Comments on: Tornado pr0n

Tornado pr0n

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:39:04 -0800

Cool images of tornadoes and other freaky weather at the NOAA Photo Library.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:49:54 -0800

More, better pictures here.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 14:59:14 -0800

Rather contentiously offered, but thanks! Those first two links are really nice.

By: xmutex

xmutex — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:28:22 -0800

Damn.

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:39:47 -0800

Yeah! Notice the reverse lights!

By: dong_resin

dong_resin — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:40:49 -0800

Spiffy.

By: Quartermass

Quartermass — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 16:09:46 -0800

I have Tornado-phobia. Seriously. I have had re-occuring dreams about my house being destroyed by a mile wide tornado since I was a little kid. Thanks!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:11:32 -0800

Yeah, they're definitely scary. Even pictures of those fat ones give me a twinge of vertigo: they make it look like the sky is collapsing into the ground. There are some nice, soothing National Weather Service images for you here, Quartermass. Ah... clear skies!

By: kush

kush — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:48:37 -0800

Ummm, clear skies, good, but allow to try something else, in that order: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Look more appealing to me and Giger would be so proud :)

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:52:08 -0800

Wowie wow wow. Great links, all. Thanks. I have always been fascinated by tornadoes -- truly the King of Storms. Feh on your paltry hurricanes and floods -- tornadoes are where the action is at. The movie "Twister" -- it's a how-to video! heh. One of my pet theories: tornadoes fascinate people so much because they are the largest moving "thing" that a person will ever see. Oh, and this pic -- damn, if that doesn't yell "Auntie Em, it's a twister!"

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 17:57:11 -0800

Check out this 1884 picture, and compare to this 1869 drawing. This 1935 shot is a dust-bowl classic.

By: Voivod

Voivod — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:52:48 -0800

The older photographs are really quite terrifying. Yikes. Earthquakes are nothin'. At least the sky behaves itself here!

By: scarabic

scarabic — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 20:58:04 -0800

Some of the scariest historical photos are the ones that show damage from tornadoes. Check out what happens when you build a hall out of unreinforced masonry in Tornado Alley.

By: carter

carter — Mon, 28 Jun 2004 21:06:25 -0800

Nice links, thanks scarabic and all!

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:26:19 -0800

I've seen'em up close. I know it's stating the incredibly obvious to say that they are scarey as hell -- but it's one thing to know that on an abstract intellectual level and another thing to stare up at one and fall to your hands and knees because all the strength suddenly left your legs (and you're damn close to pissing yourself). As a general rule, try to avoid them. ;)

By: RavinDave

RavinDave — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 04:29:07 -0800

This one in particular.

By: Civil_Disobedient

Civil_Disobedient — Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:23:19 -0800

Rather contentiously offered, but thanks! Sorry about the snarkiness. In restitution, I offer a video compilation made by a local (to me, at least) storm chaser. It's an incredible collection from the Iowa storms in March, set to the music of Pink Floyd's Run Like Hell (appropriately enough). Also for your enjoyment, a video of dueling waterspouts, circulating around each other. Enjoy!