Some
amazing pictures of a tornado have been doing the rounds. According to the info that accompanies them, these are "Photos of storm near Bunbury" (which is in Australia), although the text also notes that "you'd swear these
were taken in america's mid west / tornado belt..." This has started some discussion on
alt.folklore.urban, as people try to locate exactly where these photos were taken. The scenery does look a lot like the midwest.
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Every time I receive an email now with a picture that seems too good to be true, I check with a hoax site first. I also send a link to either this site or snopes.com to the person who sent me the email....I wish people would be a bit more discriminating about what they forward.
Allow me to settle the argument irrefutably.
The pictures in question cannot possibly be of the storms experienced in Bunbury WA on 16-05-2005, because the storms hit Bunbury and Metropolitan Perth BEFORE sunrise.
If however, anybody does have any pictures or footage of any tornado's in Western Australia (according to official burinformation, Perth experiences an average of 6 per year) then I would love to hear from you.
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http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm
wherein all is revealed.
regards,
Shel
http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm
wherein all is revealed.
At least Aussies can establish facts for themselves without having to "wait until Snopes gets holds of this to know for sure".
regards,
Shel
man did have a laugh when i seen those photos!! i live in bunbury and believe me if they hit us we wouldn't be on the map!!! it was a cyclone not a tornado!! honestly that's the sort of stuff we see in the cinemas!!
http://extremeinstability.com/2004photos.htm
wherein all is revealed.
Trouble is, people don't seem to be in the habit of checking previous posts in a forum such as this before commenting 😊
Shel
iTS PURE HOGWASH! I would say the photos are from America and someone on the Internet just said they were from Bunbury.
Bunbury is by the ocean. I cant see no ocea in this pictures, can you??? See??
Well, even if maybe the camera was pointing away from the ocean you dont get big clouds like this ones by the ocean. Ask any weather man this and you will know.