Filmmaker Chris Tangey captured rare video footage, a still of
which is seen here, of a "fire devil" in the Australian Outback.
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Chris Tangey via Youtube user stilltalkincrazy
26 comments:
Yu-Kai
said...
I think the mere implication of a 40-minute fire tornado is terrifying. This is because normally I would be quite scared if there were a fire tornado anywhere in Los Angeles, and I would fly out of the state immediately. Also, standing only 1000 feet from the fire tornado would make me run and hide, but the fact that this filmmaker decided to stay for the entire forty minutes shows how brave he must have been. I think there should have been more to the video. Why are fire tornadoes so rare? Why do they only last two minutes? I think the video should have had more information on the fire tornadoes.
I think that it was really awesome. To think that fire can collide with a tornado and make a once in a life time scene is really cool. Yu-Kai, I disagree and agree with your last part. This video was part of a news show, so they cannot drone on for twenty minutes during a show that probably only lasts an hour. But I do think that the science behind fire tornadoes would be a great post for the blog. He was standing only 1,000 feet away, how did he survive? Wasn't is hot? Wasn't it dangerous? All I know is that that guy is really brave.
I think that this is SOOOOO cool!!!! I was wondering if he was 1,000 feet away from the tornado, as far as it may sound, didn't he get really hot?? And didn't he get burned by the poisonous gas that surronds fire? I really thought that he was super brave to be standing there for about 40 minutes! This is probably a once in 100 years event and I would love to see it in real life!!! I thought this video was really fascinating and I would love to learn the science behind it, and learn more about it! :D
Cool!!!!! I don't get how there could be a firenado. Awesome! I can't believe that this guy stood only around 100 feet from an unstable tornado that is completely made out of fire. Some bravery. I agree with Yu-Kai. I do not know why it is so rare or why it only lasts normally a few minutes. There definitely should've been more to the video. When you have something as rare, unique, and awesome/cool as that, make a good video out of it.
I really like the name firenado. The picture and the name made me immediately interested. That's why I commented. Overall, I think that it is an awesome thing but still think that there should have been much more to the video. Yet still, I have to applaud the guy for being that brave to actually stand that close risking himself next to an unstable fire tornado and to use a video camera to get a clip. would've have only video taped some of it because I think that it is much cooler to see it with my own real eye and then I will remember it better.
I think this is amazing because, if you first hear this you think about fire and air mixing together. although nobody thinks of something as amazing as this. Why i think this is amazing is because this fire tornado was 100 FEET HIGH WHEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE FIGHTING IT OFF FOR NEARLY A WEEK!!!!! They also never seen rainfall since the end of April. In my opinion this is to happen for very few times. I also agree with Yu-Kai because that man man must have been really afraid of filming that video for forty minutes.
I know that this was very unique because there won't be highly pressured air combining with fire everyday. This was a very interesting video for me because to see a "firenado" on video forming from scratch, that's pretty cool. Also just thanking Weston for sharing the video with us, THANKS WESTON!
I know that this was very unique because there won't be highly pressured air combining with fire everyday. This was a very interesting video for me because to see a "firenado" on video forming from scratch, that's pretty cool. Also just thanking Weston for sharing the video with us, THANKS WESTON!
WWWOOOAAAHHH!! That was amazing. The thought of wind pushing up fire one-hundred feet in the air is amazing and one of mother nature's most amazing phenomenons. The time that a firenado stays up is a couple minutes, but for 40 minutes this firenado raged on. Like nick said, he was 1000 feet away. Didn't he get hot? Wasn't it dangerous? Imagine that in Los Angeles. Good thing that the firenado was away from houses and buildings. And to think that fire fighters were trying to fight a hundred foot high firenado shows that they were really brave. Thanks Weston, for this awesome video.
This was very cool! I loved how they explained how firenados work! This is definitely is a very rare experience for the filmmaker and the whole world. But like Nick and Ben said, why didn't this man get hot and wasn't it life threatening to be so close to something so dangerous? This video was super thrilling and fun to watch but I still want to know how this man was so close to the fire but unharmed... :?
I think it is amazing. The fact that a tornado and fire can combine making a fire tornado. That sounds and looks unreal. Also, like many people said that guy must have been very brave. He was standing next to a 100 foot flame going into the sky. That would be scary. Wouldn't he be worried it would catch something else on fire. Another thing. In the video, they did not explain how it went away. So I wonder if a fireman came in and sprayed and it all went away. Did it just disappear? How did it not catch anything else on fire. There are many things that I do not understand, though the concept of a fire tornado or as the video said; a "firenado" is very odd yet cool. The last thing is that I had never heard of this and never would have thought about it without this video. Thanks Weston for this awesome video.
I think that this firenado is really cool. Unfortunately, it can be dangerous, but knowing about them and being able to video tape and get pictures about them is important. To me, this sounds like some bizzare mixture from Little Alchemy (fire+tornado=firenado). It's really interesting and I hope to hear more about it. In the video, they didn't give any information, just showed a video. It would be really cool if someone, as an experiment, made a mini firenado (example: when you take out the plug in a drain, a little whirlpool comes out).
Wow that was so fascinating! I was very surprised by this because it had lasted a very long time. I was also terrified because the fire tornado lasted for so long and had some how collided with strong winds. The 1000 foot tall tornado was propelling upwards in a column of air!How did the wind and the fire collide together? Why do fire tornadoes not usually last this long? The filmaker is very brave to create a global 40 minute-long video that has almost never been caught on tape. This was an amazing article!
This was a really interesting post, I mean how often do you hear "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES A FIRE TORNADO IS COMING!" or on the news when the weather man says, "And to the north there will a huge fire tonado, back to you Jim" Besides how scary this must up close I think this is a once in a lifetime experience. I highly doubt that the man was standing only 1000 feet away. Though I do believe that it lasted 40 minutes. I mean think about it. There is a lot brush in Austraila so that was what supplied the tornado. Also I don't understand how the fire tornado started. Also I am pretty sure the fact that is was really hot and dry must have something to do with it. I agree that we should have more information on fire tornados.
I think that this was an amazing video. I mean, it's a fire tornado. What more can you ask? I'm not sure I understand, though. How can a man stand 1000 feet away from a blazing tornado of fire and not be burned? And why does this happen only in Australia? I know that you have to have a lot of dry brush, but we had that in Albuquerque, and I didn't even know what a firenado was. Could a human start a firenado? For example, if I struck a match and threw it in a pile of dry brush, would it become a fire tornado? How high do they usually get? Can firefighters even put it out? How does it die? I think that this video was interesting, but it needed a lot more information.
Wow! It is really amazing! I have never thought that there could be such a thing. But I agree with Emilynne. How does a fire tornado start? How does it end? Isn't it really dangerous to film it? I think actually seeing a fire tornado is really interesting, but as Emilynne said, it needs a LOT more information for people to actually understand it well.
This is so amazing because first of all I didn't think a firenado existed. This would be terrifying for the firefighters who have been fighting for a week like the man in the video said because if a fire vortex is moving so fast and is over a hundred feet in the air this would be absolutely terrifying and would ruin the surroundings. This would also completely pollute the air from the amount of smoke this would produce. This over all was so amazing and the fact that it lasted 40 minutes is crazy.
I think that this was really cool. I wonder what makes the tornado last for 40 minutes instead of the usual 1 or 2. Maybe there was something in the air that made it last longer. Also, I think that it is amazing that someone actually got it on video! It must've been really hot by it! I also don't know how much heat was given off by the fire tornado, which is also something I'd like to know. I agree with Yu-Kai, when he asked, "why are fire tornadoes so rare?" I would like to know the answer to that question and also Yu-Kai's question of, "why do they only last two minutes?" These are both interesting questions that maybe someday people might find the answer to if they haven't already.
That is extremely cool. I have never heard of a tornado that could catch on fire. I never would have thought that when twisting winds come into contact with fire it creates a "firenado." I wonder how a fire tornado could last 40 minutes and sustain itself. I belive that this newscast could have provided a lot more info.
OH...MY...GOD! I never knew that fire be in a form of a tornado. The film time that the man got was amazing. This "firenado" can even reach up to 100 ft, that's so cool. Although, this is really awesome to watch, this is also really dangerous and could hurt a lot of people. If this thing spread out or got even taller and in a place where people are present, it could have been life threatening to be there. Overall, super cool!
Although this was uploaded by me, I still have a few things to say. I thought that the film maker that got this on film had some guts when he took the film. It would take a lot of courage to stand near a raging basically beam of fire. Also, the reason I picked it was that I just thought that it was cool that the fire got picked up by the wind. I expected the wind to just put the fire out.
Although this was uploaded by me, I still have a few things to say. I thought that the film maker that got this on film had some guts when he took the film. It would take a lot of courage to stand near a raging basically beam of fire. Also, the reason I picked it was that I just thought that it was cool that the fire got picked up by the wind. I expected the wind to just put the fire out.
I thought that this was super cool. Even though it was very sad, and people cold have been killed I thought that it was very interesting because how often do you see that. The film maker must have been really rave to stand there and watch the event take place.
I agree with everybody... I mostly agree with Eva. It would be cool if there was like a waternado or an airnado instead of a firenado. Maybe someone will come up to the answers to these questions. Why are they so rare? Why do they last so short (usually) How do they start? Is it possible to actually make some of the things I listed above? I liked how they got really close up filming of it. This was amazing. It is a once in a life time experience. It is dangerous. Good for the guy who filmed it. Must have been really REALLY brave. Risking his life for film....
WOW THAT WAS SO COOL!!! First of all, the newscast could have had a little more detail for something so interesting (in my opinion). After watching the video and reading the article, I have some questions. Number one: I don't get how the fire wasn't put out by the air. You would think that if there was lots of wind the fire would be extinguished, but it did the exact opposite from what I saw. Number two: I have never seen fire tornado catastrophes before in newspapers or magazines or on T.V., and in the video I saw a humongous column of fire with very fast winds lasting for 40 minutes. Are fire tornadoes not a big deal? They seem like they would be. Or maybe they are just really rare, and even though they might be devastating to any nearby land they don't happen often enough to become a huge concern. Over all, this blog post was really interesting and cool.
I think that this was interesting, but not something for people to be next to. This was dangerous. The connection of the fire and the tornado was interesting. I am wondering about how hot it was. Wouldn't the wind blow out the fire? I know that wind can sometimes spread fires, but it was a tornado! It didn't make much sense. Interesting video!
I think that the firenado was really cool. I had never even thought of the idea of fire mixed with a tornado. A tornado is not a super common event, and mixed with fire is pretty rare. Plus, the fact that the firenado raged for that long is amazing. For everyone who is talking about the guy's bravery, I don't think he was worried. I think he was thinking "SWEET! A FIRE TORNADO! I'LL BE WELL KNOWN IF I CATCH IT ON VIDEO" rather than "OH MY GOD RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ITS A FIRE TORNADO"
26 comments:
I think the mere implication of a 40-minute fire tornado is terrifying. This is because normally I would be quite scared if there were a fire tornado anywhere in Los Angeles, and I would fly out of the state immediately. Also, standing only 1000 feet from the fire tornado would make me run and hide, but the fact that this filmmaker decided to stay for the entire forty minutes shows how brave he must have been. I think there should have been more to the video. Why are fire tornadoes so rare? Why do they only last two minutes? I think the video should have had more information on the fire tornadoes.
I think that it was really awesome. To think that fire can collide with a tornado and make a once in a life time scene is really cool. Yu-Kai, I disagree and agree with your last part. This video was part of a news show, so they cannot drone on for twenty minutes during a show that probably only lasts an hour. But I do think that the science behind fire tornadoes would be a great post for the blog. He was standing only 1,000 feet away, how did he survive? Wasn't is hot? Wasn't it dangerous? All I know is that that guy is really brave.
I think that this is SOOOOO cool!!!! I was wondering if he was 1,000 feet away from the tornado, as far as it may sound, didn't he get really hot?? And didn't he get burned by the poisonous gas that surronds fire? I really thought that he was super brave to be standing there for about 40 minutes! This is probably a once in 100 years event and I would love to see it in real life!!! I thought this video was really fascinating and I would love to learn the science behind it, and learn more about it! :D
Cool!!!!! I don't get how there could be a firenado. Awesome! I can't believe that this guy stood only around 100 feet from an unstable tornado that is completely made out of fire. Some bravery. I agree with Yu-Kai. I do not know why it is so rare or why it only lasts normally a few minutes. There definitely should've been more to the video. When you have something as rare, unique, and awesome/cool as that, make a good video out of it.
I really like the name firenado. The picture and the name made me immediately interested. That's why I commented. Overall, I think that it is an awesome thing but still think that there should have been much more to the video. Yet still, I have to applaud the guy for being that brave to actually stand that close risking himself next to an unstable fire tornado and to use a video camera to get a clip. would've have only video taped some of it because I think that it is much cooler to see it with my own real eye and then I will remember it better.
I think this is amazing because, if you first hear this you think about fire and air mixing together.
although nobody thinks of something as amazing as this. Why i think this is amazing is because this fire tornado was 100 FEET HIGH WHEN FIREFIGHTERS WERE FIGHTING IT OFF FOR NEARLY A WEEK!!!!! They also never seen rainfall since the end of April. In my opinion this is to happen for very few times. I also agree with Yu-Kai because that man man must have been really afraid of filming that video for forty minutes.
I know that this was very unique because there won't be highly pressured air combining with fire everyday. This was a very interesting video for me because to see a "firenado" on video forming from scratch, that's pretty cool. Also just thanking Weston for sharing the video with us, THANKS WESTON!
I know that this was very unique because there won't be highly pressured air combining with fire everyday. This was a very interesting video for me because to see a "firenado" on video forming from scratch, that's pretty cool. Also just thanking Weston for sharing the video with us, THANKS WESTON!
WWWOOOAAAHHH!! That was amazing. The thought of wind pushing up fire one-hundred feet in the air is amazing and one of mother nature's most amazing phenomenons. The time that a firenado stays up is a couple minutes, but for 40 minutes this firenado raged on. Like nick said, he was 1000 feet away. Didn't he get hot? Wasn't it dangerous? Imagine that in Los Angeles. Good thing that the firenado was away from houses and buildings. And to think that fire fighters were trying to fight a hundred foot high firenado shows that they were really brave. Thanks Weston, for this awesome video.
This was very cool! I loved how they explained how firenados work! This is definitely is a very rare experience for the filmmaker and the whole world. But like Nick and Ben said, why didn't this man get hot and wasn't it life threatening to be so close to something so dangerous? This video was super thrilling and fun to watch but I still want to know how this man was so close to the fire but unharmed... :?
I think it is amazing. The fact that a tornado and fire can combine making a fire tornado. That sounds and looks unreal. Also, like many people said that guy must have been very brave. He was standing next to a 100 foot flame going into the sky. That would be scary. Wouldn't he be worried it would catch something else on fire. Another thing. In the video, they did not explain how it went away. So I wonder if a fireman came in and sprayed and it all went away. Did it just disappear? How did it not catch anything else on fire. There are many things that I do not understand, though the concept of a fire tornado or as the video said; a "firenado" is very odd yet cool. The last thing is that I had never heard of this and never would have thought about it without this video. Thanks Weston for this awesome video.
I think that this firenado is really cool. Unfortunately, it can be dangerous, but knowing about them and being able to video tape and get pictures about them is important. To me, this sounds like some bizzare mixture from Little Alchemy (fire+tornado=firenado). It's really interesting and I hope to hear more about it. In the video, they didn't give any information, just showed a video. It would be really cool if someone, as an experiment, made a mini firenado (example: when you take out the plug in a drain, a little whirlpool comes out).
Wow that was so fascinating! I was very surprised by this because it had lasted a very long time. I was also terrified because the fire tornado lasted for so long and had some how collided with strong winds. The 1000 foot tall tornado was propelling upwards in a column of air!How did the wind and the fire collide together? Why do fire tornadoes not usually last this long? The filmaker is very brave to create a global 40 minute-long video that has almost never been caught on tape. This was an amazing article!
This was a really interesting post, I mean how often do you hear "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES A FIRE TORNADO IS COMING!" or on the news when the weather man says, "And to the north there will a huge fire tonado, back to you Jim" Besides how scary this must up close I think this is a once in a lifetime experience. I highly doubt that the man was standing only 1000 feet away. Though I do believe that it lasted 40 minutes. I mean think about it. There is a lot brush in Austraila so that was what supplied the tornado. Also I don't understand how the fire tornado started. Also I am pretty sure the fact that is was really hot and dry must have something to do with it. I agree that we should have more information on fire tornados.
I think that this was an amazing video. I mean, it's a fire tornado. What more can you ask? I'm not sure I understand, though. How can a man stand 1000 feet away from a blazing tornado of fire and not be burned? And why does this happen only in Australia? I know that you have to have a lot of dry brush, but we had that in Albuquerque, and I didn't even know what a firenado was. Could a human start a firenado? For example, if I struck a match and threw it in a pile of dry brush, would it become a fire tornado? How high do they usually get?
Can firefighters even put it out? How does it die? I think that this video was interesting, but it needed a lot more information.
Wow! It is really amazing! I have never thought that there could be such a thing. But I agree with Emilynne. How does a fire tornado start? How does it end? Isn't it really dangerous to film it? I think actually seeing a fire tornado is really interesting, but as Emilynne said, it needs a LOT more information for people to actually understand it well.
This is so amazing because first of all I didn't think a firenado existed. This would be terrifying for the firefighters who have been fighting for a week like the man in the video said because if a fire vortex is moving so fast and is over a hundred feet in the air this would be absolutely terrifying and would ruin the surroundings. This would also completely pollute the air from the amount of smoke this would produce. This over all was so amazing and the fact that it lasted 40 minutes is crazy.
I think that this was really cool. I wonder what makes the tornado last for 40 minutes instead of the usual 1 or 2. Maybe there was something in the air that made it last longer. Also, I think that it is amazing that someone actually got it on video! It must've been really hot by it! I also don't know how much heat was given off by the fire tornado, which is also something I'd like to know. I agree with Yu-Kai, when he asked, "why are fire tornadoes so rare?" I would like to know the answer to that question and also Yu-Kai's question of, "why do they only last two minutes?" These are both interesting questions that maybe someday people might find the answer to if they haven't already.
That is extremely cool. I have never heard of a tornado that could catch on fire. I never would have thought that when twisting winds come into contact with fire it creates a "firenado." I wonder how a fire tornado could last 40 minutes and sustain itself. I belive that this newscast could have provided a lot more info.
OH...MY...GOD! I never knew that fire be in a form of a tornado. The film time that the man got was amazing. This "firenado" can even reach up to 100 ft, that's so cool. Although, this is really awesome to watch, this is also really dangerous and could hurt a lot of people. If this thing spread out or got even taller and in a place where people are present, it could have been life threatening to be there. Overall, super cool!
Although this was uploaded by me, I still have a few things to say. I thought that the film maker that got this on film had some guts when he took the film. It would take a lot of courage to stand near a raging basically beam of fire. Also, the reason I picked it was that I just thought that it was cool that the fire got picked up by the wind. I expected the wind to just put the fire out.
Although this was uploaded by me, I still have a few things to say. I thought that the film maker that got this on film had some guts when he took the film. It would take a lot of courage to stand near a raging basically beam of fire. Also, the reason I picked it was that I just thought that it was cool that the fire got picked up by the wind. I expected the wind to just put the fire out.
I thought that this was super cool. Even though it was very sad, and people cold have been killed I thought that it was very interesting because how often do you see that. The film maker must have been really rave to stand there and watch the event take place.
I agree with everybody... I mostly agree with Eva. It would be cool if there was like a waternado or an airnado instead of a firenado. Maybe someone will come up to the answers to these questions.
Why are they so rare?
Why do they last so short (usually)
How do they start?
Is it possible to actually make some of the things I listed above?
I liked how they got really close up filming of it. This was amazing. It is a once in a life time experience. It is dangerous. Good for the guy who filmed it. Must have been really REALLY brave. Risking his life for film....
WOW THAT WAS SO COOL!!! First of all, the newscast could have had a little more detail for something so interesting (in my opinion). After watching the video and reading the article, I have some questions. Number one: I don't get how the fire wasn't put out by the air. You would think that if there was lots of wind the fire would be extinguished, but it did the exact opposite from what I saw. Number two: I have never seen fire tornado catastrophes before in newspapers or magazines or on T.V., and in the video I saw a humongous column of fire with very fast winds lasting for 40 minutes. Are fire tornadoes not a big deal? They seem like they would be. Or maybe they are just really rare, and even though they might be devastating to any nearby land they don't happen often enough to become a huge concern. Over all, this blog post was really interesting and cool.
I think that this was interesting, but not something for people to be next to. This was dangerous. The connection of the fire and the tornado was interesting. I am wondering about how hot it was. Wouldn't the wind blow out the fire? I know that wind can sometimes spread fires, but it was a tornado! It didn't make much sense. Interesting video!
I think that the firenado was really cool. I had never even thought of the idea of fire mixed with a tornado. A tornado is not a super common event, and mixed with fire is pretty rare. Plus, the fact that the firenado raged for that long is amazing. For everyone who is talking about the guy's bravery, I don't think he was worried. I think he was thinking "SWEET! A FIRE TORNADO! I'LL BE WELL KNOWN IF I CATCH IT ON VIDEO" rather than "OH MY GOD RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ITS A FIRE TORNADO"
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