On our way to a RUSH concert in Virginia Beach yesterday we drove through a dust devil strong enough to move our car about 2 feet from side to side as we drove through it. It had a diameter of about 10-15 feet. We were just north of Greenville, NC.
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On our way to a RUSH concert in Virginia Beach yesterday we drove through a dust devil strong enough to move our car about 2 feet from side to side as we drove through it. It had a diameter of about 10-15 feet. We were just north of Greenville, NC.
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Re: Dust Devil
NC George wrote::grr:
On our way to a RUSH concert in Virginia Beach yesterday we drove through a dust devil strong enough to move our car about 2 feet from side to side as we drove through it. It had a diameter of about 10-15 feet. We were just north of Greenville, NC.
Glad that you made it through okay...I seldom hear about those occurring in the East!
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Our AZ Dustdevils
have been known to blow cars off the road, take roofs off of houses and destroy garden sheds.
Steve
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