I already know the answer, but I am curious to see how many of you may know!
2006-12-16 21:27:57 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
One of the more plausible theories about how pieces of straw and metal get embedded into wood and brick comes from Roger Edwards who is a meteorologist at the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK. Roger believes that the intense winds of the tornado can bend a tree or other object, creating cracks in which straw and other debris becomes wedged before the tree straightened out and the crack tightens shut.
Another theory based on quantum physics states that the piece of straw is electrically changed super fast as it spins in the center of the tornado allowing it to exist on a �higher energy density�. When it flies out of the tornado and comes in contact with something of a lower energy density, it passes through that object like a ghost until the energy levels are equal and the straw is frozen in the object.
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2006-12-16 21:30:20 · answer #1 · answered by Meep, the Kind Wolf 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is pretty simple, really. It has to do with the air pressure around the piece of straw. It works like an armor-piercing bullet. An armor piercing bullet is a hard rod encased in a softer metal, usually titanium and lead or titanium and brass. when the bullet strikes the armored surface, the rod continues to push straight forward through the softer surface of the armor plating because the softer metal disallows the rod to lose its form. You can use this principle to drive small nails into walls. Push your nail or pin through a piece of cork, then you can nail it into a hard surface. The cork disallows the pin from bending to the side, while the cork itself breaks away. In the case of the piece of straw, the wind acts as the cork and the straw as the pin.
Sorry, I tried to keep it simple, but still rambled on a bit.
2006-12-16 21:41:08 · answer #2 · answered by gtprinc1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Due to the great speed the straw move as well as the stretching of the trunk surface during tornado. It's a pure logical guess.
2006-12-17 01:01:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have seen it with my own eyes right after a tornado pinestraw stuck in a light pole
2017-04-03 16:24:56 · answer #4 · answered by Don Britt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hell no
2014-07-17 11:39:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you threw something at almost 300 mph at a tree trunk, it would embed itself too.
Give me something harder next time.
2006-12-17 13:53:24 · answer #6 · answered by Isles1015 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋