[meteorite-list] Tornados
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:49:02 2004 Message-ID: <000a01c1447a$e3353b20$0e841e3f_at_bigcolle> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C14450.F4ADFC40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is kind of off subject but a list member has asked me about = Tornado's and chasing them so I thought others might be interested..... When the weather conditions are right for a tornado. A tornado watch is = issued. Many times the torndoe sirens will go off. They sound like Bomb = Sirens. The storm watchers get busy.... Through maps and ham radio they spread out. There are basically two main = teams here. The national weather team and the KFDI weather team. A local = radio that does heavy coverage during storms. (and we seem of get a lot = of them.) For an official tornado it has to be spotted by one of these teams. = Tornados form out of a straight line of clouds called a wall frount. = Many times the clouds do not appear to be moving but if you look long at = them you might see a rotation. This is a funnel cloud forming. It is not = a tornado unless it touches the ground.=20 I can remember one time as a kid while my mom was driving her van seeing = paper circle in frount of us. As our van drove under it the van shook. = The funnel never touched ground so this was not really a tornado.=20 It is usually raining during a tornado. You know you are in trouble when = everything gets quiet. Right before a tornado hits there is like no = sound. No rain. No wind. No birds. Nothing.=20 Then it hits and everything is really loud. Then quiet again...then = loud.....then its gone. I've been through a few tornados that hit close and seen a few weird = things. Some things shredded. Some things untouched.=20 Trailer homes that were dropped...sinks and toys thrown around.=20 One time a tornado (April 26, 1991, I think), removed two houses a block = away. We lost power and water. The National Guard with tanks where in = the streets. They gave us water while the local chruches fed anyone that = was hungry. People come together and fix things and we go on.=20 Every year or two one finds its way here to Wichita. According to the = indians Tornados woulkd avoid this place because of the fork in the = river....but that appantly is not true. Though most storms do seem to go = around us.... Most of the weather watchers get no pay, have to bu their own radios, = pya for thier own gas, ect. It is their passion.=20 Just thing if one hit my house now, it would reate a collection of = meteorites that flew through the air twice! Of course I woldn't know = where they landed...... ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C14450.F4ADFC40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4616.200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>This is kind of off subject but a list = member has=20 asked me about Tornado's and chasing them so I thought others might be=20 interested.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>When the weather conditions are right for a tornado. A tornado watch = is=20 issued. Many times the torndoe sirens will go off. They sound like Bomb = Sirens.=20 The storm watchers get busy....</P> <P>Through maps and ham radio they spread out. There are basically two = main=20 teams here. The national weather team and the KFDI weather team. A local = radio=20 that does heavy coverage during storms. (and we seem of get a lot of = them.)</P> <P>For an official tornado it has to be spotted by one of these teams. = Tornados=20 form out of a straight line of clouds called a wall frount. Many times = the=20 clouds do not appear to be moving but if you look long at them you might = see a=20 rotation. This is a funnel cloud forming. It is not a tornado unless it = touches=20 the ground. </P> <P>I can remember one time as a kid while my mom was driving her van = seeing=20 paper circle in frount of us. As our van drove under it the van shook. = The=20 funnel never touched ground so this was not really a tornado. </P> <P>It is usually raining during a tornado. You know you are in trouble = when=20 everything gets quiet. Right before a tornado hits there is like no = sound. No=20 rain. No wind. No birds. Nothing. </P> <P>Then it hits and everything is really loud. Then quiet again...then=20 loud.....then its gone.</P> <P>I've been through a few tornados that hit close and seen a few weird = things.=20 Some things shredded. Some things untouched. </P> <P>Trailer homes that were dropped...sinks and toys thrown around. </P> <P>One time a tornado (April 26, 1991, I think), removed two houses a = block=20 away. We lost power and water. The National Guard with tanks where in = the=20 streets. They gave us water while the local chruches fed anyone that was = hungry.=20 People come together and fix things and we go on. </P> <P>Every year or two one finds its way here to Wichita. According to the = indians=20 Tornados woulkd avoid this place because of the fork in the river....but = that=20 appantly is not true. Though most storms do seem to go around us....</P> <P>Most of the weather watchers get no pay, have to bu their own radios, = pya for=20 thier own gas, ect. It is their passion. </P> <P>Just thing if one hit my house now, it would reate a collection of = meteorites=20 that flew through the air twice! Of course I woldn't know where = they=20 landed......</P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C14450.F4ADFC40-- Received on Sun 23 Sep 2001 05:58:23 PM PDT |
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