Dust Devil

This dust devil came to lunch at the Richmond, VA, National Folk Festival at 1:20 PM on 14 October 2007. By the end of the video, the paper plates were about 2,000 feet above ground level. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the red tent had a 20 lb weight on each corner.

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Travel & Events

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• dust-devil
• dust
• devil
• whirlwind
• tornado

[fish014]

wow that is insane.

[JiggerHogger]

sux to be them. funny music too

[yesiplayguitar]

That black thing floating around in the air, is that some poor farmers taupe?

[hurricaneheardy111]

Looks invisible a bit but is a fast spinner!

[tremer88]

sure it has a funnel, you just cant see it

[max711]

This was at the 69th annual National Folk Festival in Richmond, Va. Visible funnels are a result of dust being sucked up into the vortex, and while there was plenty of dust and straw to ruin everybody's food, there wasn't enough to make the funnel distinct. (This is my father's video, btw.)

[max711]

The debris just kept going up, up, up! You could almost see Dorothy's house up there!

[directorinthechair]

Is this Phila Folka festival because they can be common around there.Wow i love the way it travels it does not have a funnel, and is very fast,it turns from little pieces of paper to small tents in the air a 4 star video!

[danaus]

Thanks for posting. I read the article in the Richmond Times and was hoping someone shot video.

[megashorts]

Very Cool! Did the debris eventually come down? I love the way Dust Devils look so much like tornados!