Nov 20 1869 : A Low CO2 Tornado Destroyed Georgetown, Colorado

9 Responses to Nov 20 1869 : A Low CO2 Tornado Destroyed Georgetown, Colorado

1. thickmudd says:

   February 22, 2011 at 2:40 am

   Here is another one

   http://name.kdl.kyvl.org/KLGAL-ULPA-1999.36.004

   http://name.kdl.kyvl.org/KLGAL-ULPA-1999.42.01

   http://name.kdl.kyvl.org/KLGAL-ULPA-2001.24.01

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2. Scarlet Pumpernickel says:

   February 22, 2011 at 3:41 am

   http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/but-what-exactly-will-he-do/story-e6frg71x-1226003952589

   Did you know a Dinosaur expert is Australia’s leading climate “expert”

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3. Amino Acids in Meteorites says:

   February 22, 2011 at 3:59 am

   Whew! Good thing we have global warming now.

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4. SMS says:

   February 22, 2011 at 4:00 am

   These types of winds are just part of the high winds that sometimes hit the East Slope.

   I can remember waiting at Eisenhower for the winds to subside before the CHP would let traffic continue on. I heard rumors the winds were sucking the windshields out of the cars that day.

   Boulder is well known for the high winds that funnel down the canyon, eventually tearing roofs off houses and sending your sheds and garbage cans over to Kansas.

   NCAR has felt these types of winds before. I’ve heard they’ve gotten as high as 160 mph through Boulder. I only knew the 120 mph winds while attending school there. Bad enough. But that was when the CO2 level was much lower than it is today. At todays ppm of CO2 they must be experiencing winds over 200 mph. Pity.

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   • Mike Davis says:

     February 22, 2011 at 4:19 am

     We can look forward to NCAR being a victim of extreme winds!!!!?

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   • suyts says:

     February 22, 2011 at 4:45 am

     Errr, winds and tornadoes are two very different things.

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   • suyts says:

     February 22, 2011 at 5:04 am

     I probably didn’t emphasize properly. Son, high winds and tornadoes only have one thing in common. Tornadoes create high winds towards people that aren’t close to tornadoes. When one is close to tornadoes, describing them as “high winds” is something of an understatement. The winds of a tornado have a cyclonic behavior. Imagine your 160-200 mph in a continuous moving circle while alternating a drawing and blowing action. To me, it is still unfathomable.

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     • stevengoddard says:

       February 22, 2011 at 5:07 am

       The article is titled “A TORNADO”

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5. SMS says:

   February 22, 2011 at 8:44 am

   Fellas,

   The article is wrong. We don’t get tornadoes in the mountain canyons and Georgetown sits in a mountain canyon. (Albeit, not far up in the mountains) But these canyon areas are known for their high winds.

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