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Mini twister hits little league baseball game

A video clip from Fuji TV 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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Comment by katio

2009-05-05 08:20:00

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

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Comment by Blacknimbus

2009-05-05 08:25:35

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

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Comment by 404error

2009-05-08 03:34:35

Dust devil

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

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Comment by Hentaku

2009-05-05 10:15:08

It’s called a Dust Devil, I’ve seen them from time to time. Mostly little tiny one’s about 4 ft tall.

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Comment by Vonskippy

2009-05-05 10:58:52

Run Toto run!

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Comment by Aruma

2009-05-05 12:18:50

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.

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Comment by dklvj;dsgv

2009-05-05 12:35:28

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!”

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Comment by Dangomushi

2009-05-06 03:40:44

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.

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Comment by LB

2009-05-06 09:27:46

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.

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Comment by Roger

2009-05-06 19:39:18

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.

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Comment by Mark Weinman

2009-05-14 06:09:48

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

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