Should the terms waterspout, landspout etc be dropped?

[Paul Knightley]

Btw...your staying power in the face of adversity (on this subject) is admirable...

Martin - my staying power is there purely to counter the ludicrous notion that the word, "tornado", is not appropriate over water! Surely even you must understand this?!

 

[MJ Poore]

I have followed this thread with some interest.
I am most amused by the Mungo/Torro war. Personally I believe that Torro do fulfill a vital function here in the UK and I suspect that Mungo is smiling when he posts like the true agent provocateur he appears to be.
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Of course I am.

I just like to keep the TORRO gang on their toes, they make big claims, and they are a very vigourous bunch online, almost religious about insisting that English landspout's/whirlwinds/spin-ups are in fact tornados, and the storms thus supercells. I do think their use of words like 'supercell' and 'tornado' are vastly overstated and it needs to be moderated (so far, by me). I still havnt seen convincing evidence of a supercell in the UK, or a proper chase.

But if they do find this, I am moving back there.

I think Paul Knightly knows the truth, but cannot face it. My money is on Martin North. Go Martin!