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Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado
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| 26 June 2003
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Posted on 06/26/2003 1:52:14 PM PDT by rattrap
Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado
A camera specially designed to take pictures of the inside of a tornado has been destroyed - by a tornado.
National Geographic constructed the armoured device and placed it in the path of a storm near Manchester, South Dakota.
But it was blown away within seconds when the tornado hit. The remains were found stuck in mud more than 430 feet away.
All the device's glass ports were smashed and the cameras inside were ruined, National Geographic said.
The film was being sent back for processing just in case, but officials said they doubted it captured any images.
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KEYWORDS: ananova; tornado
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The headline says it all.
More ananova fun for my fellow FReepers :-)
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posted on
06/26/2003 1:52:14 PM PDT
by
rattrap
To: rattrap
If you think that's bad you should see what a tornado can do to a witch.
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posted on
06/26/2003 1:55:25 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
To: Slyfox
There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.
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posted on
06/26/2003 1:57:05 PM PDT
by
showme_the_Glory
(No more rhyming, and I mean it! ..Anybody got a peanut.....)
To: Slyfox
What, make her a senator from New York?
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posted on
06/26/2003 1:57:22 PM PDT
by
Jonah Hex
To: rattrap
"When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor."
To: Jonah Hex
Can't top that...
To: da_toolman
LMAO ping.
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:02:30 PM PDT
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: rattrap
Manchester, SD no longer exists. It's gone, for good. 60 tornadoes touched down in SD in one night. Could it be Gods revenge for unleashing Daschle on an unsuspecting nation?
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:03:21 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: rattrap
I believe that was an F4...
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:03:32 PM PDT
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: rattrap
What about driving an M1A1 directly in the path?
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:04:18 PM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(Winning flame wars on the net is like winning a medal at the Special Olympics)
To: rattrap
Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado
Back to the CAD program. (I was going to say "Back to the drawing board" but it has, alas gone the way of the slide rule.)
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:05:19 PM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
(White Devils for Sharpton. We're bad. We're Nationwide)
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Of an f4 tornado? not a good idea.
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:05:33 PM PDT
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: rattrap
Whose genius idea was this anyway? GLASS ports? Haven't they seen previous footage of how tornados eat glass?
The only way it will work (MAYBE) is if they bury it in the ground and have it watch as a tornado goes over . . . but that's like shooting ducks through your chimney . . . .
To: phasma proeliator
60 tons.....
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:06:30 PM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(Winning flame wars on the net is like winning a medal at the Special Olympics)
To: Chancellor Palpatine
What about driving an M1A1 directly in the path?You'd get an airborne M1A1 rather quickly...
To: Chancellor Palpatine
I know...
but an f4 has 207-260 MPH winds and tosses normal cars around like nothing. The M1 might make it - but I wouldn't want to be inside...
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:08:32 PM PDT
by
phasma proeliator
(it's better to die with honor than to live without it.)
To: phasma proeliator
Mebbe one of those high tech bear suits and a sealed breathing apparatus.
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:11:25 PM PDT
by
da_toolman
(Don't tread on me.)
To: rattrap
It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:13:03 PM PDT
by
My2Cents
("Well....there you go again.")
To: RoughDobermann
"We've got Cows!"
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posted on
06/26/2003 2:47:05 PM PDT
by
Frank_Discussion
(May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
To: rattrap
Why don't they make another camera and then immediately crush it in a 10 ton compactor?
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