The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-04

| was high The storm center moved to-
ward Chicago. increasing IN energy as
| II advanced Now ia the southern half
of this storm center, which was 500 70
| ! 900 miles in diameter, at least half "A
dozen places report local storms In the
nature OF tornadoes. The most violent
/ being at ST. Louis and vicinity. proba-
\ bly, 200 miles south Of the region OF low
| est barometer. These violent storms
JornadOes-are local IN character, in
tense in energy and always occur in a
region OF low barometer but not at its
center. Always south. and generally
about 200 miles south Of the lowest bar
| ometer. In a tornado the air reyolves
| with an exceedingly high velocity, per-
hapS as high even as 500 miles per hour.
] And besides this horizontal revolution
around a vertical axis. the air in "a tor
nado has an upward draught ike an
! immense chimney. The bursting force
OF tornado. the breaking OF so much
glass IN St LOUIS. the throwing OF the
four walls of a house straight outward.
can very easily be accounted for.
The centrifugal force forccs outward
the rapid revolving column OF afr and
so produces within the column a partial
vacuum When the tornado passes
over a house the partial vacuum out
side the house allows the air within 40
expand Instantly with nearly its full
force OF fifteen pounds per square inch.
The result Is as though an explosion had
occurred. II doors and windows are
ciosSed-as they are pretty likely 40 be
during a stOrm-the confined air pushes
outward the four resisting walls and
iifts the roof, which may be carried up
ward and away by the tornado or may
be dropped back upon the floor aad
foundation stones.
"a tornado Is ike these little dust
whirls that we see, only very much
more violent.
About 3 20 5 p. m. "a the time OF
greatest liability. but Tornadoes may oc-
cur ar any hour Whenever there - an
unstable condition OF The air by reason
OF a part being heated while the rest Is
cool. II might be caused by fores;
fires, by fire in a large city. or by the
radiation from a considerable trac; q
sandy soil. The great FIRE at Chicago
produced such a result. Everyone
knows how much lighter r. not 2 ir than
cold. The draugtt IN a chimney illus
traJes Il. The lifting force OF hot air
balloon illustrates e.
June 81 1he u.ou-n q gree ~ IRE
Quency, &ut 81 IS probable TIA; they adj
vance north ward with the march u
spring and thsat the season - il1hi..fy
would be earlier in Texas than IN WIS
consln.
That the actual number % tornadoes
r. increasing very much doubt. but b.
reason OF our increased facilities q
communication they are much better
reported than 1Ormely. Now a. our
breakfast tables Ne read in the morn
ing papers the news OF the whole world.
The intense competition puts a pre-
MUM upon promptness without impos-
ing any penalty for fakes. 50 that 90
doubt some % the reputed tomatoes !
are merely straight winds aad heavy
rains Next day the news a. cons t1erei I
Old and not worth the trouble OF contra /
Gicti0u.
We ar regsied with accounts os I
10 cloud ever bursf 81 /
th~ ls1trezi sense Water IS cot held 70 /
q cloud - 81 bag that can burs, ard I
let b out TIE water Ia a ciOud 81 ned 4
IN a state q vaPoT that ~ cooling sBd /
expansion coode1ses and forms rain.
The sO-czs1led cioud-5grs1 - merely an
exec ss.ye heavy fan q rain