Look at the detail in these photos, Harry is right saying they are defined. The curve on this tornado/water spout is striking…. coming out of the sky.
Here are a few photos of a Tornado/Water spout that touched down on Sept 9th 2008, at about 6:30 pm. I was working security at Buchanan Dam (Texas) and snapped these photos. This is a rare opportunity to see a Tornado/Water Spout this close and one that is so well defined. I thought the listeners would be interested in seeing it. These photos made top story on Fox News that evening.
” I can’t wait to have one of these…just imagine jetting down to the shops.
Oh hurry up future I want one of these along side my flying car.“
Swiss daredevil Yves Rossy – AKA known as “Fusion Man”and “Jet-man” made history today when he flew from England to France. He is the the first person to cross the English Channel using nothing more than a jetpack strapped to his back.
Jumping from a plane at more than 8,800 feet (2,500 meters) in the air above Calais, he fired up his jets and made the 22 mile (35 kilometer) trip between Calais and Dover at speeds of up to 120 mph (193 km/h) in 13 minutes.
Rossy was propelled by 4 kerosene-burning jet turbines attached to a wing on his back which he ignited inside the plane just prior to taking the leap, wearing a helmet and flameproof suit resembling those worn by Formula One drivers, to help him withstand the jet exhaust around his legs mounted merely inches from him on the wing.
After a period of free fall the former fighter pilot opened the wing and soared across the water.
The jet pack has no steering controls, so the only way for Rossy to change direction was like a bird, moving his head and back to control the wing’s movement.
I would love some of these and hope that someone will produce something similar in the free market.
“These gadgets are so cool that they will make you drool in desire. Sadly most of them are prototypes or simply concepts, but sooner or later somebody will put them into production, hopefully.”
The Free State Project has finally reached the goal of its First 1000 Pledge, with less than a day left to the deadline. The pledge was led by Ian Bernard, a long time supporter of the FSP and host of the libertarian radio show Free Talk Live, who promised to move for liberty to New Hampshire by the end of 2008, only if 999 others did so as well.
Reading the Washington post online today, I came across this article.
“A crane sank a 16-foot rotor into the waters of the East River and divers swam deep to bolt it to the bottom. By early evening, as the northerly current sped up, the rotor began to spin, a big thunk sounded in the control room, a green light went on, and electricity began to pour into a nearby supermarket.”