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.)

Comments

[fluffymark]

oooooh! Twisty fun.

How was tornado making done?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Just by pressing buttons and turning dials that blow out air and such things. :)

[milkrobot.livejournal.com]

your userpic is charming

[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]

Thanks. :)

[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.

[gentio.livejournal.com]

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

That was pretty much the first thing i read when i got to work, after hearing about a tornado that has just hit Florida on the radio on the bus.

Then I looked at your new user pic ( which is really good btw ) and thought you looked quite like Alanis Morissette when she plays god in a film (which I cant remember the name of).

So yeah, in the space of a couple of seconds I basically came to the conclusion that YOU are actually god, and for some reason you're inflicting florida with your godly powers of tornadoes and destruction.

good work god :)

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

>after hearing about a tornado that has just hit Florida

I didn't create the Florida tornado, it was a very small localised in a science centre tornado, really it was! (Although when I was in Florida last year, and heard that a tornado was coming, I secretly hoped it would hit there, even though it would have meant I'd have to stay in the office for days, since they told me it would be the safest place to be. I blame the Wizard of Oz (and maybe Eerie, Indiana).)

>Then I looked at your new user pic ( which is really good btw )

Thanks. :)

>she plays god in a film (which I cant remember the name of).

Dogma?

>YOU are actually god

Ah, you've guessed my secret. ;) Are you a spellchecker? (some strange spell-checkers correct my name to "god")

[verlaine.livejournal.com]

I came into your comments specifically to say that very thing, too. Where did you get such lovely colours?

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Unfortunately it is not the result of a terrible disease that makes me turn random colours when I close my eyes.

[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.

[gentio.livejournal.com]

Heh, i've wished that too. With earthquakes tho. When I was younger I went to the natural history museum but the earth quake simulator was broken :(

I hope there wont be one in Japan when I visit... *crosses fingers behind back*

Dogma, that's the one :)


I'm definately not a spell checker no. I seem to type words as they sound in my head and let the computer do the rest.. my name gets changed to tube sometimes, which I quite like :D

[solitarywalker.livejournal.com]

Look out, Kansas!

i have never seen a tornado. But i've been out in a hurricane, so it evens out?

[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.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

The earthquake simulator at the Natural History Museum was working when I went there last year, so I've experienced an earthquake (albeit an artificial one). :)

Tube? Cool. Names are always fun to play with. My brother is also called Toby, and I always found his name easy to represent when writing picture letters to him, where as my name is a little trickier.

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

Did you start calling out for Toto? ;)

[gentio.livejournal.com]

Dam you, i will get back to it one day! although surley you could create your own personal one at your will anyway..

Tube is more from Tobe, which I use sometimes :)
I'm intruiged as to what you'd use to represent Toby in pictures, although i've got a funny feeling it's a dog, as most people seem to think Toby is a dogs name..

[squirmelia.livejournal.com]

The Natural History Museum is free these days as well, which is always a bonus. My friends tend to complain when I try to create pretend earthquakes by shaking tables.

Toby, only represented by the sounds, as opposed to any meanings.. just a "toe" and a "bee", nothing complicated there. :)