I live in Michigan but a big one hit in Napanee, IN which is about 75 miles from me. There were several other smaller ones but that one did the most damage. I was just wondering 'cause watching the news this morning, it looks like they hit a lot of the Eastern part of the States. Hopefully, no one got hurt. I hate the damage and destruction that tornadoes cause but they sure are fascinating. One hit my front yard as a small child and uprooted several trees that were huge (atleast 4 stories high!). We made it into our basement and amazingly, it just missed our house and made a path through our yard. We were also lucky that none of the trees fell on the houses! I knew we were going to have bad weather because it was unnaturally warm (70's and 80's) and humid in Michigan which usually is a sign of bad weather in Northern climates. Anyone know why this is and can explain in simple layman terms?
2007-10-19 02:04:18 · 6 answers · asked by jessica 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
I was at work, and we had to sit in a safe place for an hour waiting on the storm to pass. No tornadoes here.Lots of wind and rain.
2007-10-19 02:07:24 · answer #1 · answered by Harley Lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a tornado hit Kalkaska, Michigan last night and a 29 year old man was killed. It did some damage to some houses. There were also some water spouts (tornadoes that touch down on bodies of water) near Cheboygan. There were some beautiful photos of it this morning on 7 and 4 news out of Cadillac. You could do a google search to see the photos, and I recommend that because they are stunning.
Tornadoes tend to form along the leading edge of a cold front as it hits warm air masses. Cold and Hot air move up and down very quickly, basically because hot air rises and cold air sinks, but as the hot air rises and cools, it also sinks. This causes a sort of tunnel of air that is swirling horizantally. If the rotation gets strong enough, it sort of punches a hole through the layers of air above the storm, and the differences in air pressure cause the rotating tunnel to gain speed and intensity quickly. It will then become more vertical, -- a funnel cloud. If it touches down it is a tornado. You can simulate this whole thing by taking 2 two litre bottles and filling one with water. Tape the empty one to the top of the full one so the mouth of the bottles are together, one inverted over another. Tape this very well with duct tape. With the still nearly horizontal, water filed one very slightly lower than the empty one, move the bottle to create a little rotation in the bottle that goes the long way-- simulating the horizontal rotation. Then quickly flip the water filled end to the top vertically. You will see that the rotation will switch and make a very cool 'tornado' at the mouth of the bottle. This is really fun to do, especially with kids. They even sell connectors to put the bottles together with, that make it easier. Cheap too... under a couple of bucks usually.
Take care, and stay safe.
AZ
2007-10-19 02:23:10 · answer #2 · answered by stargate_fruitloops 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in New Haven, Indiana, probably about 75 miles from Napanee. All night long the three Fort Wayne TV stations (actually, two - since two of the three are owned by the same investment group) kept interrupting programs to warn about the tornado watches and warnings, the thunderstorm warnings, and the severe weather alerts.
As far as I know, the greater Fort Wayne/New Haven area was spared, but I guess there were reported 'touchdowns' of funnel clouds all over northern Indiana and southern Michigan. -RKO- 10/19/07
2007-10-19 02:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glad you made it unscathed. Here in Kentucky I believe there were several sited tornadoes and warnings everywhere. We had about 4 different stormlines that passed us last evening. Some areas got hit rather severely, all we got at my home was a heavy thunderstorm but just a mile or two west of us they got hit hard twice. So far no reported deaths in the Louisville Metro area.
Severe t-storms and tornadoes are a result of warm moist air being hit by cold dry air. Why it is still this warm in the second half of October, I don't know...
2007-10-19 02:23:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in panhandle of fla and yes we got one it hit the mall in pensacola and several houses.By last night we had 10 inches of rain around 8 oclock!did i say its still pouring!!!everything been cancelled and streets are closed because we arent use to that much rain!
2007-10-19 02:08:55 · answer #5 · answered by hugsandhissyfits 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there was none=) i live in the south east asia country. there is no natural disasters in this particular country
2007-10-19 02:07:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋