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(Don't) Make Your Own Fire Tornado
Flash Modin writes "In the last two weeks, both water and fire tornadoes have been widely covered by the media. As any physicists would have, we immediately thought 'I want to do that!' SO... You should absolutely, under no circumstances, not attempt to recreate the following fire tornado; but if you did, here's exactly what you would need, how you would do it, and what it would look like."
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Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise. - William Shakespeare
I would watch those videos if they weren't wrapped into a shit tornado also known as Adobe Flash.
Get on /b/ and post a video of yourself punching a kitten.
Have some friends help you flip the family car on its side. Securely fix the lower driven wheel to a stake driven into the ground next to it, or through its spokes to prevent it turning. Put a board to act as a turntable on the upper driven wheel and repeat this experiment with much more lighter fluid while someone revs the car in drive to make the plate spin at tremendous speed. This combines a reduction in reasonableness with more danger.
Nullius in verba
I worked at a small airport, and trained as crash crew.
Part of the training involved a six-foot-square metal pan full of oil, which the instructor lit.
It was while standing there with the hose, hand on the lever but thinking that the foot-thick tornado of fire towering over me was way too beautiful to put out, that I realised I maybe wasn't the best person for the job...
That “whooshing” sound you just heard were flames drafting over your head.