Then you'll love this:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/photogalleries/100903-fire-tornadoes-pictures-whirls-vortex-firenadoes-devils-science-weather/#/fire-tornadoes-burnado-hawaii_25569_600x450.jpg

FIRE TORNADOES!

9/8/2010 4:26:31 PM

*like*

although Fumbler tells me they're called fire whirls, and that they're not tornadoes. whirl is just not bad ass enough to describe that.

FIRE TORNADO

[Edited on September 8, 2010 at 4:32 PM. Reason : ]

9/8/2010 4:29:35 PM

whoa

9/8/2010 4:30:38 PM

there was one at the evans road fire that chris went to back in 2008. it was on the local news at some point in a short clip like 5 seconds long.

9/8/2010 4:34:53 PM

holy shit

9/8/2010 5:05:46 PM

Quote :

"Also known as fire whirls, fire devils, or even firenados, these whirlwinds of flame are not really rare, just rarely documented,"

9/8/2010 5:17:25 PM

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!

9/8/2010 6:06:49 PM

HOW DOES IT WORK?

9/8/2010 7:08:33 PM

Science.

9/8/2010 7:10:19 PM

clearly a miracle.

9/8/2010 7:18:35 PM

FUCKING MIRACLES

9/8/2010 7:19:01 PM

"Burnado"

9/8/2010 7:24:37 PM

video of one!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11086299

9/15/2010 7:41:54 PM

who cares

9/15/2010 7:44:34 PM

awesome

9/15/2010 7:46:38 PM

The firenado will not take off of the treadmill.

9/15/2010 7:48:21 PM

If i imagine what the hand of God looks like smiting humanity, that's what I envision.

9/15/2010 7:48:57 PM

I prefer brimstone with my fire.

9/15/2010 7:50:34 PM

^^ At least it will look cool. Something awesome to hang on the walls of God.

9/15/2010 8:01:16 PM

One of the benefits of working on a prescribed fire crew: experiencing this up close and personal. Although I'll admit, prescribed fires generally aren't supposed to burn hot enough to put on that much of a show.

9/15/2010 10:33:57 PM

...unless it's a site prep burn on a drum chop job. You're not doing a prescribed site prep burn correctly unless you end up fighting fire.


[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 12:45 AM. Reason : and it's a fire WHIRL. Although not as badass, no one in the fire service calls them tornados.]

9/16/2010 12:44:22 AM

Quote :

"no one in the fire service calls them tornados."

Stop pussifying awesome shit.

9/16/2010 12:50:58 AM

double firenado?

9/16/2010 12:53:52 AM

i guess that's what happens when a tornado meets a volcano

9/16/2010 1:43:13 AM

Quote :

"Stop pussifying awesome shit."

Wildland firefighters generally know a lot about weather because wildfire behavior is heavily dependent on weather. We don't call them tornadoes because they are not tornadoes. They are dust devils/whirlwinds. Tornadoes form from thunderstorms, fire whirls form from the ground. There's a lot more to it than that, but that's the easiest explanation.

If a firefighter called it a fire tornado he'd be laughed at by other firefighters.

That article even contradicts itself:

Quote :

"Fire tornadoes occur when intense heat and turbulent wind conditions combine to form whirling eddies of air. These eddies can tighten into a tornado-like structure that sucks in burning debris and combustible gases"

If it's a tornado then it wouldn't be "tornado-like" would it?

Sorry to be nit picky


BTW, Chop wins with

Quote :

"WHAT DOES IT MEAN?!?!"

lol

9/16/2010 10:44:07 AM

FIRE DEVIL is more like it, one hell of an updraft, thats for sure

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 10:47 AM. Reason : ^ shit, I didn't refresh before posting]

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 10:49 AM. Reason : also somehow missed ^5, ^20]

9/16/2010 10:46:36 AM

That tornado made out of fire is bad ass looking.

9/16/2010 10:49:28 AM

That tornado made out of fire is bad ass looking.

9/16/2010 10:53:38 AM

ITT, Fumbler taking shit too seriously.

9/16/2010 10:55:16 AM

as always

[Edited on September 16, 2010 at 11:59 AM. Reason : That's the curse of knowing too much]

9/16/2010 11:59:30 AM

i used to pull shit like this all the time when I ran shit on USEast LOD 99 fire sorc

9/16/2010 12:17:11 PM

Here's a prescribed burn that was done by the NCFS on Wednesday.

9/24/2010 11:37:51 PM