Apparition: 1939

I grew up in Oklahoma where these were common. We call them Dirt Devils.

[Like the vacuum cleaner? I've seen them called dust devils. - Dave]

It was great fun to try to get into the middle of one of these when I was a kid in the Texas panhandle. We learned quickly to keep our mouths shut if we didn't want to eat dirt.

That tells me so much about Texas . . . and the phenomenon of weather. What a great picture!