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| Tango01 | 01 Nov 2016 4:13 p.m. PST |
…Man-of-War . "In Ohio, spring is tornado season. Actually, with the warmer winter weather this year we've already been visited by tornados in this state. In 1814, the British blockading and raiding along the shoreline of the Chesapeake were struck by several. Although Royal Navy officers were used to all kinds of heavy weather, they were apparently not prepared for these powerful storms. The memoirs of Vice Admiral William Stanhope Lovell, who in 1814 was captain of the frigate HMS Brune, record lots of close shaves with bad weather, but none so powerful as a tornado that passed his ship that summer…"
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| StarCruiser | 02 Nov 2016 2:32 p.m. PST |
When a tornado happens on water – it's called a "waterspout" but anyway… |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.