The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-01
The Tornado Pob
A New Theory Of til,
Of the Storms y

a New Theory OF III. 81
of the Storms iow :
To the Editor Of the
Courier: ~
In his letter published in : i
and Courier ON Wednesda
inst, "Snggero' proposes ID
progress of toruodoes and J. -
their forces by shooting ed r. |.
through the vitals of the
monsters, basing his expect J.
success as the result of the s.
ment on the vague assert e
ships have in this way bee o.
from destruction when threat tIe
waterspout, the marine twi y
"Terror of the W." ltmay 70,
in the first place: Is there o, 11e
we'll authenticated case on 1,.u
such an incident having ever Mn Mn,
place? Before worrying curse por;a '
with the attempt to devise the ~, I :;
and means of controlling ind qud - m in
this destructive 4d mystf frious Esturb
commotion it appears. to Ime Il h nro
will be more profitable f9r us - 90 p,s W.
quire into.the nature of the d I decid
ance and the. conditions whiq ,tbor :,
mote it's development, and tI s, az 90,
will be better plepar] led to| othor ~ w. :
"what to do about it,1' wh4 "t,,e' .he I'm
adopt measures with til view w. Wv "; -,
trolling and afresting Et, or no ''''
con6he our efforts entirely t .no th,e
of prevention, so as 10 avoin IS t5;s
as far as possible roaoh on
.1 W sn'.S s".'s. gave n
cinity, and the "a ,"1 ~ hot ho,
paS'ase "o'oss '". sides of tt
."e opoo. so"a's =. in front
.,ol' a''u ,o'oe u " assed, in i
'ne w" 1"a ately over m
s''i.n' as "o' 40 ., 80 : [fteen minute
~ :'o:N:. ~ o"o e.ooa ~ g. hto transe
."e:9se"s o:9o '.aes' :. - IS hado, betwef
$500 $500 ~ 49, the eastwar
ai'ei ,, " aus , uese sed about half
eus "e,' ~; ;na.a IN; the third thr
~ ~ @au as -. 90 o.h 49, my house. Il
on0 W .'o ~ were EXAMINE
n'.,o ~ 'ne 0o mble each 9th
.l'oo ~ e. .nI ~, "o.'n oi features, with
sia9ss ~ q" ol 'he' ions Of the track
"'u lvu.o ~ 'ese which the tire
o4A"o''y - -: az '"e'' sSah were ascertain
~ si;e sisoo,; po' placing pock
nc o,'oo''ohs ~ PROSTATE trunk
w. 'n'o"n uo". :oy were so examine
eoaa.ass "nsn asSo, x psyraSSs hing If chaotic d
oap"s7 Lo., draaa + sSSSess 20 I'd by some write
s,u'i,eas aud ;oates 70 ,xxh and astonishi
ena enSon ."0s 90 kAG.n all parts of
49, ~ 40 tever several trees h
sns oason l"o'. 20 wn together and
o'u1l a, - |ther the same order
- "oAs -, q Rays presented itse
oee" III + &ted from the nj
a',aoss ao.osa rection, or the dlrectl
49, 49, b from west, were alWs
A'oe0 - and then in invaria|
eas," e.S bund to the west, and tho
la' ID ~ .nI ~ rom this direction,
u a. ~ bver found in pile. w
e suoe !op, and this order of 81
p'os * ID good both on the no
we We sides of central line,
a'~ aa" the order Of success
oeI @ nd by the south. and in
a., al nd by the north to We
W W h could wind blowing in
s. spiral produce such effe
n u even if tearing around W
ectural velocity of three
dre1 miles an hour or five
es minute Again so
= ers state that trees Of all 81
hree and four feet or more
ter are twisted off and tos
d. With the view Of satisfy
f fully on this point, conce
he twisting movement appar
- 1e broken and wrenched tru
49, Fees, scores of trees were criti
xamined. some of them brol
entirely, others only partly bro
in which latter cases, the le
ist to one side or the other VIC
: We been at once clearly ladica
the condition of the woody fit
wi Id strip of bark connecting
l ns pper fragment with the stump.
.. she least sign Of twist was
a breceived in single one of tn
y Cases The force or forces by wt
the trees were broken and fe
.l;no,o, seemed to act in perfectly strai
hardes, lines, as straight as the blow OF
ntrS ii hammer or the pull of the tow
n hard of tug boat.