Dust devils are usually harmless, but can on rare occasions grow large enough to pose a threat to both people and property.

Dust devils form as a swirling updraft under sunny conditions during fair weather, rarely coming close to the intensity of a tornado.

Dust devils form when hot air near the surface rises quickly through a small pocket of cooler, low-pressure air above it.

Dust devils typically do not cause injuries, but rare, severe dust devils have caused damage and even deaths in the past.

Dust devils have been implicated in around 100 aircraft accidents some of which were simple taxiing problems, but a few were fatal in-flight incidents.

Dust devils, even small ones ( on Earth ), can produce radio noise and electrical fields greater than 10, 000 volts per meter.

Dust devils also occur on Mars ( see Dust Devil Tracks ) and were first photographed by the Viking orbiters in the 1970s.

File: Martian Dust Devil Trails. jpg | Martian dust devils cause twisting dark trails on the Martian surface.

“ Dust devils ” originating in this area were visible from a long distance.

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Dust on the brakes may also cause squeal ; there are many commercial brake cleaning products that can be used to remove dust and contaminants.

Dust storms cause soil loss from the dry lands, and worse, they preferentially remove organic matter and the nutrient-rich lightest particles, thereby reducing agricultural productivity.

Dust mites cause several forms of allergic diseases, including hay fever, asthma and eczema and are known to aggravate atopic dermatitis.

Dust clouds caused by leaf blowers contain potentially harmful substances such as pesticides, mold, and animal fecal matter that may cause irritation, allergies, and disease.

Phencyclidine ( also known as PCP or " Angel Dust ") and ketamine, both of which block glutamate ( NMDA ) receptors, are known to cause psychosis at least somewhat resembling schizophrenia, further suggesting that psychosis and perhaps schizophrenia cannot fully be explained in terms of dopamine function, but may also involve other neurotransmitters.

Carrion wielded the power to create a Red Dust that would spread as pestilence as well as his touch that would incapacitate or even cause organic matter to just degenerate.

Dust particles, as well as water droplets, cause attenuation of the RF energy, translating into a loss of effective range.

Dust and scratches cause audio clicks and pops and, in extreme cases, they can cause the needle ( stylus ) to skip over a series of grooves, or worse yet, cause the needle to skip backwards, creating an unintentional locked groove that repeats the same 1. 8 seconds of track ( at 33⅓ rpm ) over and over again.

During the Dust Bowl and Great Depression of the 1930s, large numbers of people fled rural areas of the Plains and Midwest because of depressed commodity prices, high debt load, and several years of drought and large dust storms.

This picture captured the horrors of the Dust Bowl and caused more people to be aware of the crisis of the country.

This act made the people of Saw Dust mad by naming the town after a northern city.

Dust storms are a common problem in the desert but the people of Broken Hill created reserves to surround the town thus protecting the town from the worst of the storms.

Dust in the airstream poses a serious health threat to children, older people, and those with respiratory illnesses.

However, Star Dust never arrived, no more radio transmissions were received by the airport, and intensive efforts by both Chilean and Argentinian search teams, as well as by other BSAA pilots, failed to uncover any trace of the aircraft or of the people on board.

Dust mites can trigger asthma, eczema, and allergies in people sensitive to them.

In 2003, The Observer listed Harry Thompson as one of the 50 funniest or most influential people in British comedy, citing Monkey Dust as evidence and calling it: " the most subversive show on television.

* August 2 – The British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian Star Dust ( tail number G-AGWH ) disappears over the Andes during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Santiago, Chile, with the loss of all 11 people on board.

The IAC publishes books on topical matters, including books on the effect of United Nations sanctions on the people of Iraq, The Fire This Time, by Ramsey Clark ; a history of Haiti, Haiti: A Slave Revolution ; and a book on the effects of the use of depleted uranium in warfare, Poison Dust.

Songs like Behold Behold by Luckay Buckay, It Not Right by Takun-J featuring Luckay Buckay, and Technique by Bone Dust have been among the many prominent songs that have told people of the government lack of consciousness for her people, prostitution, jealousy, hatred, envy, fornication all over Liberia.

Dust, pollen, pet dander, mold spores, and dust mite feces can act as allergens, triggering allergies in sensitive people.

" It also shows some overlapping uses with Goofer Dust, which also is known to create restlessness and drive people away.

The exhibition touches briefly on his sojourn in the Southwest ( `` Koshare in the Dust '', a vigorous Indian dance, and landscapes suggest the influence of western color on his palette ).

In 1987 he took up a two-year post as chief scientist at the Department of Transportation, and in 1989 joined the Institute of Space Science and Technology in Gainesville, Florida where he contributed to a paper on the results from the Interplanetary Dust Experiment using data from the Long Duration Exposure Facility satellite.

As of 25 July 2010, the only known track name for the 7th album is " Rock Dust Light Star " which has been performed live and confirmed by Kay himself to be on the new album.

The album notably featured " Bizarre Love Triangle " and " Angel Dust " ( of which a remixed instrumental version is available on the UK " True Faith " CD video single, under the title " Evil Dust "), a track which marries a synth break beat with Low-Life-era guitar effects.

Dust To Dust is an eight issue miniseries starting on May 26, 2010 and written by Chris Roberson and drawn by Robert Adler.

Red Dust, set on a far-future Mars colonized by the Chinese, is a planetary romance filled with all the latest SF ideas: nanotechnology, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, personality downloads, virtual reality.

* Red Dust ( 2004 ), based on the novel of the same title by Gillian Slovo, starring Hilary Swank, Jamie Bartlett and Chiwetel Ejiofor

; Gold Dust Orchestral Tour: Tori Amos kicks off her 2012 tour in Rotterdam on October 1.

" The house was put on the market for a reported $ 3. 8 million, and many fans, feeling it was the end of a major era in her life and career, tagged it as a " Kingdom Up For Sale ", a line from the song " Gold Dust Woman ".

He on another, larger companion book to the series, The Book of Dust, for several years.

The US top marginal income tax rate went from 25 % to 63 % in 1932 and to 79 % in 1936 while the bottom rate increased over 10 fold from. 375 % in 1929 to 4 % in 1932 Successful attacks on partially backed currencies which forced many countries off the gold standard and reduced confidence in the financial system, and a financial system, further damaged by the bank panics of the 1930s were also factors, as was inclement weather such as the drought resulting in the US Dust Bowl.

This featured, among others, " Queen + Wyclef Jean " on a rap version of " Another One Bites the Dust ".

There, Tom finds his family loading a converted Hudson truck with what remains of their possessions ; the crops were destroyed in the Dust Bowl and, as a result, the family had to default on their loans.

That same year Soundgarden and Screaming Trees released their final studio albums, Down on the Upside and Dust, respectively.

Dust on the King's Highway.

File: The Serpent Dust Devil on Mars PIA15116. jpg | Serpent Dust Devil of Mars by HiRISE camera on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.