Waterspouts
J UST as the waves of the sea are due to movemeuts of the air, so the very astonishing disturbance of the sea called a waterspout is also due to an unusual disturbance of the air. Sometimes parts of the air get started in a twisting motion, rushing through the air and at the same time turning round and round very quickly, somewhat us the earth rushes through space and turns round all the time. When this happens the sea may be very violently disturbed; and sometimes in the middle of this twisting portion of air there is very little air indeed-it is almost like a hollow twisting column of air. Then the water just beneath May be suddenly sucked up so as to fill the almost empty space inside this twisting column of air, and that makes a waterspout. ,
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Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 56
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141Waterspouts Radio Record, Volume X, Issue 5, 14 August 1936, Page 56
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