Tornado

British Fighter Jets Are Flying With 3D-Printed Parts

BAE Systems, which helps the UK’s RAF put together its aircraft, has revealed that some Tornado fighter jets have been flying with spare parts built using a 3D printer. Flights heading out from BAE’s Warton airfield in the UK have seen Tornado GR4s flying off with 3D printed cockpit radio covers, support struts and power…

Tech News Gary Cutlack - Gizmodo UK Jan 6

The most terrifying and gut-wrenching video of this week’s tornado

This short video is absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking. In just 30 seconds, the home and life of this Washington, Illinois, couple was utterly destroyed at the hands of a monster tornado. The footage is a gut-wrenching look at how quickly a natural disaster can wreck everything.

Sploid Leslie Horn Nov 22

Aerial photos reveal the destructive path of the Midwest tornado

Tornadoes ripped through the Midwest of the United States earlier today and the damage it left behind is absolutely tragic. These pictures of Washington, Illinois, the worst area affected, show how a community gets shredded by natural disaster. The path is violent, the ground is scarred and the homes are just gone. From the aerial…

Sploid Casey Chan Nov 18

Guy lost his house in a tornado but he’s happy because his PS4 survived

Redditor HepatitisC posted this photo taken from his Facebook feed: “He lost his house in the tornado yesterday but there’s some light at the end of the tunnel…the PS4 survived!” Obviously, he can only be so happy if he has full home insurance.

Sploid Jesus Diaz Nov 18

No, but seriously. If sharknadoes were real, where would they strike?

No no but really. Guys. YOU GUYS. This gorgeous map is the work of datavisualization guru John Nelson, and it is, as it says right there on the map, “mankind’s best attempt to understand this deadly phenomenon.” Nelson has mapped global disaster threats before – in fact, he’s kind of amazing at it – but…

Television Robbie Gonzalez Jul 25

Amazing Tornado Maps Prove That Twisters Travel Northeast

If you ever see a tornado coming, it’s a pretty safe bet that it will be going in an east-northeast direction. Data visualizer John Nelson created these beautiful maps using data from decades of American twisters.

Sploid Ken Layne Jun 18

The Destruction of the Oklahoma Tornado As Seen by Google Maps

This is beyond sad. If you’ve been keeping up with the tornado that leveled Moore, Oklahoma, you probably saw the destruction it left behind. It looked like a movie set war zone or the aftermath of the apocalypse. But it was real. Google released satellite imagery showing what the destruction looked like from above. It’s…

Tech News Casey Chan May 24

Watch These Italians Almost Get Killed By a Gigantic Tornado

Italians. Good at pizza. Not so good at tornadoes. Just watch this video and judge by yourself. Clearly, they certainly don’t have as much experience with tornadoes as people in places like, say, Texas. Which explains why they kept filming and screaming like morons even while that gigantic tornado was definitely going in their direction.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 3

Watch This Tornado of Fire Swirl Around the Australian Outback

For 40 minutes, a bush fire burning across the Australian Outback swirled in a terrifying and breathtaking column of pure flame. The tornado of fire was caught on camera by Chris Tangey, of Alice Springs Film and Television, who was scouting locations in the area when the firey twister erupted before his eyes! [DailyMail]

Tech News Molly Oswaks Sep 17

This Dallas Baseball-Sized Hail Can Kill You (Updated With Video)

This is amazing. We knew that baseball-sized hail was falling in Dallas, now under heavy beating by tornadoes, but look at these things. And look at that car! If these balls of ice hit you on the head, you are dead. We are updating live with all the readers reports about the extreme tornado in…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 3

What Being Inside a Tornado Looks Like

If you’ve ever wondered what being inside the swirling terror of a tornado looks like, watch this video. It’s footage from a school bus that got trapped inside the destructive spin of the grey cyclone. It’s utterly terrifying. The tornado attacks quickly, so watch carefully. Once it hits the bus, it takes less than 10…

Tech News Casey Chan Mar 30

Today’s Terrifying And Historic Tornadoes Up Close

Earlier today, vast parts of the South and Midwest were hit by vicious tornados that leveled entire towns. The storm started in Alabama in the morning; by the end of the afternoon giant funnel clouds were touching down in Indiana and Ohio. It’s already reportedly wiped one town entirely off the map. Most people were…

Tech News Kif Leswing Mar 2

Watch an Earth-sized “tornado” gyrate across the surface of the sun

Okay, so the sun doesn’t really have tornados in the same way that Earth does. But the shifting of warmer and cooler plasma across the sun’s surface can create similar-looking phenomenon — in this case, a spiraling inferno as large as the Earth itself. This “tornado” is caused by cooler plasma shifting back and forth…

io9 Lauren Davis Feb 18

I Have Never Seen Anything Like These Tornadoes On the Surface of the Sun

I’ve seen many sun flares, but I’ve never seen anything like this video showing several dark plasma tornadoes on the surface of the Sun, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. It’s simply mesmerizing and bloody amazing. An active region rotating into view provides a bright backdrop to the gyrating streams of plasma. The particles are…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Feb 16

Rainbow vs Tornado Is Like Good vs Evil, Ponies vs Scorpions, Tofu vs Pork

This is a pretty picture of a rare occurrence, the odd coupling of a rainbow and a waterspout dancing side by side. Waterspouts are tornadoes over water. This happened near Crete, Greece, in the Mediterranean sea. The image was taken by Captain Geert Sassen on board his vessel, the Maersk Kalmar. Here’s his description: We’re…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Dec 16

How to Make Tiny Toy Tornadoes

The East Coast was just rocked by a 5.8 earthquake on Tuesday and is hunkering down for Hurricane Irene on Sunday. The only thing missing from this natural disaster trifecta: tornadoes. The Tornado/Microburst Simulator at the Iowa State University College of Engineering is the largest tornado simulator on the continent. The simulator itself consists of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola Aug 25

People Came Up with Some Crazy Ideas to Fight Tornadoes Back in the Day

I’ve never experienced a tornado but I watched Twister multiple times and I’m scared shitless of them. And I sort of understand the weathery science behind them! Imagine how people felt in the 1800’s when those menacing winding bolts from the sky would manifest and tear up everything in its path. Not fun. To avoid…

Tech News Casey Chan May 3

The Destructive Path of a Tornado

Last week, more than 150 tornadoes ripped through the Southern United States killing many. Satellite images have captured images of the tornadoes’ tracks and in this particular image, you can clearly see it zipping diagonally across the screen. The tornado whisked by Griffin, Georgia and was on the ground for around 25 minutes. The tornado…

Tech News Casey Chan May 3

Is This That Thing You Lost In the Tornado? This Lady Found It.

After the surviving the tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and the rest of Alabama on Wednesday night, Patty Bullion began to notice random photos and documents washing up in her front yard. Figuring they belonged to somebody, she began posting them in a public Facebook group to see if anybody would claim them. They…

Social Media Adrian Covert Apr 29

Alabama Nuclear Power Plant Gets KO’d by the Monster Tornado, But Shuts Down Safely

Alabama’s Brown’s Ferry nuclear plant, the second-largest in the US, lost power as a result of yesterday’s huge tornado that ripped through Tuscaloosa. Thankfully, it shut down as designed, averting a crisis like the one in Fukushima. [Reuters]

Tech News Adrian Covert Apr 28

British Fighter Jets Are Flying With 3D-Printed Parts

The most terrifying and gut-wrenching video of this week’s tornado

Aerial photos reveal the destructive path of the Midwest tornado

Guy lost his house in a tornado but he’s happy because his PS4 survived

No, but seriously. If sharknadoes were real, where would they strike?

Amazing Tornado Maps Prove That Twisters Travel Northeast

The Destruction of the Oklahoma Tornado As Seen by Google Maps

Watch These Italians Almost Get Killed By a Gigantic Tornado

Watch This Tornado of Fire Swirl Around the Australian Outback

This Dallas Baseball-Sized Hail Can Kill You (Updated With Video)

What Being Inside a Tornado Looks Like

Today’s Terrifying And Historic Tornadoes Up Close

Watch an Earth-sized “tornado” gyrate across the surface of the sun

I Have Never Seen Anything Like These Tornadoes On the Surface of the Sun

Rainbow vs Tornado Is Like Good vs Evil, Ponies vs Scorpions, Tofu vs Pork

How to Make Tiny Toy Tornadoes

People Came Up with Some Crazy Ideas to Fight Tornadoes Back in the Day

The Destructive Path of a Tornado

Is This That Thing You Lost In the Tornado? This Lady Found It.

Alabama Nuclear Power Plant Gets KO’d by the Monster Tornado, But Shuts Down Safely

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