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Old 05-29-2007, 07:09 AM   #1
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May 29, 2007: Singapore waterspout



It started out like a finger out of the sky - this waterspout that occurred just off the coast of Singapore the other day.



It's like a mini-tornado where a storm just reaches right down and sucks moisture out of the sea.



Just a minor phenomenon, I guess, but everybody took notice;



Which meant that, in this new era, the best place to go for images of it was flickr.

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Old 05-29-2007, 07:31 AM   #2
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Great photos. Interesting how the water nearby looks relatively undisturbed in that last close-up. Glad I'm not in one of those boats, though!
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Old 05-29-2007, 07:40 AM   #3
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What's cool is that when one of these water spouts sucks up fish and stuff out of the water, it will be raining fish somewhere else a little later on, and everyone will be like WTF? Fish?!
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Old 05-29-2007, 09:58 AM   #4
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What's cool is that when one of these water spouts sucks up fish and stuff out of the water, it will be raining fish somewhere else a little later on, and everyone will be like WTF? Fish?!
I knew a kid in elementary school that was a pathological liar.

He said that one time a tornado hit a candy store, and later it rained candy (and he was there for the candy-rain).

He also said that him and his brother drove their go-carts (which they didn't have) off the roof of K-Mart and landed on their wheels and kept going.
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Old 05-29-2007, 10:13 AM   #5
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I...He also said that him and his brother drove their go-carts (which they didn't have) off the roof of K-Mart and landed on their wheels and kept going.
C'mon! Who hasn't done that?
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Old 05-29-2007, 03:24 PM   #6
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I heard you won't be able to call them waterspouts much longer, because Oreck bought the naming rights.
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Old 05-30-2007, 05:34 AM   #7
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That sucks...
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Old 05-30-2007, 05:42 AM   #8
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I wonder if the water that comes out of those clouds after will be salty.
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Old 05-31-2007, 06:06 AM   #9
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I wonder if the water that comes out of those clouds after will be salty.
Most definitely it is!

And can include fish and seaweed.
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Old 05-31-2007, 09:38 AM   #10
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Nice pics, another beauty in tragedy type picture but more natural.
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