Making Tornadoes

[squirmelia]

Today, at work, I made a tornado. No metaphors involved, a real twisty misty swirl.

(Tornado-creating was just one of the exhibits at the Intech Centre in Winchester, a hands-on science type centre for children. My company held a departmental meeting there today, and the babble about green buttons and technical luvvies was soon forgotten when we got to try out the educational exhibits. "The hand is the cutting edge of the mind," it said outside the centre, quoting Jacob Bronowski.)

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[roninkitty.livejournal.com]

Nice new pic =) Shame there are no pics of the tornado, I've always loved watching them, especially amid thunderstorms and rain etc. I like the way the power of nature occasionally reminds us just how inconsequential we are ;)

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

>Nice new pic =)

Thanks! It would be cool if I could actually turn that colour when I was asleep, although maybe then it would be too obvious that I was asleep.

>Shame there are no pics of the tornado, I've always loved watching them,

Well, it was a rather small and localised tornado, not a very real tornado at all, more like a demonstration tornado toy. :) I'd love to see some real twisters, maybe go tornado-chasing sometime.

>I like the way the power of nature occasionally reminds us just how inconsequential we are ;)

Totally.

[praest76.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It would be cool if I could actually turn that colour when I was asleep, although maybe then it would be too obvious that I was asleep.

I turn that colour when I've eaten too much. Or drank Soya milk too quickly. Ask Paddy. He's seen it.

Well, it was a rather small and localised tornado, not a very real tornado at all, more like a demonstration tornado toy. :) I'd love to see some real twisters, maybe go tornado-chasing sometime.

They would chase you, and muss up your hair.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

I've never drunk soya milk really really fast, so may try that, but if it's chocolate-flavoured, will I turn purple?

>They would chase you, and muss up your hair.

I used to dream of volcanoes chasing me with their lava flow, so that will be no problem.