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Mini twister hits little league baseball game

A video clip from FTV news showing a couple small whirlwinds that hit a little league baseball game in Japan yesterday:

A lot of dust was thrown about and some cameras and tents fell over, but nobody was injured.

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11 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - May 5, 2009 at 7:49 am

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katio

Just a harmless i think they are called “dust devil”
Blacknimbus

Dirt devil…get those all the time in western US.

404error

Dust devil

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_devil

Hentaku

It’s called a Dust Devil, I’ve seen them from time to time. Mostly little tiny one’s about 4 ft tall.
http://www.hormel.com Vonskippy

Run Toto run!
Aruma

Whirlwinds, dustdevils they are the same thing. They are very common here in the Southwest desert. Most people just close their eyes and shelter their faces from the dust.
Native Americans tell legends that say dustdevils are gateways to this earth for evil spirits. I just find them annoying~ always blowing dirt and dead brush into the swimming pool.
dklvj;dsgv

cute! it wants to be an adult twister… “you’re a big one, yes you are. yes you are. ohh yes i AM scared. really!”
Dangomushi

My father jumped into one of those once when he was a kid to see what would happen and it tossed him up and back pretty far.

LB

When I was in my teens and early twenties and visited the US Southwest we used to jump into them and see how long we could manage to move with them while staying in the middle. Pretty difficult to do, actually. But a lot of fun! Just wear goggles and a mask or scarf to keep the sand out of your nose and mouth.

Roger

Glad I don’t live in the US where this is common. There is enough extreme things in Japan already with earth quakes and tsunamis. I noticed this old dude running away while leaving the kids behind.
Mark Weinman

Mini baseball twisters – crazy!!!! I thought there was only the shiny kind, not the real kind.