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130 years ago this month - the first picture of a tornado ever taken
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:50 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:50 pm
April 26, 1884 - Anderson, Kansas
A farmer makes history by becoming the first ever person to photograph a tornado. Interesting bit of trivia, because tornadoes were so little understood and impossible to predict, the word "tornado" was banned in meteorological circles in the year 1887 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - who did forecasting for the United States at the time. When asked about them, weather forecasters would go so far as to deny the existence of tornadoes. The word would remain taboo until it was officially reinstated in 1948.
Anyway, CSB, here's the photo:
A farmer makes history by becoming the first ever person to photograph a tornado. Interesting bit of trivia, because tornadoes were so little understood and impossible to predict, the word "tornado" was banned in meteorological circles in the year 1887 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - who did forecasting for the United States at the time. When asked about them, weather forecasters would go so far as to deny the existence of tornadoes. The word would remain taboo until it was officially reinstated in 1948.
Anyway, CSB, here's the photo:
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 10:52 pm
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Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:51 pm to RollTide1987
Legit CSB!
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:51 pm to RollTide1987
Badass
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:52 pm to RollTide1987
Took balls to take that pic. Lord knows it took him 18 minutes just to set up the camera. Then he had to break it all down and run back inside.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:52 pm to RollTide1987
that's awesome.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:53 pm to RollTide1987
That's really cool. Damn, 1884. 
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:54 pm to belowmebama
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Took balls to take that pic. Lord knows it took him 18 minutes just to set up the camera. Then he had to break it all down and run back inside.
You don't think he might have had it set up to take pictures of something else and then BAM! tornado?
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:54 pm to RollTide1987
Looks like smoke to me.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:54 pm to RollTide1987
Pretty shitty picture.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:55 pm to RollTide1987
Looks like some wizard of oz shite
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:56 pm to RollTide1987
Quality is shite. Must've been an iPhone, amirite?
But seriously, neat find. I suppose that why Dorothy never said anything about a "Tornado" in Oz.
But seriously, neat find. I suppose that why Dorothy never said anything about a "Tornado" in Oz.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 10:57 pm to fr33manator
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You don't think he might have had it set up to take pictures of something else and then BAM! tornado?
probably
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:11 pm to RollTide1987
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U.S. Army Signal Corps
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:23 pm to RollTide1987
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the word "tornado" was banned in meteorological circles in the year 1887 by the U.S. Army Signal Corps - who did forecasting for the United States at the time. When asked about them, weather forecasters would go so far as to deny the existence of tornadoes. The word would remain taboo until it was officially reinstated in 1948.
shite like this is why I don't trust nor blindly accept what scientists claim.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:29 pm to RollTide1987
Shopped
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:34 pm to RollTide1987
I'm surprised they had that many houses that close together in 1884.
ETA: Especially near farmland.
ETA: Especially near farmland.
This post was edited on 4/3/14 at 11:35 pm
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:38 pm to RollTide1987
Awesome photo! Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:42 pm to RollTide1987
It amazes me how much more we know now compared to back then. The dumbest person I know probably knows more than the smartest person in 1800.
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:44 pm to RollTide1987
Meh, not HD
Posted on 4/3/14 at 11:48 pm to fr33manator
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You don't think he might have had it set up to take pictures of something else and then BAM! tornado?
I like my version better.
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