On 3/11/2013 7:59 PM, Richard wrote:
On 3/11/2013 3:47 PM, dpb wrote:
On 3/11/2013 1:50 PM, Richard wrote:
On 3/11/2013 9:53 AM, dpb wrote:
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From the NOAA NSSL (National Severe Storms Laboratory) FAQ--

http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/education/svrwx101/tornadoes/faq/

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It's not about lightening. Nobody here seems to catch that.

That would be "lightning".

Tornadoes put out unexplained energy in the form of high frequency radio
waves in the 55 mhz (VHF) range. That just happens to coincide
with channel 2.

It HAS been documented to work...

Correlation is not causation -- that is, the occurrence of such intense
lightning discharges as to cause the noted effect when there happened to
be one tornado spawned doesn't imply the tornado caused it (nor that the
same wouldn't have happened absent the actual funnel).

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So, it's nonsense...the NSSL link above observes that

"...The method was found to be completely unreliable ..."

and by pointing out that "... tornadoes are formed and sustained by a
purely thermodynamic process ... [and] have not seen any evidence to
support magnetism or electricity playing a role."

Give it up; it's bad science...Weller made up a convenient explanation
but there's no evidence to support his idea of a tornado electromagnetic
signature.

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