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(Don't) Make Your Own Fire Tornado

Posted by samzenpus on from the adut-supervision-please dept.

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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  1. Re:There's an easier way... by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    +5 Interesting but Insane

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  2. Re:There's an easier way... by Gibbs-Duhem · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ah yes... I seem to remember this particular method resulting in second degree burns on two of my friends when the fire flashed back to the bottle of lighter fluid and exploded.

    Not recommended. Steady streams of flammable liquid connecting flame to a fuel bottle is a stupid idea.