I rode through a dust devil today on my LSD road ride. I watched it form in the dust on the far side of the road in front of me, then cross the road. It largely disappeared when it cleaned the dust out but was swirling stuff on the road around.
When I hit it, it was SLAM...SLAM. Two opposing 20-mph wind gusts in opposite directions, about a second apart. I was ready for it just in case. Had I not been, it might have caused me to swerve dangerously but wasn't enough to toss me off.
-- -- Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.
I rode through a dust devil today on my LSD road ride. I watched it form in the dust on the far side of the road in front of me, then cross the road. It largely disappeared when it cleaned the dust out but was swirling stuff on the road around.
When I hit it, it was SLAM...SLAM. Two opposing 20-mph wind gusts in opposite directions, about a second apart. I was ready for it just in case. Had I not been, it might have caused me to swerve dangerously but wasn't enough to toss me off.
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Last time I ran into a dust devil was 30 feet off the ground under a parachute in Casa Grande Arizona. The dust devil grabbed my parachute and blew it right in front of me at almost the same altitude. From there on it was like a big swing that had five feet too long ropes. I landed so hard that I could not walk on my heels for two weeks.
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I rode through a dust devil today on my LSD road ride. I watched it form in the dust on the far side of the road in front of me, then cross the road. It largely disappeared when it cleaned the dust out but was swirling stuff on the road around.
When I hit it, it was SLAM...SLAM. Two opposing 20-mph wind gusts in opposite directions, about a second apart. I was ready for it just in case. Had I not been, it might have caused me to swerve dangerously but wasn't enough to toss me off.
-- -- Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.
I rode through a Dirt Devil the other day..dang beater bar kept whacking me in the head...and the cyclonic force of the vaccuum was enormous!! ;-)
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I rode through a dust devil today on my LSD road ride. I watched it form in the dust on the far side of the road in front of me, then cross the road. It largely disappeared when it cleaned the dust out but was swirling stuff on the road around.
When I hit it, it was SLAM...SLAM. Two opposing 20-mph wind gusts in opposite directions, about a second apart. I was ready for it just in case. Had I not been, it might have caused me to swerve dangerously but wasn't enough to toss me off.
-- -- Lynn Wallace xmission.com~lawallOpen ↗ "I'm not proud. We really haven't done everything we could to protect our customers. Our products just aren't engineered for security." --Microsoft VP in charge of Windows OS Development, Brian Valentine.
I rode through a Dirt Devil the other day..dang beater bar kept whacking me in the head...and the cyclonic force of the vaccuum was enormous!! ;-)
Cheers,
Scott..
"The power of an upright in his goddamn hand!" Butthole Surfers, "Dust Devil", Independent Worm Saloon
