Weather discussion

[Lord Raiden]

Well, two things to note about people down in tornado alley.

1. Tornados are a common site, so most aren't scared.
2. The tornado is actually just over a mile away and if my judgement of his relation to that tornado is correct, he's due south of the tornado and they travel West to East. So he's plenty safe.

Now, taking myself in a situation like this, dude, I'd so be standing next to him taking pictures. Heck, I'd probubly drive within 300 feet of it and just gawk. Yes, that may sound crazy, but I'm a severe weather nut. I'd happily do all the crazy stuff those guys in the movie Twister did and do it without hesitation.

EDIT: Fixed typo. Had east and west backwards.

[Mr_Paper]

Originally Posted by Lord Raiden

Well, two things to note about people down in tornado alley.

1. Tornados are a common site, so most aren't scared.
2. The tornado is actually just over a mile away and if my judgement of his relation to that tornado is correct, he's due south of the tornado and they travel east to west. So he's plenty safe.

Now, taking myself in a situation like this, dude, I'd so be standing next to him taking pictures. Heck, I'd probubly drive within 300 feet of it and just gawk. Yes, that may sound crazy, but I'm a severe weather nut. I'd happily do all the crazy stuff those guys in the movie Twister did and do it without hesitation.

I suppose if I saw tornados often it wouldn't bother me that much. The last time I saw one was when one wiped out/decimated a camp ground not too far away. Tornados are rather rare around here, rather the weather that usually produces them results in violent hail storms. It's so bad the city, for the past couple years, actually pays to seed major storm fronts to lessen the damage from the hail storms.

I have some nice scars on my back from the time I got stuck outside in one without cover and ended up in the hospital for a couple days. Being bludgened by hail stones ranging from half an inch to two inches in diameter has a way of making you avoid storms and severe weather.

[hunterx]

nice picture. do farmers usually have camera men with good cams following them around all the time?

[Secca]

What's the chance for a tornado to change course btw? I mean are they quite predicatable for passerby to gawk at? ^^

[MikoKikyo]

whaat... excuse my skepticism but what makes you so sure that picture isn't digitally manipulated?
o_O i don't think it looks real\

[wnkryo]

I dunno man, I have seen alot of crazy things done in those photo editing programs.

[Mr_Paper]

Even if it's not real, it's still a cool picture.

[ZeppelinJ0]

Wow they move East to West?! I had no idea... I was on a golf course once when a tornado touched down nearby in Minnesota, and there was also a rainbow as soon at it started to rain... So I guess it's possible if the system comes in fast enough and there is enough sun left.

[mantidor]

Thats a cool picture, and probably is not photoshopped, is not much of a paradox, since both phenomenoms are originated form a storm cloud, fortunalty around here we don't have many tornados but a lot of rainbows during the whole year

[Lord Raiden]

Actually, from my understanding the picture was taken by a chase team, and there's not a single chase team I know of that doesn't have good quality cameras with them. Having the farmer there was just an oddity. They were probubly chit chatting with him while photographing the storm as it went by.

[MikoKikyo]

heh, if it's real then it is one of those one in a million pictures What I think is really odd is how there's sunlight hitting the farmer yet there's no sun and the skies are cloudy but I guess that just means the sun is striking from the opposite angle..

[mantidor]

And thats the reason for a rainbow to appear, clouds + sunlight = rainbow

sorry for the typoin my previous post, is not "many" is "any"

[Mcdonalds]

cool nice picture, someone said its not a paradox, although it could be as tornados are normally associated with destruction and a rainbow is usually something thats linked with a happy theme

[chopperholic]

Heh tornados are common place here, almost every week there is a watch or warning out...And Lord Raiden, it depends on the Hemisphere ya live in, because they generally move in a Southwest to Northeast direction here in Oklahoma..

[mah_damey]

yall hear of the song beautiful disaster? kinda reminds me of it

[Lord Raiden]

heh, if it's real then it is one of those one in a million pictures What I think is really odd is how there's sunlight hitting the farmer yet there's no sun and the skies are cloudy but I guess that just means the sun is striking from the opposite angl

Well, if you look at the angle of the light, the sun is directly over the left shoulder of the farmer, and even the tornado reflects this, so that explains the lighting.

Heh tornados are common place here, almost every week there is a watch or warning out...And Lord Raiden, it depends on the Hemisphere ya live in, because they generally move in a Southwest to Northeast direction here in Oklahoma..

Ya know, you're right. I said that backwards. I meant west to east, but yeah, you're right about some places being Southwest to Northeast. Here in Michigan they go whatever direction the weather is moving. I've seen them move east turn south, turn west, turn north, then go back east again all in 15 minutes. THe thing reminded me of someone running a lap around the field or something.
(ps, I'll go back and fix my typo in my previous post)

[Green²]

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[Serendipity]

Excellent picture...

[Lord Raiden]

hehe. Someone photoshoped it. Cool.

Oh, btw. I found the original picture. It's from this weeks MSNBC "Week in Pictures". So the photo is obviously legit.

[OutPhase]

Whoa.... that's just too freaky. A rainbow, a twister, and a farmer under the sun?! Friggen incredible.