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
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- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 07:05:17 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
We get those dust or dirt devils in a big way here. They suck up so much
dirt and send it in the sky that they look like a tornado. I have seen them
pick up large objects and toss them around. The funniest story was on the
golf course.....one very large dirt devil picked up my friends golf ball and
deposited it a good 175 yards farther than his drive, on the green of a par
four hole. We couldn't think of any rules that prohibited this occurrence
so he promptly sunk the putt for an eagle. I played the rest of the day
with much complaining and protest. :-)
Mike - who was just waiting for a chance to tell this story.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT-CHAT: A Storm by Any Other Name
>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.
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>These sound like what we call "Dust Devils".
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>>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
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>> 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
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>> 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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