Making Tornadoes
Aug. 11th, 2004 11:58 pmToday, 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.)
(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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Date: 2004-08-12 10:48 am (UTC)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.
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Date: 2004-08-13 03:03 am (UTC)>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.