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WillyT

(72,631 posts) Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:00 PM Nov 2012

Holy Shit... Today's WaterSpout In Australia !!!

And: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50135420n

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Holy Shit... Today's WaterSpout In Australia !!! (Original Post) WillyT Nov 2012 OP

Damn! neverforget Nov 2012 #1

Jeeeeezus H. W. Schmidt! MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #2

Cool. greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #3

Are They Usually That Thick ??? WillyT Nov 2012 #8

I live in the Keys MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #11

You're right---we get them in Florida all the time... trumad Nov 2012 #21

I wonder how many fish where sucked up. warrior1 Nov 2012 #4

Is That A Cod In Your Codpiece... Or Are You Just Happy To See Me ??? WillyT Nov 2012 #6

I'm really glad I'm not the only one thinking that nt Sedona Nov 2012 #20

Is that what makes it rain fish 20 miles inland? SalviaBlue Nov 2012 #16

I'd say that's a good bet. dchill Nov 2012 #17

Wowzers!!!!! Wounded Bear Nov 2012 #5

Dang! 2naSalit Nov 2012 #7

ex-meteorologist here... Air Force... smccarter Nov 2012 #9

Thank You For Your Expertise... And Service !!! WillyT Nov 2012 #12

Welcome to DU nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #15

Gynormous. sarcasmo Nov 2012 #10

that is SO COOL! Skittles Nov 2012 #13

On land we call those things tornadoes. nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #14

No idea what the F scale would be MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #18

Yeah, there are non-tornadic waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #19

Freaking wow! malaise Nov 2012 #22

neverforget

(9,516 posts)

1. Damn!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:02 PM

Nov 2012

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

2. Jeeeeezus H. W. Schmidt!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:05 PM

Nov 2012

That is the biggest waterspout I've ever seen!

greytdemocrat

(3,300 posts)

3. Cool.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:07 PM

Nov 2012

But hardly earth shattering. We get them here in SW Florida all the time.

I've seen them in the Bahamas drop out of fairly boring looking clouds.

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

8. Are They Usually That Thick ???

Reply to greytdemocrat (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:27 PM

Nov 2012

The ones we've seen on the West Coast are fairly uncommon... and thin...

The one in Australia looked like a monster. Are yours that big ???

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

11. I live in the Keys

Reply to greytdemocrat (Reply #3)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:44 PM

Nov 2012

And I've never seen one that big.

trumad

(41,692 posts)

21. You're right---we get them in Florida all the time...

Reply to greytdemocrat (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:24 AM

Nov 2012

but out of the many I have seen---I've never seen one that big.

warrior1

(12,325 posts)

4. I wonder how many fish where sucked up.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:10 PM

Nov 2012

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

6. Is That A Cod In Your Codpiece... Or Are You Just Happy To See Me ???

Reply to warrior1 (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:13 PM

Nov 2012

Sedona

(3,873 posts)

20. I'm really glad I'm not the only one thinking that nt

Reply to WillyT (Reply #6)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 07:30 AM

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SalviaBlue

(3,110 posts)

16. Is that what makes it rain fish 20 miles inland?

Reply to warrior1 (Reply #4)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:48 PM

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dchill

(42,660 posts)

17. I'd say that's a good bet.

Reply to SalviaBlue (Reply #16)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 12:54 AM

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Wounded Bear

(64,515 posts)

5. Wowzers!!!!!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:12 PM

Nov 2012

That guy must be nuts. I'd be looking for a hole to hide in.

2naSalit

(103,788 posts)

7. Dang!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:13 PM

Nov 2012

That's intense.

smccarter

(145 posts)

9. ex-meteorologist here... Air Force...

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:28 PM

Nov 2012

That's a cool video.

I've seen a cold air funnel cloud and 1 tornado in all the years I manned a weather office (14), and none since. Several aircraft mishaps however.

That's a big funnel.

WillyT

(72,631 posts)

12. Thank You For Your Expertise... And Service !!!

Reply to smccarter (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:51 PM

Nov 2012

Welcome to DU !!!

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

15. Welcome to DU

Reply to smccarter (Reply #9)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:45 PM

Nov 2012

sarcasmo

(23,968 posts)

10. Gynormous.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 10:37 PM

Nov 2012

Skittles

(172,477 posts)

13. that is SO COOL!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:40 PM

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nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

14. On land we call those things tornadoes.

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:42 PM

Nov 2012

I wonder where this sucker would fall in the F scale?

And more importantly, how common are they.

MynameisBlarney

(2,979 posts)

18. No idea what the F scale would be

Reply to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #14)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 01:02 AM

Nov 2012

But aren't tornadoes formed differently than most waterspouts?
I've seen footage of waterspouts in clear skies, formed, I think, from hot air rising off the surface of the ocean.
This one looks like a tornado formed over the water.

LeftInTX

(34,745 posts)

19. Yeah, there are non-tornadic waterspouts and tornadic waterspouts.

Reply to MynameisBlarney (Reply #18)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 02:46 AM

Nov 2012

Most are non-tornadic

malaise

(297,471 posts)

22. Freaking wow!

Reply to WillyT (Original post)

Mon Nov 19, 2012, 08:43 AM

Nov 2012

Rec

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