"Dead Man Walking" Evidence and Examples - #tornado #weather #documentary

The dead man walking tornado is a terrifying concept. Begin with a multi vortex tornado. Next, the vortices of that tornado must move up and down in a manner that make it look like a giant wind Spirit is walking on two legs. Another vortex resembling an arm would ideally complete the symbolism. There is ample lore surrounding the dead man walking tornado. It is said to have originated in ancient folklore and has existed conceptually for thousands of years there. The phrase supposedly began with tribal elders of the Cherokee Nation. Sequoia Quinton, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is a photographer and tornado chaser. He was quoted to say that some tribal elders would refer to tornadoes in their language as "Dead Man Walking," referring to two simultaneous tornadoes from one thunderstorm. Some sources have noted that the dead man symbolized that if you saw this storm approaching, you are sure to die. The official Tornado EF scale doesn't have much to do with the dead man walking tornado, but the ones recorded have all been high on the Fujita scale. Multi vortex tornadoes are unpredictable and typically coalesce, forming to a larger main funnel and can often grow in size and shift incredibly quick. To qualify as a dead man walking, in modern nomenclature, twin tornadoes simply appearing close to each other will not count, nor do large wedges with multiple nonvisible vortices inside. The sub vortices would have to be visible even if only for a short time, and they have to be distinct enough to make the shape of the legs as we know it. In more recent times. The 1997 tornado in Jarrell, TX is the most famous example where this phenomenon was documented. This photo was taken by Scott Beckwith and is part of a series of photos of the tornado. The Jarrell EF 5 is not the only dead man walking to ever exist. Jarrell is probably the most famous example because of the photo Scott Beckwith took, and it's used in several news stories and documentaries covering the incident, but there have been others both before and after this one. In 1974, the phenomenon was observed in the F5 tornado that struck Xenia. OH. Other notable examples are the 1987 Edmonton Alberta Tornado, the 2011 Hackleburg Phil Campbell AL EF5 Tornado, Coleman Arab AL Tornado, the 2011 Rainsville, AL Tornado, the 2011 Joplin, MO, EF5 Tornado, and the 2013 El Reno, Oklahoma tornado. See here in this short clip from the El Reno tornado how the funnels appear to dance in a circle. From this angle, there appear to be several inside this monster that would go on to become the largest tornado the world has documented. Here at Uncanny Valley, we use a variety of technology to simulate tornadoes. We attempted to get artificial intelligence to create a dead man walking and it kept giving us this. Never done this before, No, no, that was a joke. But seriously, this is the best we could obtain after countless hours of farming. One day artificial intelligence will be able to consistently replicate the storms of our nightmares. Think of the holodeck from the Star Trek. Right now, while these replicates aren't bad, they are still nowhere as frightening or as paralyzingly creepy as the real thing. Thank you for watching this short documentary on the dead man walking tornado. If you have comments or want to see more content just like this, please gently massage the Like button and leave us a comment. Until next time...

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