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Weather Wisdom: Tornados

by Farmers' Almanac Staff | Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 | From: Farmers' Almanac TV

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Tornados are violent whirling windstorms accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that moves over land.

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2 comments

1 Gypsy { 12.30.10 at 6:57 pm }

It’s a good thing cars can drive over 60 MPH! I’m from WA and headed to see my daughter in MO this spring…it could prove interesting since the weather seams to have kicked it up a notch everywhere… I’d like to see more on the electromagnetic field dissipating and the effects that it has on our growing seasons also. It seems the earth is heating up and the atmosphere is trying to make up for it. I’ve never experienced the winds we’ve had lately, in this area..but have in Southern Idaho. I think it’s time to move.

2 luv2cook1 { 08.31.10 at 2:36 pm }

Wow! We got caught in a tornado in Minnesota years ago. It really was terrifying – being from WA state – it was my first.

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