Intoduction to Firenadoes
What is a firenado you might ask? Well a firenado isn’t really a tornado at all, all though they may seem similar. m.livescience.com says,” A true tornado is formed when three key elements collide: warm, moist air close to the ground; atmospheric instability, a condition that promotes the vertical movement of air; and clashing air fronts that act to propel moist air upward”. A tornado is a violent storm that strikes as a powerful rotating mixture of wind and thunderstorm clouds, extending from the clouds to the ground in a funnel shape. A firenado is a whirlwind Induced by fire that sucks in burning debris and often Combustible gasses like gasoline and natural gasses that fuels the fire. The gasses …show more content…
Obviously fire is one of them. If you're ever near a firenado run the opposite way! It is not enough that you will be burned alive but you would also get hoisted into a 100 foot fire vortex and get thrown who knows where. Along with getting burned alive debris is also a Common danger. “wow”, Brett Butler, a research mechanical engineer at the U.S. Forest Service’s Missoula Fire Sciences laboratory in Montana, told NBC News,” As long as nobody is hurt, they're impressive.” That is very agreeable, now everyone may concur that they are a beautiful sight to see but in most cases people do get hurt. Going back to the dangers of debris, firenadoes can suck in flaming debris and spit embers miles away with tremendous force. In some cases they can lift up heavier objects such as cars. According to m.livescience.com,” In 2,ooo, a fire whirl under observation by a crew from the California Department of forestry and fire protection jumped a firebreak, lifted an all-terrain vehicle off the ground and smashed it into an SUV, crushing part of the SUV and injuring a crew member.” See so even with fire whirls only lasting a few minutes they can cause crazy destruction. Firenadoes use their wind speeds which is more than 100 mph(miles per hour) to pick up objects to