How to Film a Tornado

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Posted by michael on Saturday March 9, 2002 @01:46AM from the not-in-kansas-anymore dept.

goneaway writes: "An interesting examination of the competitive world of filming tornadoes or "torn porn" as they call it over at the Atlantic. A fair amount of attention is given to the mechanics of filming and the inventions created to "safely" film while all hell is breaking loose."

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The obligatory... by Daniel+Wood · 2002-03-09 01:57 · Score: 0, Funny

Man, that sucks.
Step 1 to produce a good tornado video by SuperCal · 2002-03-09 02:49 · Score: 3, Funny

Step 1... Set up where the tornados are likely to be. Any trailor park will be a good place to start because as everyone knows tornados are naturally attracted to mullet hair cuts

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1. Re:Step 1 to produce a good tornado video by mesocyclone · 2002-03-09 07:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  The trailer park trick works. I am one of the folks who chased tornadoes in the midwest each spring (see userid). In 1995, we waited in clear sky next to a trailer park, watched a storm go up and produce a tornado.
  
  I also have a model trailer home that I have mounted to the dashmat in my car... as bait. The first day we used it, we saw a tornado. Prices available on request.
  
  See Storm Chase Vehicle - 3rd-5th pictures .
  
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torn porn? by gTsiros · 2002-03-09 03:20 · Score: 2, Funny

I've heard about perversions, but this literaly blew me away...

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Obvious Answer... by NOT-2-QUICK · 2002-03-09 03:31 · Score: 4, Funny

As someone who has seen the movie 'Twister' no less than a dozen times, I believe the answer to capturing the ultimate 'Torn Porn' is painfully obvious. Simply do the following:

(1) Purchase a gross of small, clear plastic balls (this can be substituted by a large number of the clear plastic eggs that silly putty comes in...)

(2) For a solid week, every time you see one of those highly-annoying X-10, wireless camera ads while cruising the net actually purchase one - if my calculations are correct that should give the average browser approximately 538 wireless cams within a seven day period... :-)

(3) Insert a single X-10 wireless cam (with newly hacked, longer lasting self contained power source) in each of the clear plastic balls/eggs.

(4) Next...as they learned in 'Twister' , you need to attach twisty-twirly-thingy-mabobs ® made from old pop cans to the balls to help them enter the tornado's vortex safely.

(5) And finally, create a large tin can with a half-moon Plexiglas top that looks like a cross between R2D2 and the first Lunar Lander to house all of these video-balls.

Now that we have created the device, it is time for deployment. Once again, I will take a page from the movie 'Twister' and suggest that you strap the launcher into the back of a very large (not to mention, expensive) 4x4 truck. Then, simply find a big-ass tornado, put on the cruise, drive straight at it and jump out at the last minute!!!

Oh well...just a thought!!! :-)

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Just say no to tornography... by scubacuda · 2002-03-09 04:46 · Score: 4, Funny

...and tornographic images!

It is a gateway, leading men to watch more violent things like police chases, boxing matches, and hurricanes.

It changes values and attitudes such as desensitization and "tolerance" which leads to more depraved tornography.

There are reports in many urban areas of increased trailor parks around tornography outlets.