Can you artificially create a tornado?

By giving the air curtain a centrifugal force, a negative pressure is produced along a central core, and a spiral flow is produced, creating an artificial tornado.
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How do you make a real tornado?

Make a Tornado!
  1. Pour about half a cup of water in the cup.
  2. Using gloves, place a few small pieces of dry ice in to the cup.
  3. Quickly place the plant saucer upside down on the top of the two pieces of vinyl.
  4. Turn on the fan and place it in the hole in the saucer to draw the air up.
  5. Watch the tornado spin!
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How do you simulate a tornado?

Place one of the bottles on a flat surface and fill it approximately two-thirds full of water. For a more tornado-like effect or just to add some flair, you can add a drop of food coloring to the water and add glitter to simulate dirt and debris.
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How can you simulate a tornado at home?

Instructions:
  1. Fill your container about ¾ full with clean water.
  2. Add a squirt of dish soap, as well as your glitter or food coloring, if desired.
  3. Seal the container tightly.
  4. Move the bottle rapidly in a circular motion. After a few seconds, you should see the water begin swirling. Stop, and watch your tornado!
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Can tornadoes be caused by humans?

Well, blame yourself. Scientists have found that human activity that releases aerosols is the culprit behind an increase in tornadoes and hailstorms during summer weekdays.
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Can you get PTSD from a tornado?

(WBRC) - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) spurred by severe weather can be a debilitating condition and it's important to recognize the signs. Although it's been 10 years since the devastation and loss left behind by the April 27 tornadoes, surviving a storm of that magnitude, or any storm, can cause PTSD.
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Are tornadoes beneficial?

Tornadoes are not known or thought of as being particularly helpful in any way. The only benefit of a tornado would be rain if the area is in need of it. However, even the rains which accompany a tornado are more likely to be damaging than helpful.
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How do you make a tornado for kids?

Directions
  1. Have your child fill a jar almost to the rim with cold water.
  2. Add a few squirts of clear liquid soap to the jar of water.
  3. Put about a capful of vinegar in the jar as well.
  4. Make sure your child puts the lid back on the jar tightly. He can shake, then swirl the jar to form a tornado!
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How do you make a tornado with a 2 liter bottle?

Single 2-liter tornado
  1. Fill the bottle 2/3 full with water.
  2. Add a few drops of soap and debris and 5-10 drops of food coloring.
  3. Put the cap LOOSELY back on the bottle or cover it with your hand.
  4. Move the bottle around in clockwise motion to get the water sloshing in a circle.
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How does a tornado in a bottle work?

Spinning the bottle in a circular motion creates a water vortex that looks like a mini tornado. The water is rapidly spinning around the center of the vortex due to centripetal force (an inward force directing an object or fluid such as water towards the center of its circular path).
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Can we get energy from tornadoes?

So far, experts haven't collected energy from these storms, but the idea has potential if we somehow develop cost-effective technology to do it. Tornadoes and hurricanes produce massive amounts of energy.
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Can tornadoes form over water?

Tornadic waterspouts are simply tornadoes that form over water, or move from land to water. They have the same characteristics as a land tornado. They are associated with severe thunderstorms, and are often accompanied by high winds and seas, large hail, and frequent dangerous lightning.
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What is instant ice?

Instant ice is a liquid that has been cooled below the freezing point but still holds it's liquid form. When you pour the water over ice cubes, the process of nucleation causes ice to form instantly!
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Why are tornadoes beautiful?

The warm wind in the cell rises, and is capped off by cooler air above it. This causes the supercell to pack itself tightly in one spot and grow outwards from there into what looks like a swirling prophecy of the end-times. The gorgeous yet apocalyptic light is caused by sunlight shining through the cloud funnel.
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Can anything stop a tornado?

Research indicates that in order to form, a tornado needs both a cold, rainy downdraft and a warm updraft. To stop a tornado from forming, just heat this cold downdraft until it's cold no longer.
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Can there be a tornado without rain?

Stay alert for high winds even if you do not "see" a tornado. Tornadoes often occur when it is not raining. In fact, in the Great Plains and other semiarid regions, that scenario is the rule rather than the exception. Tornadoes are associated with a powerful updraft, so rain does not fall in or next to a tornado.
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How does it feel to be in a tornado?

People who have been in a tornado say it sounds like a jet engine or a freight train and is very loud. They said it hurt their ears, but they were more worried about what might happen to them than they were about the pain in their ears.
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What are the 3 types of disasters?

Findings – Disasters are classified into three types: naturals, man-mades, and hybrid disasters.
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