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Pennsylvania man says traffic circles causing increase in tornadoes
WPXI ^ | June 10, 2019

Posted on 06/10/2019 7:38:31 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Pennsylvania has seen more tornadoes than usual in 2019, with the state already hitting the yearly average.

One Pennsylvania man thinks he may know the cause of the increase: traffic circles.

According to our news partners at the Trib, WNEP-TV in Scranton has a segment called "TalkBack," which allows viewers to call and leave their opinions, and then the station airs them.

“We didn’t have tornadoes here until we started putting in the traffic circles. Cause, on account of — you want to know why? When people go round and round in circles, it causes disturbance in the atmosphere, and causes tornadoes," one man said about the recent uptick in tornadoes.

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To: Red Badger

Classic !!


61 posted on 06/10/2019 10:13:49 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Them traffic circles..... they’re just like a mini CERN


62 posted on 06/10/2019 10:14:48 AM PDT by kjam22
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To: Yo-Yo
Cars driving in circles on roundabouts causing tornadoes is a corollary to the Butterfly Effect.

Or, as a tongue twister, a corollary to the Coriolis Effect.

63 posted on 06/10/2019 10:24:13 AM PDT by Disambiguator (Keepin' it analog.)
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To: tet68

“This makes sense. I’ve noticed the same effect down
at Coriolis Corner.”

And the water level rising in Topographic Oceans.


64 posted on 06/10/2019 10:24:17 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

How fast are they going?


65 posted on 06/10/2019 10:31:02 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Where does it say in the Constitution anyone is entitled to the property another has labored for?)
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To: Roccus

I was at Bristol Motor Speedway. Could see a small squall stalled just outside the track for quite a while. Crash/yellow flag and 20 seconds later it started to rain.

I think the Vortex Effect is legit at a couple tracks like Bristol. In a traffic circle-No way


66 posted on 06/10/2019 12:18:53 PM PDT by cyclotic
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Sounds legit


67 posted on 06/10/2019 2:11:17 PM PDT by FatherFig1o155 (If I wasn't so sane, I'd be crazy by now)
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To: 2banana
Ha. Then NJ should be basically wiped out.

DC, too. Famous for its traffic circles. And Philly has a huge one between City Hall and the Art Museum.

68 posted on 06/10/2019 2:14:10 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it. --Douglas MacArthur)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

They got rid of a couple of traffic circles near us here in New Jersey - now it takes on average three times longer to get through the intersections while you wait for the traffic lights to change - so more pollution from idling cars - life’s a b*tch......


69 posted on 06/10/2019 2:50:27 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
He's got it all wrong--it's the vortex shedding from the blade tips of windmills. Photos prove windmills cause formation of clouds. It's only a short step further to link those clouds to an increase in storm activity. [;-)


70 posted on 06/10/2019 2:56:49 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: Ozark Tom

Oh now you’ve done it.... a new internet hoax is born...


71 posted on 06/10/2019 2:58:06 PM PDT by Professional
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72 posted on 06/10/2019 8:47:23 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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