. This "Thing" passed over very noisily
and
> wildly in a matter of minutes, but didn't even manage to remove clothes
from
> the washing line. I'm not sure what you would call that. A mini tornado
When a mass of swirling wind descends from a cloud, but does not touch (or
has not yet touched) the ground, it is called a "funnel cloud". Perhaps
this is what you experienced. It only becomes a tornado when the tip makes
contact with the ground.
The folks in Salt Lake City were taken completely by surprise when a
full-blown tornado swept through the center of the city at midday on August
11 and did about $200 million in damage. Tornadoes are extremely rare in
these parts.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
> perhaps?
>
> >BTW, quite a few of us have been educated to refer to Koalas without
adding
> >"Bear". (-:
>
> Thank goodness for that! It seems a childish name to me, like saying
puppy
> dog, or moo cow!
> While I'm so far off topic, some of you might be amused by a mental image
of
> several Japanese tourists standing around the Goanna enclosure at a wild
> life sanctuary here, cameras round their necks, complaining because the
pen
> was empty. Right before their eyes, about 6 goannas were laying
motionless,
> in full view.
> A Goanna is a very large lizard with a rough grey/brown skin, which, when
> motionless, looks much like a dead log!
> Cheers, Jan
> OK, back to the irises
> iris, iris, iris, iris, iris, iris, iris, iris
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