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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFIRE TORNADOES Ripped Through The Australian Outback Last Week
http://www.businessinsider.com/fire-tornadoes-in-australian-outback-2012-9?maxX=400
Nature's not much for subtlety. Just ask Chris Tangey, the man who watched in awe as a 100-foot-high (30-meter-high) whirlwind of fire tore around a patch of Australian Outback on Tuesday (Sept. 11).
Tangey, a filmmaker, managed to capture some very rare footage of the startling phenomenon while out scouting locations near Alice Springs, Australia, according to The Australian.
One name for the event he recorded, a fire tornado, is a misnomer, according to Mark Wysocki, New York's state climatologist and a professor of atmospheric sciences at Cornell University. The columns of spinning fire are much more similar to dust devils than tornadoes, Wysocki said.
"I would just call them fire vortices but that doesn't sound so sexy to the public, so I would call them fire devils," he told Life's Little Mysteries.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/fire-tornadoes-in-australian-outback-2012-9#ixzz26ohmF7ai
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FIRE TORNADOES Ripped Through The Australian Outback Last Week (Original Post)
xchrom
Sep 2012
OP
Australia isn't happy with regular old tornadoes, they need fire tornadoes. n/t
porphyrian
Sep 2012
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onethatcares
(16,172 posts)1. that would be a terrifying experience
to be in the path of one of them.
WOW.
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)2. Australia isn't happy with regular old tornadoes, they need fire tornadoes. n/t
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)3. i am thinking. like tornadoes are not scary enough. wow. nt
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)5. They are the Texas of former prison colonies. n/t
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)8. yup. lol. nt
marmar
(77,081 posts)4. Amazing sight......
Terrifying.
I've never seen one of those. Just wow!