The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-07-01

IS oe7zrd of sAink as the |
5os Of object si ,Syps55 by ss''''s dur
eMy is this 90, when the display
- ssSgcisy and its development are
great, if not greater, in the
than in the general run of
storms? It must be due to the
bn or form of the electric force.
is my conviction that the elec-
of the tornado, especially in the
parts of the cloud. exists in an
I've dynamic form, ard that electri-
currents are io constant active cir
- Ilation throughout the lower funuel-
haped portion of the cloud. Undoubt-
ledly there is also electricity of the
static kind in the upper regions of the
cloud, for 10 those parts lightning
flashes frequently occurr. running
y through from ooe eide to the other of
'e the cloud. and giving rise to peculiar,
ed lopg-rolling, reverberatiog kind OF
e, thunder, like heavy cannon balls rolling
of over an interminabe aerial bridge,
en- which is due to the ever varying dis
es tapce of the flashes that stream across
Us the cloud, so that the detonation from
ng the nearest part CT the fash is heard a
ial half minute, or more at times, before
it the sound from the farthest extremity
~ reaches the ear.
b. The tornado is the result of the meet
20 ing Of an ordinary thunder storm. NOV
we ing as is usual from the westward, With
de strong cloud-beariug gale from the
to south, which meeting gives rise to a
on- whirl, aud this wbirl converts the cloud
to into vast revolving dynamo, three to
ne five. or more, miles in diameter, filled
its with circulating currents Of electricity,
which 20 doubt increase 10 activity and
rec strength towards the central part or core
vi of the revolving cloud, which core as 1t
nd descends and approaches the surface Of
me the earth is not improbably converted
&C. by the electric currents into huge
9th electro magnetic instrument, and the
the magnetic force there generated is, il
of my belief, the cause Of far the creates
it's part of the violence and destruction
my characteristic of this storm. Nearly
tes all the manifestations of reslstlesi
ent power exhibited in the debris scatter
cen ed over the track give evidence o
rd forces that act more by traction than b.
If propulsion, according to this view th
rec sides of rooms and houses are no
The burst or blown out from within. bu
ned pulled down by an irresistible gian
her hand acting from without. Near th'
hin centre Of portion of one of the track
ks. examined by me stood two trees eas
ees and west Of each other, the bodie
ned nearly touching and the branches an
,ket roots interlockiug. They were ren
ks asunder and the one on the west sid
,ed, thrown down from the east towards tn
dis. west. the other was thrown from wes
ers, ward to the east. The one on the wet
ing side, thrown from east to west, mus
the have been. for reasons already stated
had the first one prostrated, and no dout
lay by magnetic force the other was prob
r of ably upset by the blast from the wes
self. which appears to bring up the rear
most the tornado forces. and to be the last
tion making its charge, giving partin
rays 'coup de grace to all the unfortuna
able survivors it may meet in its mad care'
nose across the field of desolation as
the rushes on to join its ruthless conrad
we're from the south, now forming in line
sue. short distance ahead. preparatory
orth another attack.
in The mode of progression is anoth
sion feature iu which the tornado diffe
the from the common thunder storm-tt
7est latter moving steadily, continuously Of
10 ward by bodily trapsferencs from OF
ects place to another, while the tornat
with progresses evidently by steys, by su
e to cessive trausplantings. Thus viii
e to the destructive operations are going
some in the fully developed tornado area, tt
sizes south wind continues pushing its W
e in steadily to the eastward, and has a
ssed vanced 10 this direction to greater
ying lie ss distance according to the vital
;ern- and energy of the etorm before Il
aren't west wind can sweep the field and owe
unks take it, but as sooD as this junction
ical- effected another tornado area is form
oxen and tue destructive operations are
oxen peated When the tornado conditio
least are sustained by great energy al
,ould vitality, the Intervals between the ste
,ated or transplaoting as are doubles We
ibres short, perhaps imperceptable fora numt
the Of miles, until the supplies Of energy I
Not gin to aag and the combination of
ever wiuds takes place at longer and long
these intervals.
7bich Such being the character of the (
elled naao, and such the mode for drawi
aight its supplies of energy fEom the surrour