These are a bit bigger than that. I would guess 50 feet tall, perhaps
taller.

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"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
I'm not sure if it's quite the same thing, but we encountered one in the
south bay coming off the marsh land. They're kind of unpredictable
there... see them quite frequently. We lost sight of it, then wham it hit
the boat and pushed it over until the main touched the water, then we
popped back up, and it kept going. We were on a mid-20' Merit. I wouldn't
really call it a waterspout, more like a whirly wind. Guessing 50 kts or
slightly more.

We get those back un out pasture in MI...call them dust devils....they're
about 6-8 ft tall and are heat generated...one chased the cat up a
tree....