Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-04-10

'astatcd district would be- rebuilt
not since 1884 has there been
such an outburst Of tornado storms
as that which occurred Boz the vest
aud south recently
\ fun 0ndged tornado s The most
aNe-iuspIring meteor that ever
sweeps through the atmosphere An
ordinary tempest creops upon IFS vic
Tins hy more gradual steps gains
strength by degrees. covers the whole
lcoun'r} for hundreds OF miles around
with its infinite shadow aud seems
only e common storm that has deyel-
oped unusual power.
but a tornado is a kind of atmos-
pheric demon whose black. distorted
form can be seen swiftly approaching
from far Off whlrllng and dancing
like a gigantic icNish and tearing
Pup the very soil In It's fury.
| II lets down from the menacing
tloud above a huge trombo or trunk
lof inky blackness, with lightning
iplayinr about Il. and vhilllng with
the speed OF buzz saw. IL plows a
path through forest tears away
the front of a hydraulic jet. scoops
up the contents Of a pond 70 the very
mud. sucks away creeks.
II demoishes barns. haystacks
houses, churches. scattering their
remnants over square mile OF ter
rltory snatches up cattle. horses.
sheep and even men and women.
sometimes giving them Wild ride
through the air. only TO set them
down az last uuiniurcd
The path OF a tornado is from a
hundred 10 six hundred yards wide.
and the length % It's course may vary
from one OF two up TO fifty miles
Almost invariably II comes toward
the uorthcas' with speed OF from
twenty 10 fity miles an hour The
center. where the destructive power
is greatest. occupies from one 10 live
minutes In passing over given
point. On account OF the uniformity
| IN the direction OF the movement of
tornadoes, D. .s not difficult TO get
ont of their track II they can be- seen
or heard coming a quarter or hall
hour In advance.
\ single tornado may level half
dozen village and pillow track of
destruction across two or three cOuu-
ties
But when as happened lately a
horde OF thes twis,ers' break upon
the face OF tho land there is hardly
lauy meteorological disaster So seri-
Gus as that which they produce
\ series of charts prepared by the
government ln It's studies OF the
great outbreak OF tornadoes on Feb
ruary 90, 1880. to which the present
one may be- IMPAIRED resemble mill
tary maps of an invaded country
across which dozen armies are
marching or parallel lines.
From the Mississippi valley across
Kentucky tennessee. Mississippi.
'f'Ni AlhH FN..N ANiNUNd anu Ntiih
Carolina The tornadoes rushed side
by side. ucV ones breaking out as
the earlier ones we're dissipated. I'M
I'm their raid had almost reached the
Atlantic ocean
Tornadoes always occur IN the
southeastern quarter OF cyclonic
disturbance such a disturbance may
be from n thousand TO two thousand
miles broad Producing nothing bat
rains and moderate winds over most
OF tho area 1ut In the southeastern
Quadrant, where warm southerly
winds are brought into contact with
cold winds rom the northwest.
vhirls are soy up. as eddies appear
az the edge Of conflicting currents
OF water. ana these. II the contrasts
lof temperature are extreme. quickly
develop into tornado tunnels.
10 every ease the direction 81 the
shirl o' 'ornado j. from right 10
left. The same as that OF all cyclonlc