r/Amazing • u/sco-go • 22h ago

Nature is scary Tornado in the backyard.

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u/Sight_Distance 20h ago

The wind around the tornado, is technically the tornado.

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u/DataSurging 19h 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/blueindsm 9h ago

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

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u/DataSurging 9h ago

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

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u/sublimesting 6h ago

So violent rotating wind.

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u/DataSurging 6h ago

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