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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,947 posts) Sat Nov 25, 2017, 04:45 AM Nov 2017

"Stupidly simple" way to use party balloons to study tornadoes

http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2017/11/24/Birthday-party-supplies-used-successfully-to-advance-tornado-research/stories/201710050181

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"Stupidly simple" way to use party balloons to study tornadoes (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper Nov 2017 OP

Best use of a styrofoam cup ever Submariner Nov 2017 #1

I should get some new glasses ashling Nov 2017 #2

Air Loom tomatoes??? Plucketeer Nov 2017 #3

Lighter than air loom ashling Nov 2017 #4

The idea that any cheap little doohickey can know exactly where it is all the time is mind-boggling. Girard442 Nov 2017 #5

Submariner

(13,370 posts)

1. Best use of a styrofoam cup ever

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 11:15 AM

Nov 2017

A lightweight instrumentation vehicle for an airborne meteorological data gathering probe, instead of as an item of trash floating around your favorite stream or bay.

At probably about one-thousandth the cost of a similar NOAA probe. Cool science.

ashling

(25,771 posts)

2. I should get some new glasses

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 12:09 PM

Nov 2017

I clicked on this to find out how the heck to use party balloons to study

TOMATOES

Plucketeer

(12,882 posts)

3. Air Loom tomatoes???

Reply to ashling (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 01:45 PM

Nov 2017

ashling

(25,771 posts)

4. Lighter than air loom

Reply to Plucketeer (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 08:34 PM

Nov 2017

blimpees, in fact

Girard442

(6,887 posts)

5. The idea that any cheap little doohickey can know exactly where it is all the time is mind-boggling.

Reply to yortsed snacilbuper (Original post)

Sat Nov 25, 2017, 09:14 PM

Nov 2017

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