'Dust devil' takes Dubai motorists by surprise.Byline: Motorists were shocked to see a mini "tornado" approaching land near Rashid Hospital Rashid Hospital is a 454-bed general medical/surgical hospital in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and is a part of the Dubai Government Department of Health and Medical Services. . Dubai: Motorists were shocked to see a mini "tornado" approaching land near Rashid Hospital. The 'tornado' stretched for 1.5m into the air, forming a whirling vortex of dust and sand and lasted for around 30 seconds. Dubai Met Office has confirmed that the phenomenon was a 'dust devil', which occurs when there is a great difference between the air and land temperatures. They therefore occur more frequently during the summer months, and stay relatively small in the UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. . Factors contributing to dust devil dust devil: see whirlwind. formation are flat terrain, such as desert, clear skies and a light wind or lack of wind, as well as extremes in temperature between air and land. They can grow up to 10m wide and 1,000m tall, although this is rare and they are comparable to tornadoes. [c] Al Nisr Publishing Al Nisr Publishing is a company based in Dubai, UAE. The company is a part of Al Tayer Group. It was established in 1985 by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. It employs 1,050 people and has branches in Manilla, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 2007. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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