Author Topic: Scary Clouds (Read 2620 times)

boatsdickson · « **on:** April 11, 2007, 11:57:20 PM »

Had sum wild lookin clouds in the sky today. Reminded me of the ones we had a few years ago. I attached pictures of those. The term given to them was Scary Ass Clouds by the meterological society. Everyone was looking up just waiting to see where the tornado was going to drop from, but they just blew over.. Weird

medic09 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2007, 12:22:58 AM »

Makes me think of saying "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto".

Rsnip988 · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2007, 01:18:07 AM »

those are great pics, almost look like waves in the sky

cben750f0 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2007, 03:29:18 AM »

mate they make me feel really uneasy

.... havent seen any like that b4, from OZ.... best i got was the fire front updraft clouds from the big bush fires here in Australia a few month back.... thanks for shareing

xtalon · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2007, 04:42:17 AM »

Spooky! I'm glad no tornados dropped... how about aliens?

Thanks for sharing.

--xTalon

andy750 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2007, 05:33:35 AM »

Here are some more......the start of hurricane katrina.....

cheers
Andy

heffay · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2007, 08:37:56 AM »

being from kansas i can honestly say... i don't think you are in kansas anymore. the only ones that look slightly familiar is the next to last one. that first set is incredible. they don't seem to be individual clouds which is the odd part.

glad you survived those.

ProTeal55 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2007, 08:52:18 AM »

I got a new background pic for my work computer now

Pinhead · « **Reply #8 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:11:25 AM »

I've got one for you... Way out in the middle of central Kansas:

And as it got a little closer:

And further west they were having th exact opposite:

gerhed · « **Reply #9 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:21:09 AM »

Great Pics !
Unnerving.
Alien life forms, for sure.

upperlake04 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 12, 2007, 11:52:25 AM »

What a great site this is! Those pics are so other-worldly I would have thought they could only have been computer generated for an apocalyptic- Armageddon type movie. Thanks guys-those are fabulous

historicjake · « **Reply #11 on:** April 12, 2007, 12:07:04 PM »

Check these out. Saw this post a couple years ago, and never forgot it. Can't believe i found it again. Very weird!

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html

xtalon · « **Reply #12 on:** April 12, 2007, 12:28:19 PM »

Quote from: historicjake on April 12, 2007, 12:07:04 PM

Check these out. Saw this post a couple years ago, and never forgot it. Can't believe i found it again. Very weird!

http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/june2004hastings-mammatus.html

I guess that clears up where the name 'mammatus' comes from.

That's some nice cleavage.

--xTalon

PS Yes, my mind is in the gutter, but at least my wheels are in the road!

Gordon · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2007, 02:15:46 PM »

We used to get clouds like that when I lived in central Texas, and that usually meant it was time to start looking for a safe spot to hide from a tornado!

It was especially creepy when they were green and accompanied by an erie calm.

heffay · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2007, 05:03:26 PM »

it is almost as if you are looking up through (or at in this case) the service of the ocean. the clouds seem to be in wave formation more than cloud formation?

mkramer1121 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 12, 2007, 05:21:08 PM »

Andy, please don't take offense, but the Hurricane Katrina pictures are a hoax. These circulated around my office as well. Seems they're actually pictures of tornadoes in Kansas.

Rsnip988 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 12, 2007, 09:41:21 PM »

Quote from: heffay on April 12, 2007, 05:03:26 PM

it is almost as if you are looking up through (or at in this case) the service of the ocean. the clouds seem to be in wave formation more than cloud formation?

i think you meant surface heehee

Quote from: mkramer1121 on April 12, 2007, 05:21:08 PM

Andy, please don't take offense, but the Hurricane Katrina pictures are a hoax. These circulated around my office as well. Seems they're actually pictures of tornadoes in Kansas.

i was thinking the same thing, hurricaines can only form over water and it doesnt look like water for miles in the pics, Still great pics though

Rushoid · « **Reply #17 on:** April 13, 2007, 06:29:08 AM »

Quote from: mkramer1121 on April 12, 2007, 05:21:08 PM

Andy, please don't take offense, but the Hurricane Katrina pictures are a hoax. These circulated around my office as well. Seems they're actually pictures of tornadoes in Kansas.

They're actually "supercells" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell) which often form tornadoes.

Very cool pics though.

andy750 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 13, 2007, 06:40:30 AM »

Hey no offense taken and glad to be corrected...my apologies for the mis-information

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thanks
Andy

heffay · « **Reply #19 on:** April 13, 2007, 09:46:09 AM »

ha... that's hilarious rsnip. looked good on the service

boatsdickson · « **Reply #20 on:** April 13, 2007, 12:31:59 PM »

1 more.... Had this one tucked back a little further 2 make sure it didnt get deleted.
This is the last pic that my wife and I took before we started looking for a place to hide...Ive never seen anything like this before without hearing sirens or seeing funnels.

Rocking-M · « **Reply #21 on:** April 13, 2007, 01:44:15 PM »

Great pictures. Just had family come by to visit and we were talking about
thunder storms and lightening both of which I like to see and try to photograph.
I use to stand out there with a camera and hold the shutter open to try and catch
some nice lightening strikes. Now with a digital camera on record it will be easy.
You have given me some inspiration for pictures this summer.

Take it easy out there in that!

736cc · « **Reply #22 on:** April 13, 2007, 03:01:41 PM »

What clouds? All I see is a bunch of plump naked women.

Rsnip988 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2007, 01:57:53 AM »

HAHAHA

Quote from: 736cc on April 13, 2007, 03:01:41 PM

What clouds? All I see is a bunch of plump naked women.

74cb750 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 15, 2007, 03:56:25 AM »

Really nice pictures.
Around here the only wierd things I see in the sky are
A10 and F16 airplanes buzzing the hills doing straffing runs
on wild deer and CB750s on curvy Vermont roads.

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Author Topic: Scary Clouds (Read 2620 times)

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