Tornadoes Quotes

“Just listen, okay?" He grabs my shoulders before I can move past him, and I know, I know that something huge is happening, the kind of thing that takes worlds apart and remakes them. Hurricanes and tornadoes and boys with blue eyes.”
― Lauren Oliver, Broken Things

“Nurtured by negative circumstances, braiding raging tornadoes in her hair, she held her head high, wearing her weathered poetry with pride.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Tornadoes are so unpredictable that you never know what's going to happen. From the distance they are an amazing piece of nature. Up close they are deadly.”
― Jessica Madden, Chasing the Storm

“Predicting tornadoes is like drawing straws. Blindfolded. With mittens on.”
― Mark Becker, The Darkest Skies

“Whirlpools, tornadoes​ and​ dust​ devils​ all​ use​ the​ same​ physics.​ A downward force, followed​ by​ a​n​ obtuse​ angle, a​ side​ways​ movement and​ then​ a​ spinning vortex​ which​ tries to​ remain​ perpendicular to​ the​ ground​ or​ ocean/river​ bed.
It's​ amazing​ what​ you​ can​ think​ about​ when​ a​ child​ is​ playing​ with​ a​ small​ plastic​ cone​ and​ trying​ to​ make​ it​ spin.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“A black hole has all the characteristics of a whirlpool. We just have to look at the similarities to work out how to use them to our advantage.
I mean, space isn't exactly a fluid or is it?
Maybe we just need to redefine our fluid parameters.
We have whirlpools, tornadoes, wirly-gigs that use the same dynamics. Why not black holes?
It's worth thinking about.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“And he said...

...tornadoes are just winds of change.”
― Anthony T. Hincks

“HENRY: Tornado season begins today, October 5th.
EM: Golly. It just ended October 1st.”
― Glen Nesbitt, We're Off