Burn dust devils

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:53 am

What did you think about the dust devils...during the burns? Both temple and man...

and...in 2001.. did you see the moon?

Post by **AntiM** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:13 am

Post by **mdmf007** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:21 am

I particularly liked the dust devils picking up embers from the temple burn and throwing them into the crowd! there was a river of embers flowing horizontaly into the crowd, we sat on the front row 50 feet from where it entered the crowd.

DaddyMassive · Post by **DaddyMassive** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 8:46 am

I thought this thread was going to be about how we should incinerate cordless hand-held vacuum cleaners.

I'm so disappointed.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 9:14 am

All dust devils should be herded into the fire and burned.

Bluelatinsurfer · Post by **Bluelatinsurfer** » Tue Jun 17, 2008 6:29 pm

My thought where (shit this is some good weed!)

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:09 am

During the Temple Burn in 2004,,i think.., A bunch of hippies were doing that OHM! shit...and a Dust Devil Came right into us. All the embers looked like orange fireflys. Fucking loved it! even though it did burn my silk slip..fucking orange fireflys!!!

EB · Post by EB » Wed Jun 18, 2008 11:13 am

Remember that scene in "Poltergeist" when the scientists playback the recording of the light moving out of the closet... and it turns out not to be just light but rather lost, trapped souls (in fedoras and pearls) wandering around, looking for the "bright light" so they could move on?

It was like that.

Barbie · Post by **Barbie** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 12:23 pm

All the temple burns are intense- 2004 was my virgin Temple Burn

and I must have been close to you in that bunch of Hippies- I remember the Orange Fireflys!!!

I missed the temple the first year I was on the playa 'cause I wasn't ready for IT...

Smoxalot 420 · Post by **Smoxalot 420** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:52 am

[quote="EB"]Remember that scene in "Poltergeist" when the scientists playback the recording of the light moving out of the closet... and it turns out not to be just light but rather lost, trapped souls (in fedoras and pearls) wandering around, looking for the "bright light" so they could move on?

It was like that.[/quote]

The Paiute and other tribes in the region refer to these dust devils as Ancestors. It's interesting that the reference you used reflects that.

EB · Post by EB » Wed Jul 16, 2008 12:13 pm

re: Ancestors.

Remembering that night again, I can see why. What's hard to tell from AntiM's photos is just how orderly the dust devils came out of the main fire.

One would appear, then slowly move away from the fire, then a few seconds later, another would appear and follow suit. It looked like the line at Customs! One after another, measured and patient.

Maybe a meteorologist can explain why this was so...

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:31 pm

Most dust-devils sneak in without buying a ticket.

bigbluedoggy · Post by **bigbluedoggy** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 1:54 pm

filthy hippies...

Smoxalot 420 · Post by **Smoxalot 420** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 10:37 am

Here's some pictures of an immense dust devil from 06. For reference of size, the cyclone is passing over the Man in these pictures.

Burn dust devils

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