Gaetan Cormier
EF3
I din't know if it's the good place to put this, but I got this message in my e-mail box.. I don't know how legit it is but anyway, here it goes...
Please forward this to fellow storm chasers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Richard Heene
Science Detective Research Group / Tornado And
Mesocyclone
(310) 820-3752
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.tam.la
Storm Chasers Wanted!
Los Angeles, CA – April 29, 2005 –Richard Heene of the
Science Detective Research Group is seeking the
cooperation of storm chasers, the news media, and NOAA
to help us to gather electromagnetic sound signals of
tornados synchronously linked to video of the tornado.
Using these matched sound and video records the group
hopes a more accurate early warning detection system
can be created.
The group calls this proposed measure the “H†factor.
Where the Fujita Scale measures the all over
destructive effects of a storm, the “H†factor will
measure the second by second potential danger present
in a storm. By identifying characteristic signals that
tend to mark dangerous periods during storms and
incorporating them into a predictive measure the group
hopes to be able to identify super cells that may form
a vortex which will touch down and cause damage.
In their first attempt to try and find the predictive
clues to touch-down and destruction in a developing
tornado, they will investigate signals emitted by
storms in the very low frequency, VLF, spectrum. The
group believes that clues to the internal dynamics of
a storm may reveal themselves in these radio waves.
Steve McGreevy has been using VLF radio waves to track
auroras and his work has been collaborated by the
University of Iowa, Plasma Wave Group. Steve has been
successful in recording aurora electromagnetic fields
(use the links to Steve's website to learn more). In
listening to the aurora he discovered (to his
annoyance) that lightning strikes from thousands of
miles away could interfere with his recording.
However we are hoping that clues to predict tornado
touchdown and behavior can also be found in the VLF
region of the radio spectrum.
The group would like to accumulate 20 to 30 tornado
video and audio recordings from start of super cell to
finished tornado. They would also like to see
recordings of super cells that begin to form tornados
but then fail. Using this data they will try and match
movement to the recorded signals, and hope to identify
characteristic patterns as the storms develop,
touchdown, and finally collapse.
To get the data, Storm chasers will be asked film and
record the electrical signals from the developing
tornado. In addition the group would like them to
measure the pH balance in the rainwater and the pH
balance of the water after it makes contact with
leaves, grass, and lakes. It is believed that acid
rain mixed with an alkaline evaporation causes more
positive ions to rise into the atmosphere. This
material then becomes paramagnetic and reinforces the
magnetic field lines of the vortex.
After the footage is collected and studied, the storms
will be compared to try and extract a common
denominator that will tell us something about the
storm behavior.
If this early warning system can be developed
according to plans, we will be able to save many lives
and maybe even develop a way to detour vortices.
Storm chasers can participate by visiting The Science
Detective Research Group site at http://www.tam.la.
The Science Detective Research Group is located in Los
Angeles, California. The company investigates unsolved
mysteries of science. For additional information on
The Science Detective Research Group / Tornados And
Mesocylcones, visit their web site http://www.tam.la,
e-mail: [email protected].
Richard Heene is available for guest appearances and
phone interviews.
(310) 820-3752
Please forward this to fellow storm chasers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Richard Heene
Science Detective Research Group / Tornado And
Mesocyclone
(310) 820-3752
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.tam.la
Storm Chasers Wanted!
Los Angeles, CA – April 29, 2005 –Richard Heene of the
Science Detective Research Group is seeking the
cooperation of storm chasers, the news media, and NOAA
to help us to gather electromagnetic sound signals of
tornados synchronously linked to video of the tornado.
Using these matched sound and video records the group
hopes a more accurate early warning detection system
can be created.
The group calls this proposed measure the “H†factor.
Where the Fujita Scale measures the all over
destructive effects of a storm, the “H†factor will
measure the second by second potential danger present
in a storm. By identifying characteristic signals that
tend to mark dangerous periods during storms and
incorporating them into a predictive measure the group
hopes to be able to identify super cells that may form
a vortex which will touch down and cause damage.
In their first attempt to try and find the predictive
clues to touch-down and destruction in a developing
tornado, they will investigate signals emitted by
storms in the very low frequency, VLF, spectrum. The
group believes that clues to the internal dynamics of
a storm may reveal themselves in these radio waves.
Steve McGreevy has been using VLF radio waves to track
auroras and his work has been collaborated by the
University of Iowa, Plasma Wave Group. Steve has been
successful in recording aurora electromagnetic fields
(use the links to Steve's website to learn more). In
listening to the aurora he discovered (to his
annoyance) that lightning strikes from thousands of
miles away could interfere with his recording.
However we are hoping that clues to predict tornado
touchdown and behavior can also be found in the VLF
region of the radio spectrum.
The group would like to accumulate 20 to 30 tornado
video and audio recordings from start of super cell to
finished tornado. They would also like to see
recordings of super cells that begin to form tornados
but then fail. Using this data they will try and match
movement to the recorded signals, and hope to identify
characteristic patterns as the storms develop,
touchdown, and finally collapse.
To get the data, Storm chasers will be asked film and
record the electrical signals from the developing
tornado. In addition the group would like them to
measure the pH balance in the rainwater and the pH
balance of the water after it makes contact with
leaves, grass, and lakes. It is believed that acid
rain mixed with an alkaline evaporation causes more
positive ions to rise into the atmosphere. This
material then becomes paramagnetic and reinforces the
magnetic field lines of the vortex.
After the footage is collected and studied, the storms
will be compared to try and extract a common
denominator that will tell us something about the
storm behavior.
If this early warning system can be developed
according to plans, we will be able to save many lives
and maybe even develop a way to detour vortices.
Storm chasers can participate by visiting The Science
Detective Research Group site at http://www.tam.la.
The Science Detective Research Group is located in Los
Angeles, California. The company investigates unsolved
mysteries of science. For additional information on
The Science Detective Research Group / Tornados And
Mesocylcones, visit their web site http://www.tam.la,
e-mail: [email protected].
Richard Heene is available for guest appearances and
phone interviews.
(310) 820-3752
