, 1883-12-08

'N'c-
Totnsloss occur wteA tn el.ctricQ!
conditions er. hi3h, or wheG the ar /.
highly charged with eiccr-ic'-y.
lie apfrosct Oi tornado may be
kEorn Sy ominons c!oaGs appearing in
the southSe sad northwest Tie clouds
sometimes resemble ,hs smoke Of 2 kay
staea H,t othsrI t.mes they sppear Ike
is'deacsnt 'oy. Sometimes they pressn;
! deep s.eeulah hus, or are inteEzeiy
blscl:, or tave pG7p'ish, ye.lOw.sh, or
biu.sn JiL.e. When these Two Masses OF
banks OF clouds, upaei the impulse OF op-
pos:ry currents. approach each other they
are th-swn into great confusion; there IS
a roar;as, llkensd to tbs rumLiing Of dis.
.ant thunder, and 81 expulsion OF AIR and
vapor Scon -hs funnel Of the tornado is
lei down 20 The Garth and moves to the
froa:, " hi!e scuds os clouds play around
It. IRE tornado now formed has fpur
characteristic movements; linear move
meIS toward tie northeast; d gyra;oCy
IN ,vemeE. {GoTth CT the eqaato.), contra
/, 70 the fands of d watch; Sigzas or
cws;;ng movement, which leaves dertGlee
edge, IN the path Of the 'ornsau; and a
ris;rg and falling movement, the pgise Of
the uppoG curIcpt. by which tho tornado
leaps over portions % rs path.
Ii .as is s.arliliar with these premonlto-
~ ,isns he ;s pui on bis guard ana ~hs2
the tornado appears, Ls is prepared to act
:nteli;gentlr AID promptly. Under tie
preceding principles hs c:.a easily deter
nline tha projected path OF the tornado,
:icr, the location nf tks funnel, and whe-
ther Ii sill DO n-ces,ary to run north OF
south u escape from 1t. de mrst, OF
course, not run ees. or west.
Nner torusIo is Imminent, certain
r-ecautions shculi 10 observed. D1crs
ssd Windows III housss shoI!d be closed,
animal. II harness unhitcaed, and All
ma,s IN stah!es 1T og;:. lie safest plIce
in = houss I, thu southwest corner en- the
frs: s1Cr, OF bet;ec perhaps, the south
west co-nor in the 1e.ia-. II tornado
cyertakas one Oh ; prairie, ..e lace down
ward. hasG t0wcrd tbs east, anc p:aee the
Lanes owe, the head Tor protection. Ii
nesr icw solid object, lie large stone
or stump, lie face downward, east Of y,
hes! toward the object, with hands over
the head for protection.
Every homo should have dug out ~
!, ccryaaie!lt distance from The house, uF,
what = better, tornado room built lr.o
,hs wes. Or south vail Of the cellar, large
enough Tor he iarni.y, and foF thing OF
e,s.t saiuo IKE deed, OF money
TIE dss.:ur;;vo etF-c. 81 tornsdoes Fs-
.ul, f.o~ the gyEatory movement, "h'@h
IS estimated NJ frDTn uue hundred - h'e
auair,i miles "a aou- Tornsdoes with
:he bour riass toTIa ot cloud aia the m6st
,.,t.psc. AID seer. to be irresistible, hut
the greater Du:.lbsr o' tJrradoss, are oi |"
lover intensity and re can build against
,te.a Frame houses sr5 More tenacious
,r e,s,t;c than b:.cs or stoae, aaa 8be-.
oy.r,rrogu ere act 50 destructive to he.
The should ha.c strong t-anss- hfi0A
housss should hays vi extra layer o: BRICK
laid in cement in the sesi and seu'h
valis So.na houses with very th'cs
v,ll. laid IN cement are comparatively
safe az linst mos, tornsdoes-
Hous.s e hull; near h., or oiaH pre-
s.p,;pr Al elevation should se located IN
he northeast SIDE. as the elevation te.'os
70 lift lie tornado over the house. a
GROVE ,t hs1a wood, such a. oak, nit ie'
walnut aud hickory, southwest oi 4 house
NJ . fn-es, sautlwest Of town, las a In
4-rcv Ia break the force Of \ tornado sla
dry, :; inte the upper air, al,hoHgh It Is
M, safe for 9 person TO be nesr tree 2r
in a grove during tornado Tor Tear "f De-
m, struck ty flying timber. occss'onSi'
| /, tornado @. great lntensty WIN cav :"
! q, an svath th,cuga grove, out forests
..rS :, hr,.:: he force ot lCrnaaoes, shS
, Ill I-,ra mcst ot them INTO the upi'ei
Air. Al, .1was IT prair'e states sho'.,a
Giant heary groves o. hard irlosF sou
s-st OF them. Du-:cS residence q iol
70 rasr. in southern Michigan when y
W.. bs,yiiT r,moered, tornsdoes were IN
! knovr tbs, IS. they uers drIFe'. INTO ,hs
.nusr ST snj rendered harmless pu'
re ,ba forests haro hesu cut away to1-
,sics, IN .ba, esrt of the sts!s have De-
c.ns somewhat frsquent and destructive
No, n build and protect .2siEs' 'or.a
soss .a,ms Ike no, taking medicine io'
To-, Sometimes fever proves ia'si
! ~, nat f.vers can &c cnTsd, snd SO mos
,o,,sioa, en- be rendered c1mps-suFe'!
harmless.
By cs,clm t'us! ~ =
which unie-i:e these Storms, ano 81 oo
.e-y,r,e of the prs.nc.isory G2ns. dafiHs
-, to,p,do season, i. :, bsiived thaS isH
i .nv ps,scns, who keep their preseno'
Of mind aud &C. intelligenrly snd tr's'2:
| ". .her the stcrm appears, neeo oe - -.
ed BY tornado. Still 1t s AiHays o-s
10 nav. a clear conscience whatever iAs'
Ms.eoro.ogi.,, are carefully s',dyin'
the,. .,crIns. The SiSrL SsrTiee sireadl
in their daily reports during the season
: indicate the bsromstric trouSa Of io'
pressure, extending from the southwes
tov.rd the northeast, along which torna
does move, sid It is believed that "a
tlns j. not tar distant when they In pre-
"a 70 certain disiricts probable tornsa
dan-Kessas CITY Rsrier.