Re: Weather Control
Hi Daryl,
> I always get nervous during severe weather season. I personally have
> been:
> 1) Indirectly struck by lightning twice (at 3 and 16)...but carry no
> electrical charge, and can be handled safely.
Being that I just came from the lightning capital of the world.. I have been
seconds away from getting hit. I had a bolt smack my cellphone right off my
belt.
> 2) Under 2 tornadic funnel clouds.
I was under about 3 or 4 of these the other night. I was a little nervous when
they all started showing up around this area. (Mobile Home Community)
> 3) Within a mile of an EF-1 and an EF-4 rain wrapped tornado.
Yes, that would suck if you are not mobile!
> 4) In swirling floodwaters.
Flooding is never good. No matter the extent. Local farmers are losing their
crop right now because of it. I was driving down the road the other day and seen
a low lying property flooded out so bad that a swing set was buried to the top
in water about 6' deep. Luckily for that property owner that the low lying area
was dug out in their side yard.
> Technically, here are the defintions:
> Both tornadoes and funnel clouds are violently rotating columns of air.
> The difference is that the tornado is in contact with the ground...the
> funnel cloud is not...and the terms are NOT interchangeable.
Pretty much what I said. We call the funnel clouds "twistees" around here ;),
but I have seen a funnel cloud or three touch down in my life.
> Invariably, the worst part of the storms is the damage they
> cause...whether it's
> A) A lightning strike that burns a structure down, or strikes someone,
> or a group of people, injuring or killing them.
> B) A tornado. An Illinois college professor shared on Twitter a picture
> of a huge EF-4 tornado, and noted "These are killers...they are NOT
> sport".
> C) Damaging downburst winds that can reach or exceed hurricane force
> (75 mph...in some cases, over 100 mph).
> D) Large hail that can be from the size of a quarter to the size of a
> DVD (1 to 5 inches in diameter)
> E) Flooding rain that can sweep vehicles off roads, people off their
> feet, and houses off their foundations.
> It seems like the "chasers" are WANTING severe weather. But, even
> tornado is out in the middle of a field, the owner of that field is
> suffering damage and loss...and the chasers can't see that.
Being a victim and a survivor of the Hurricanes of 2004 in FL, we lost our home
and jobs "Hince the old BBS name "Eye of The Hurricane BBS" and had to relocate.
This was not fun, but it made me interested and amazed at what these things can
do. There is no way to predict weather! There is no way to control weather, but
just like in the movie "Twister", I wanted to explore ways to advance warning
signs as much of our older towns and cities are still not advanced enough to
sound anything but an alarm when a tornado is near to this day. In fact the
township that I currently live in has three sirens! If I am not watching TV or
listening to radio.. "Thank god for my weatherbug on cellular", I am not so sure
that I would here this siren that is almost 1 mile away.
-Kris
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