Comments on: Fake Tornado Photograph Falsely Attributed to Boy Scout Camp Storm http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/ News & Current Events in the world of Meteorology Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: five mistakes http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-1130 five mistakes Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:27:44 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-1130 Your blog is really interesting to me and your subject matter is very relevant. I was browsing around and came across something you might find interesting. I was guilty of 3 of them with my sites. "99% of website owners are guilty of these five errors". http://tinyurl.com/bn4kol9 You will be suprised how fast they are to fix. Your blog is really interesting to me and your subject matter is very relevant. I was browsing around and came across something you might find interesting. I was guilty of 3 of them with my sites. “99% of website owners are guilty of these five errors”. http://tinyurl.com/bn4kol9 You will be suprised how fast they are to fix.

]]> By: keith http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-1102 keith Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-1102 Sorry Casey..the photo is not of a storm in your home town Greensburg, Indiana but is really from Orchard, Ia. The photo first turned up featured in the Mason City, Ia. Globe Gazette newspaper in June of 2008 one or two days after Lori Mehmen took the picture in her home town of Orchard, Ia. I've seen the online page at the Globe Gazette & read the accompanying article. Mason City is the nearest city with a regional newspaper and that is why it was used first in that paper. Today I spoke to the U.S. Post Office Postmaster in Orchard, Ia. who said that she had spoken with Lori about the photo when her photo became a local news item. Orchard is a tiny hamlet where everyone knows everyone else. So, the bottomlines are that the picture is not photo shopped nor is it from anywhere other than Orchard, Ia. Sorry Casey..the photo is not of a storm in your home town Greensburg, Indiana but is really from Orchard, Ia. The photo first turned up featured in the Mason City, Ia. Globe Gazette newspaper in June of 2008 one or two days after Lori Mehmen took the picture in her home town of Orchard, Ia. I’ve seen the online page at the Globe Gazette & read the accompanying article. Mason City is the nearest city with a regional newspaper and that is why it was used first in that paper.
Today I spoke to the U.S. Post Office Postmaster in Orchard, Ia. who said that she had spoken with Lori about the photo when her photo became a local news item. Orchard is a tiny hamlet where everyone knows everyone else.
So, the bottomlines are that the picture is not photo shopped nor is it from anywhere other than Orchard, Ia.

]]> By: casey http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-1056 casey Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:34:41 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-1056 the buildings are actually in greensburg indiana. we had a tornado go through on may 25 and the pic turned up 3 days later. the tornado may not be real but those are def the buildings in greensburg. the buildings are actually in greensburg indiana. we had a tornado go through on may 25 and the pic turned up 3 days later. the tornado may not be real but those are def the buildings in greensburg.

]]> By: Iowa photo thread - Page 23 - City-Data Forum http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 Iowa photo thread - Page 23 - City-Data Forum Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:07:28 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-1050 [...] Originally Posted by jeffs Holy Crap, that is an awesome picture. Unless you live on that farm. Here's a larger picture of it along with some interesting commentary. Fake Tornado Photograph Falsely Attributed to Boy Scout Camp Storm | Meteorology News [...] [...] Originally Posted by jeffs Holy Crap, that is an awesome picture. Unless you live on that farm. Here's a larger picture of it along with some interesting commentary. Fake Tornado Photograph Falsely Attributed to Boy Scout Camp Storm | Meteorology News [...]

]]> By: Steve Yezek http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Steve Yezek Wed, 16 Jul 2008 01:47:23 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-163 Sorry, BUT THIS PHOTO IS REAL AND NOT PHOTOSHOPED. I was there and have awesome video to prove what this storm was actually like. What you are seeing in the photo in one incredible surfaced base Mesocylone, that had a very nice wall cloud. However, this storm never produced a tornado, but a couple of very brief funnel clouds. Nothing more.. Sorry, BUT THIS PHOTO IS REAL AND NOT PHOTOSHOPED. I was there and have awesome video to prove what this storm was actually like. What you are seeing in the photo in one incredible surfaced base Mesocylone, that had a very nice wall cloud. However, this storm never produced a tornado, but a couple of very brief funnel clouds. Nothing more..

]]> By: Sumar http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-149 Sumar Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:48:39 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-149 Its not photoshop, its a real picture. Not of a tornado though, tornadoes are thin and whispy. If this "cloud" was a hundred times bigger it might look like hurricane center, but its just a thunderstorm. Its not photoshop, its a real picture.

Not of a tornado though, tornadoes are thin and whispy.

If this “cloud” was a hundred times bigger it might look like hurricane center, but its just a thunderstorm.

]]> By: Steve Beckman http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Steve Beckman Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:14:30 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-148 Council Bluffs Distributors is holding an on-line fundraiser for the victims of the tornado through August 2008. Visit www.cbdistro.com to show your support. Also visit www.lawlorscustom.com and purchase your "Omaha Cares" T-Shirt. Council Bluffs Distributors is holding an on-line fundraiser for the victims of the tornado through August 2008. Visit http://www.cbdistro.com to show your support. Also visit http://www.lawlorscustom.com and purchase your “Omaha Cares” T-Shirt.

]]> By: Darrell Kirk http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Darrell Kirk Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:10:56 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-147 Yes, Mesocyclone cloud is like you say "unreal" looking. So unreal looking that they could not use it in the movie "Twister" as viewers would call such a device "Hollywood special effects". Some of them look like a "mother ship", like a UFO. Quite a meteorological package of severe weather that can last a long time and travel quite a distance. Darrell Kirk Tornado Witness Radio www.tornadowitness.com Yes, Mesocyclone cloud is like you say “unreal” looking. So unreal looking that they could not use it in the movie “Twister” as viewers would call such a device “Hollywood special effects”. Some of them look like a “mother ship”, like a UFO. Quite a meteorological package of severe weather that can last a long time and travel quite a distance.

Darrell Kirk
Tornado Witness Radio
http://www.tornadowitness.com

]]> By: susie http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-145 susie Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:43:59 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-145 about the picture of the "tornado" Meteorologists have said this is called a mesocyclone cloud, with a wall cloud, no tornado, ..no funnel.. and as some have noticed and you can tell, there is no debris and the trees are not blowing half way to the ground... we live in tornado alley, and have seen a similar looking cloud once.. it was unreal... very similar to this one, but no tornado. susie in Omaha about the picture of the “tornado” Meteorologists have said this is called a mesocyclone cloud, with a wall cloud, no tornado, ..no funnel.. and as some have noticed and you can tell, there is no debris and the trees are not blowing half way to the ground… we live in tornado alley, and have seen a similar looking cloud once.. it was unreal… very similar to this one, but no tornado. susie in Omaha

]]> By: Gary http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Gary Sat, 21 Jun 2008 21:05:24 +0000 http://www.meteorologynews.com/2008/06/14/fake-tornado-photograph-falsely-attributed-to-boy-scout-camp-storm/#comment-144 Yes, Mr. Stuart - It is a good picture, BUT if you have any comprehension of knowledge of tornados, you would immediately know that this is not a tornado. Just a good picture of a thunderstorm. Before you criticize "naysayers" you should do some research yourself to find out what part of a thunderstorm a real tornado comes out of. AND, look closely for nonexistent rotation in this picture. CNN should be ashamed for not doing any checking whatsoever on their own part. Yes, Mr. Stuart – It is a good picture, BUT if you have any comprehension of knowledge of tornados, you would immediately know that this is not a tornado. Just a good picture of a thunderstorm. Before you criticize “naysayers” you should do some research yourself to find out what part of a thunderstorm a real tornado comes out of. AND, look closely for nonexistent rotation in this picture. CNN should be ashamed for not doing any checking whatsoever on their own part.

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