On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Tom Duff <td@pixar.com> wrote:
On Sun, 9 Mar 2014, Dan Asimov wrote:
I've seen serious guesses that just the angular momentum generated by the adjacent lanes for traffic in opposite directions is enough to enhance tornadoes. I don't think anyone has ever confirmed this.
Somewhere amongst my giant stacks of decaying paper I have a photocopy of a 1970s article from Science News about traffic winding up the atmosphere. The evidence was that there are more tornados on weekdays than on weekends when traffic is lighter.
You know, giant stacks of decaying paper might break up meteorological patterns. I'm doing my part, how about you?
Hee, hee :) And then there is this about false patterns: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/patternicity-finding-meaningful-pa... James
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