2003: Filming the First Fire Tornado
Https://youtu.be/5H1eVy6O3Fo May you live in interesting times. Smithsonian: There was no name for the thing Tom Bates captured on video at the height of the notorious Australian bush fire season of 2002-2003. Prior to that sweltering afternoon, there was no such thing as “pyro-tornadogenesis,” because such a phenomenon—a tornado generated by a wildfire—was not known…
Source: climatecrocks.com
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