Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-20

lmodiutcly drank ns he had broken
his shoulder during the aerial aero
battles
A cyclone Is freakish, but It's
pruuhB enable scientists 10 gather
certain facts about o. First of all
the velocity of the wind can be ral-
Culltrd Go certain extent The
whiriWud speed OF the cyclone rs ire
mruluus. The average velocity with
.lu the vortex of 600 such storms was
found 20 be- 894 miles an hour, the
minimum being 27O and the maxi
mum 500 miles
AT Mount Carmel. tn, one June 4,
|lNfI q cyclone drove a brick through
the wcathor-holrdIu lath and plas-
tcriug OF house, across two rooms
"a distance of twenty seven feet
and lodged II I'm Il rear wall without
breaking even "a corner of the brick.
So great was its velocity that tho
luths were cut smoothly without
cracking the adjoining plaster
a college professor decided 10 hnd
the velocity necessary 10 perform the
cyclones well rehearsed Joke OF
pluckug feathers from chickens lie
loaded a six pounder with five ounces
Of powder and shot a dead chicken
into the air as n In the funnel OF a
.
was 84l miles an hour ANA blow the
chicken all 10 pieces, and from his
experiments he decided that "a storm
moving at q speed but slightly less
than this would play the cyclone
best known prank.
After the Rochester CMinn) storm
a board was found driven into the
ground and II was estimated that the
'clocity necessary 20 perform this
feat was $50 miles an hour. Straws
also were found driven into tho bark
Of trees. A mechanical air blast
was devised which would give We
locity Of from 1876 to 100 miles an
hour, but the straws thus shot en-
tered tho target only a tenth Of an
inch.
Besides the more or less accurate
estimate OF the velocity, there are
certain facts known about cyclones.
In the northern hemisphere they
whirl from left 10 right. They gen
the way the hands of a clock move,
IN the southern hemisphere they
whirl from left to right Then gen
orally move to the northeast
Cyclones are nearly always funnel
shaped, although sometimes they
may resemble an hour glass, The
Shclbylile CTenu) storm was said to
have had two wings and TO have
looked like n large sinister bird.
These coalesced and came 10 the
ground with great fury.
These storms are most frequent i'm
April, June. July. August ANA Sep
tember. Their usual time for COM
ing on the stage is the late afternoon.
They generally start from the battle
ground Of two opposing wind cur
rents. If you know that a warm
south wind and. at q higher level, a
cooler northwest or west wind, is
headed your way, If the day is warm
and sultry with an oppressive heat
that has no special characteristic
that is unlike the heat from the suns
rays. then begin TO look for the near
est cyclone cellar When the storm
GENES nearer you probably will sec as
terrifying a sight as ever meets the
eyes Of man. Because Of It's men
aCing, deadly appearance, it probably
is more inspiring than a tidal
wave or even volcano IN eruption.
The Elkhart Cnd) storm is de-
/, scrbcd as having an upper stratum
Of air greatly agitated, and In "a
lower statum ash-colorcd clouds,
. which flew i'm all directions CouNerg-
ing to common center. This storm
left a sulphurous smell in its wake,
as if his internal majesty himself
had been out for a walk. Cyclone In
Egbert county Georgia, was basket
shaped and appeared TO be filled
with fire its roaring was heard for
miles.
The sense OF humor Of the storm
god is So grim that We can seldom APP
preciate #; but man contributes his
little producing whirlwuds one hot
afternoon 4 o'clock tea was being
served without tho tea or tho "eats'
by a number OF tramps who were