Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado

Ananova ^ | 26 June 2003 | Unknown

[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.

[rattrap]

The headline says it all.

More ananova fun for my fellow FReepers :-)

[Slyfox]

If you think that's bad you should see what a tornado can do to a witch.

[showme_the_Glory]

There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

[Jonah Hex]

What, make her a senator from New York?

[RoughDobermann]

"When you used to tell me that you chase tornadoes, deep down I thought it was just a metaphor."

[null and void]

Can't top that...

[phasma proeliator]

LMAO ping.

[SoDak]

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?

[phasma proeliator]

I believe that was an F4...

[Chancellor Palpatine]

What about driving an M1A1 directly in the path?

[CholeraJoe]

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.)

[phasma proeliator]

Of an f4 tornado? not a good idea.

[WIladyconservative]

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 . . . .

[Chancellor Palpatine]

60 tons.....

[RoughDobermann]

What about driving an M1A1 directly in the path?

You'd get an airborne M1A1 rather quickly...

[phasma proeliator]

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...

[da_toolman]

Mebbe one of those high tech bear suits and a sealed breathing apparatus.

[My2Cents]

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature.

[Frank_Discussion]

"We've got Cows!"

[The Brush]

Why don't they make another camera and then immediately crush it in a 10 ton compactor?

[reagan_fanatic]

Clean up in corn isle 4!

[RoughDobermann]

Very good! I was kind of hoping for the "suck zone" quote, but not bad! ;-)

[Frank_Discussion]

There's a bunch of great quotes from that movie. I think the "Cows" comes in a close second to "OK, we've got debris. Debris !?"

[RoughDobermann]

How about,

"Would you like me to drive?"
"No!"
"Then would you!?"

[Frank_Discussion]

"This is a tasty steak, Meg! Where'd you get it?"

"Didja see my cows?"

"No."

"Ah!"

[Frank_Discussion]

Gotta Go! Later...

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Armoured tornado camera destroyed - by a tornado

well duh everyone knows they should have used a hurricane camera

[Deguello]

Caution: Not for outdoor use. Do not expose to water, hail or high winds. Consult owner's manual for application.

[The_Media_never_lie]

If you think that's bad you should see what a tornado can do to a witch.

I hope I don't have to live to see what the witch can do to our country.

[null and void]

I'm worried about VICE President Rodham-Clinton. Think of it:

• She keeps he promise not to run for president in '04
• Two years and one day into her term the first slotter gets arkincided
• Under Article XXII, she can still run for two full terms as the incumbent
• The Hillary!™ Decade begins
• At the end of the Hillary!™ Decade there is a National Emergency "temporarily" delaying the elections
• Under the pressure of the National Emergency, the 2nd and 22nd amendments are repealed...

[~EagleNebula~]

Don't you think it would be more interesting to have pics from the camera getting sucked into the tornado, and bounced around? Just make the thing so it can withstand the bouncing, but don't make it stationary??

[joanil]

It does not pay to mess with 'Mother Nature'.
You build it, and she will eventually find a way to destroy it.

I hear a refrain from Kansas........... Dust in the Wind.

[SoDak]

Yeah, you would think they could formulate some sort of plexiglass ball that would record the whole thing.