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Volume 14, Issue 16 - Feature #6461

Duchess of Weaselskin

Wikipedia says, "The word tornado is an altered form of the Spanish word tronada, which means 'thunderstorm'. This in turn was taken from the Latin tonare, meaning 'to thunder'. It most likely reached its present form through a combination of the Spanish tronada and tornar (to turn); however, this may be a folk etymology. A tornado is also commonly referred to as a 'twister', and is also sometimes referred to by the old-fashioned colloquial term cyclone. The term 'cyclone' is used as a synonym for 'tornado' in the often-aired 1939 film, The Wizard of Oz. The term 'twister' is also used in that film, along with being the title of the 1996 tornado-related film Twister."

Linda McGill Wagner - 2012-04-16 20:03:44

The article on the 1947 Woodward tornado is the 1st one I've ever read/seen. WOW! Thanks for publishing it...

Kathy (Walters) Racette - 2012-04-16 19:43:39

I stood on my patio an watched the tornado at Dacoma, Ingersol an Cherokee form an descend...i couldnt see them touch the ground but the sky would turn Oklahoma dirt red so i knew it was on the ground...they are hypnotic, i knew i was out of danger an prayed that those in the path of these destructive tornados were underground...

charlotte edwards - 2012-04-16 19:20:58

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