Lessons from the clouds

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Re: Lessons from the clouds

Postby Alkemac » Mon Oct 03, 2011 7:58 am

Looking for some constructive comment about the two tornado's that hit yesterday...

:shock: :shock: :shock:
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Re: Lessons from the clouds

Postby kloot piloot » Tue Oct 04, 2011 12:24 am

Yikes !!!
Alkemac, great photo ! What do you reckon the ground speed was of that twister ?

Chances of getting caught in a tornado with a trike should be 1 / 10 000 000.
You have a 1/100 chance of being wiped out of the sky in the preceding gust front. Twisters are associated with serious cummies, cold front moving into summer weather, and your average well trained pilot would have been in the hangar by then.

BTW Twisters/Tornados are measured in "F" or "EF" dependent on their horisontal speed. Similar to Beaufort scale for winds. F1 will break your car antenna, F3 will break your tiled roof. F5 (**)

Strange thing though is that our RDP houses and shacks were the targets of these F? tornados. :shock:

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Re: Lessons from the clouds

Postby Jean Crous » Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:43 pm

:twisted: :twisted: MMMMMmmmmm :!: Methinks that tornado had a mind of its own.......maybe it knew something that we were supposed to know :lol:
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Re: Lessons from the clouds

Postby Bundy » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:39 am

Thought I'd post this here...amazing.
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Re: Lessons from the clouds

Postby Loco » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:27 am

Bundy wrote:Thought I'd post this here...amazing.
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