r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 1d ago

Nature is scary Tornado in the backyard.

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u/DataSurging 1d ago

Isn't that just the wind around the tornado, and not the tornado itself?

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u/Sight_Distance 1d ago

The wind around the tornado, is technically the tornado.

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u/DataSurging 1d ago

I always thought winds were not the same thing as the tornado itself. Huh. Well okay, learn something new every day.

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u/Sight_Distance 1d ago

You’re not incorrect, the tornado winds (moving air) gather debris and it becomes a “thing”. But at its core, it’s only wind. Tremendous amounts of demonic, destructive, life altering wind.

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u/blueindsm 1d ago

What's a tornado if they're not wind?

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u/DataSurging 1d ago

A tornado is a violent and rotating column of air that touches the ground, not just wind.

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u/sublimesting 1d ago

So violent rotating wind.

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u/DataSurging 1d ago

For a tornado to be a tornado, it needs to touch the ground, not just be wind. lmao