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Bizarre 'Roll Cloud' Seen Over Texas Today
Reaganite Republican ^ | May 31, 2012 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 05/31/2012 9:57:51 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican

This is pretty wild...


A phenomenon known as a 'roll cloud' -a very rare form of Arcus cloud- was seen in eastern Texas early this morning...
it's formed when a cool outflow of air from a substantial thunderstorm jets-out ahead of the system in a rotating rope that can run 50 miles long...






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TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cloud; roll; rollcloud; strange; texas
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To: Revolting cat!
It's nice to know Bush still has some fans out there.

Are you guys going to do a "Day in the life of Romney" thread?

41 posted on 05/31/2012 2:28:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: DallasDeb
...although he was wearing the same clothese during the various comments he made, sometimes his hair was pulled out more than other times.

For better or worse, he's now made his mark in the world with that ridiculous hair do. He's stuck with it, now. Sorta like this guy...



42 posted on 05/31/2012 5:26:32 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Reaganite Republican

Saw one of those on a boat out in the Gulf of Mexico sailing from Key West to the Dry Tortugas. Kinda scary.


43 posted on 05/31/2012 7:50:53 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (If you like lying Socialist dirtbags, you'll love Slick Willard)
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To: RetiredArmy

Probably one of those things the Trekkies call “The Nexus”...

Still, it’s a prety neat weather phenomen...pheno...uhhh...we’allll, you know whut Ah mean...;-)


44 posted on 05/31/2012 9:19:33 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (It's not the color of one's skin that offends people...it's how thin it is.)
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