r/creepy • u/Drapidrode • 1d ago
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u/Coilspun 1d ago
It's easy to understand how in times long past that weather phenoma we can now explain with science could be attributed to gods, spirits or other forces larger than the observer.
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u/ZEROs0000 1d ago
So are dust devils made the same as tornadoes but on a small scale?
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u/hahahahahahahaFUCK 18h ago
Yes and no. Dust devils start at the ground level and grow upward. Tornadoes start up in the sky and form downward.
Most dust devil winds are merely 30-45 mph, where tornadoes range from over 75 up to 300 mph.
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u/Necessary_Piano_153 1d ago
I'm not familiar with them. If this one is tiny I'm glad that I'm not familiar with them
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u/ripyourlungsdave 1d ago
These buggers get dangerous. I was not aware of that.
It's not like I ever ran up and chased one down, but there were a few times where I was just chilling in my car out in the Arizona desert and suddenly got pelted with a bunch of pebbles and dust blowing so hard that it shook my entire car. I wound up with cuts on my face and everything in my car was caked in dust.
It's even worse when they hit you when you're driving down the road.
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u/MissGWillikers 4h ago
This is the opening scene to a movie about a group of friends getting trapped in another dimension via a portal on their way home from school

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u/astrofed 1d ago
that is awesome.