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Dusty

April 6th, 2009

“Notbothered” sent this picture to the RiotAct with the following note:

    No story, just a pic of a whirlwind at one of the new subdivisions in Canberra, thought it was a cool pic!

    They happen fairly regularly, but haven’t seen one this big :)

 

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One Response to “Dusty”

  1. Master Bates
    April 16th, 2009 - 11:10 am

    “They happen fairly regularly, but haven’t seen one this big”

    Get out to Forbes then!!!

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