This is Kauai. I was walking the beach and watching this thinking it was just a big whirl wind. It came ashore about 200 yards south of me. People started running and I was wondering what the big deal was. Then beach chairs, umbellas, and ice chests started scattering over the palms and into town.
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In 1979 I worked construction on a Formaldehyde plant in Texas City, TX. I saw 5 of these "water spouts" in one storm out in the Gulf of Mexico but I never saw one come on shore. Impressive.