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To: the lone highschooler

Perhaps, but we had an incident near my home just two weeks ago during the dark hours when a major thunder and lightening storm storm series was rolling through all night. Three separate oats fields, clear at dusk (relative drives right past them on the way home in the evening), were pocked with patterns at sunrise. These patterns were several acres in size, arrayed over rolling terrain, and interlocked in nature. Our local MUFON leader chalked them up to 'caused by wind patterns'. Of course, this is the easiest explanation, but one wonders how the wind did it over rolling terrain, remaining within fenced enclosures completely, but coming as close as three yards to the fences in places.


110 posted on 05/16/2004 6:08:42 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support from someone. Promote life support for others.)
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To: MHGinTN
I saw your post, and just did a brief Google search, with no results, but I HAVE seen photos of the tracks tornados leave on fresh fields...a moving, spiral or corkscrew pattern, nearly perfectly round.

it's possible that, in a strong storm in Tennessee (where I assume you are), some smaller "wind devils" or mini-tornados created the marks you saw.

Certainly tornados are famous for their uncanny ability to wreck one structure and leave another nearby one alone. Just a possibility.

112 posted on 05/16/2004 6:24:17 PM PDT by Long Cut ("Fightin's commenced, Ike, now get to fightin' or get outta the way!"...Wyatt Earp, in Tombstone)
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To: MHGinTN

that is really awesome, thanks for the commentary!


127 posted on 05/20/2004 8:27:23 PM PDT by the lone highschooler (DON'T STEAL: the government hates competition!)
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