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Bizarre 'Roll Cloud' Seen Over Texas Today
Reaganite Republican ^
| May 31, 2012
| Reaganite Republican
Posted on 05/31/2012 9:57:51 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
A phenomenon known as a 'roll cloud' -a very rare form of Arcus cloud- was seen in eastern Texas early this morning...
it's formed when a cool outflow of air from a substantial thunderstorm jets-out ahead of the system in a rotating rope that can run 50 miles long...
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TOPICS: Science; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: cloud; roll; rollcloud; strange; texas
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To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:00:22 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: SatinDoll; Sacajaweau
I’ve honestly never heard of such a thing until today... my friend down there saw it
To: SatinDoll
I am surprised the space alien nut cases have not come out in force declaring this some type of alien invasion tactic.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:02:45 AM PDT
by
RetiredArmy
(He has Risen!!! If you do not know Him, this is the perfect week to seek Him out!!!)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:02:59 AM PDT
by
fwdude
To: Reaganite Republican
Obama’s choom trail from the Tyranny Campaign bus.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:03:42 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: Reaganite Republican
Cool! Wish I’d have seen it in person.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:04:25 AM PDT
by
ZX12R
(FUBO GTFO 2012 !)
To: Reaganite Republican
My bro is a weather freak...and was in shipping for a long time. He'll love this....
Our local weathermen are obsessed so I'm sure they'll mention it.
To: fwdude
That was my take. I grew up in Tulsa and have seen those a lot over the decades.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:04:57 AM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: Reaganite Republican
Whoa! awesome. Never have seen this before. Thanks for posting.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:06:52 AM PDT
by
RacerX1128
(Cornered in CA)
To: MrEdd; fwdude
I’m certainly no meteorologist, but shelf clouds are unusual and according to Wikipedia roll clouds are ‘rare’ relative the the genre
To: RetiredArmy
Oh course it’s not alien! It’s global warming!!!
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:08:48 AM PDT
by
rbbeachkid
(Get out of its way and small business can fix the economy.)
To: RetiredArmy
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:09:56 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT)
To: Reaganite Republican
To: RetiredArmy
"I am surprised the space alien nut cases have not come out in force declaring this some type of alien invasion tactic." I never thought of that. Now I know what's inside that roll cloud. Thank you for warning us.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:11:04 AM PDT
by
davisfh
To: Sacajaweau
In Fort Worth I woke up this morning hearing a sound like it was severely high winds outside.... a constant sound. Then realized that it was thunder. Strange
To: Reaganite Republican
I stood right under one of these back in the early 70’s. It happened in Md. Stretched from horizon to horizon. I just stood there in awe watching it come on.
I ran the heck into the house when it got overhead! Stuff was flying everywhere. I’ll never forget it.
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:13:42 AM PDT
by
spankalib
(The Marx-in-the-Parks crowd is a basement skunkworks operation of the AFL-CIO)
To: Reaganite Republican
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posted on
05/31/2012 10:15:45 AM PDT
by
Free Vulcan
(Election 2012 - America stands or falls. No more excuses. Get involved.)
To: Reaganite Republican
I have however seen a roll of White Cloud before...
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