Friday, May 31, 2013

Dust Devils on the Continental Divide


May 31st, 2013

While crossing the Continental Divide on the 10 Freeway/Interstate 10 in New Mexico earlier today, I saw several large dust devils. I saw them on both this side and that side of the Town of Truth or Consequences.  The dust devils could have been as high as hundreds of feet into the air and were sustained for a significant period of time.  It was a pretty cool experience.  


Thursday, May 30, 2013

Reasonable Signals of Late



May 30th/31st, 2013


Though there have been calls for tornadoes for much of the Heartland over the last few days, my signals that I measure on a snap-shot basis seem to be attesting to the contrary of the forecasts.   Of course, I don’t necessarily understand all the signals and changes in signals that I measure – having no permanent measuring equipment.  However, the air masses that I have been measuring seem to be traveling to the south and then east from SoCal – like the air masses appear to be moving over northern Mexico and then towards southern Texas and the southern states.   The upper plain states (and Oklahoma) might be having weather from air masses not originating so much from here.  Like maybe the current bad weather in OK is from the northern Pacific region and/or the Gulf due to the presence of the low pressure system moving across the northern latitudes of the nation.  The low pressure system's influence is much at the same latitude that the pressure system came ashore from the Pacific (NorCal / Oregon latitude).  But the spin of it could still be pulling some air mass influence from the air mass that was here.  Nevertheless, the saints and the angels both appear to be singing clearly at my measuring spots here in SoCal – albeit maybe not as strong as I have heard them in the past.  But such would seem to suggest that the weather influenced by the measured air masses may not be tornadic – and I am aware of the difficulties of proving a negative, of course. 


AVT

PS.  I am currently beginning to travel so I will not be able to monitor my signals at all for a month or so.  I have no permanent stationed monitoring equipment of which I have previously blogged.  However, for one that is traveling to the east, as I  am, it would seem to be a good idea to follow this air mass to Houston to avoid the big storms to the north in places like Oklahoma - as I am also.  

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

http://www.tornadotamer.org/



http://www.tornadotamer.org/



My website, though I haven't been able to update it for a while since my web browser software has been acting up. I'll get the software squared away in a few weeks or so, now that I have a little more time. 


AVT

Readings Have Been Unique of Late and my Tornado Taming Efforts to this End – Background and Overview.

May 20th, 2013




As I have stated in several of my more recent blog entries, my observed readings of late have been erratic and unpredictable.  Not only have the readings been unique to say the least, the readings have also seemed to change drastically from moment to moment – going from strong to weak and additionally to unusual at nearly any given moment.  The scrambled signals seem to have been occurring for several weeks as far as I can tell.  As a matter of interest, the readings have been so unpredictable and unlike any before that I have begun to believe that my entire baseline by which I judge the signals is no longer grounded in reason.  I have found no explanation by which to attribute the continued oddities of signal strengths uncovered during my randomly obtained measurements. 

To be clear and as I have also blogged before, I have no permanent monitoring equipment. Essentially, I monitor these signals and pursue my studies on a hobby-type of basis at best. 

I monitor these signals because I believe that I may have gained some insight regarding atmospheric conditions here at the Southern California coastline and the subsequent appearance of tornadic storms elsewhere in the heartland.  In other words, I believe there is some correlation between the Pacific oceanic environment and the appearance of tornadoes elsewhere in North America.  No other tornado researcher types seem to even acknowledge such a possibility as the likely influence of the Pacific on the formation of tornadoes.  As such, to some my ideas may sound as hog-wash while to others it may sound as obvious or elementary, but I believe it goes deeper than all that they know to discredit.  Of course, my theories go even farther in attempts to explain what a tornado might actually be in reality as well.  

I believe that certain university researchers from circa 1930s stumbled onto this same correlation as to predicting in-coming severe weather but such was never pursued by others.  Although whatever those professors may have discovered could have been sucked-up into the war effort and then sent underground, so to speak, as far as the dissemination of knowledge is concerned.  However, in the end – of course – I could also be mistaken and at best I may only be attempting to reinvent the wheel.  But again, I don’t really think so.

In pursuit of my hobby, I have relayed my ideas to others in attempts to gain some amount of minimal funding to actually attempt to do some realistic and scientific type of studies to this end.  But as of yet, I have yet to find any funding avenues for any research that would not be so paradigm-laden as to dismiss my theories out of hand, or so it would seem. 

Most notably The University of Oklahoma, as well as others like The University of California at San Diego (Scripps Institute), and the National Science Foundation all seemed to scoff at my ideas at best.  And while maybe I would not expect UCSD to be interested in doctoral studies geared towards tornadoes, and the NSF may require the backing of a major university or corporation, I sort of thought that maybe the University of Oklahoma and/or NSF might be nevertheless interested in pursuing higher risk studies aimed towards illuminating further insight as to what causes tornados and what are tornadoes (at a relatively low cost, it should be noted).  I guess I was wrong.  Or maybe I didn’t write my proposals well enough, or my undergraduate grade point was too low, or they merely wanted to keep all the funding for themselves – which seems just as likely to this blogger.  Then again, to even show any credence to any outside-the-box ideas might only stand to make those other researchers look bad, as if it were a no-win situation or so they might interpret it all, anyhow.  Also, worth noting, with all the billions of dollars spent to date to give minimal warnings of a few seconds relevant to approaching tornadoes, it would seem that in reality we may have just as well saved the money – if the tornadic destruction and devastation of this last week were any example, unfortunately.

The minds interested in tornado research that call the shots from places such as Norman OK and Washington DC simply appear to this blogger as closed minds to new thoughts on tornadoes, most likely due to the typical tornado paradigms beholden to, and created by, those same minds.   For a slight example, I mean…, surely there must be some amount of electromagnetic potential to these phenomena.  Yet I hear no tornado researchers ever even seem to mention such.  (One can only wonder what the Army’s HARP folks up in Alaska might have to say of this matter.  But if they wouldn’t speak to ex-Gov. Jesse Ventura, not very likely they will speak to me either, I suppose.)

Anyway, I did think it was somewhat coincidental that after my Ph.D. application to University of Oklahoma was denied – an application which outlined my tornado theories and particularly my ideas as to the influence of the Pacific Ocean on tornadoes in the Heartland, and sometime after my grant application to the NSF also had been denied, I thought it was potentially merely coincidental that it was brought to my attention that the University of Oklahoma then did some amount of statistical study to determine if El Nina and El Nino years of the Pacific Ocean had any influence on the appearance of tornadoes in North America.  As I recall, the study determined abnormal Pacific Ocean temperatures seemed to decrease the amount of winter tornadoes in most of the United States.  But again, the significance of that statistical study to me was that study was the first time that I ever read or heard of any other tornado researcher who even seemed to consider the influence of the Pacific on tornadoes in North America.  Of course, it is possible that I may be not as well-read as I should be on the subject.  But I had never heard of anyone other than myself acknowledging the possibility of any direct influence the Pacific might play on tornadoes in the Heartland – other than the typical weather forecaster who tells us all our storms typically come from a westerly direction due to the winds and jetstream over North America.  Certainly, or so it appeared, no one was even considering the physics of it all as I have been – albeit consideration and conjecture without any relatively low-cost and dedicated scientific monitoring equipment to see if my theory has any validity other than to pursue the matter as a hobby.  In my opinion, this is all so because theories such as mine seem too far outside-the-box for those that control the untold millions spent each year with only minimal success to date at best; again, as evidenced by the death and destruction due to tornadoes in the Midwest these last few days. Not that the tornadoes are any fault of the researchers, of course.  However, if the research were broadened or expanded, maybe there would be more worthwhile results to show the people for the investment in/sponsorship of the research with our tax dollars.

Please forgive me if any of the words of this blog strike of arrogance or bitterness on my part.  I am merely stating the facts as I see them – circumstantial or otherwise.  Regardless of any arrogance or bitterness on my part, it would all in reality amount to nothing.  Because those who sit in control of any such efforts and funding regarding tornado research for Our Nation couldn’t care less what folks like me would have to say on the subject of the formation of tornadoes, apparently.  I’m sure it is not possible in the paradigm-laden minds of the typical government-backed tornado researchers that anyone could have any insight which is not already provided to the well-funded researchers by their paradigms.  Maybe they are right.  As they have shown us so much for all the billions they have spent which all might amount to a moment’s notice when a tornado touches-down to earth, so how could they be wrong?  (With this last comment and question being intended as sarcasm, of course.)

  
Adam Trotter, P.E.



PS.  I currently sit with no ears to listen for my signals.  The last I was able to check, as of this afternoon (the 20th), the signals still appeared as somewhat weaker than what is typically normal of late. Normally this would indicate no significant cause for alarm.  However, as I am no longer sure as to any baseline by which to compare....



Oklahoma tornadoes end quiet storm season


Children among the at least 51 dead after massive twister strikes near Oklahoma City


From the previous day:
Tornadoes in Midwest Kill 1 With More Severe Weather Due Today ...



http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KCQT/2013/5/20/DailyHistory.html

Massive Tornadoes in the Midwest This Week.




May 20th, 2013


To those who have suffered loss as a result of this week’s tornadoes in the Midwest, I offer my condolences and sympathies. 

All I can add is that maybe there will come a day when folks won’t have to look to the sky with fear of the formation of funnel clouds.  Maybe society and technology will progress to the point where we will already know well in advance of the true likelihood of the formation of tornadoes or maybe even be able to preclude any devastation from these phenomena all together. 

Adam Trotter



PS.  For my take on my readings of late, please see the follow-on blog entry immediately subsequent to this entry.

Oklahoma tornadoes end quiet storm season


Children among the at least 51 dead after massive twister strikes near Oklahoma City


From the previous day:
Tornadoes in Midwest Kill 1 With More Severe Weather Due Today ...

Thursday, May 9, 2013

To a Productive Use…




May 9th, 2013 (A.M.)

Over the course of the last several days, Diego has been singing loudly and at other times not singing at all.  Barbara also seems to be of varying strength but generally still impressive.  Odd set of signals with the River opposing Barbara in places not expected nor heard before - and even the River with Barbara with the Angels appearing and then disappearing time and time again.  

Think about converting and focusing all that destructive energy to a productive use…, I often do.   :)
See:
Little Big Town - "Tornado"

And see:
Protons Chasing Electrons or Electrons Chasing Protons


AVT 


Free Electricity for Everyone Everywhere! It Surrounds Us!


Protons Chasing Electrons or Electrons Chasing Protons




See:

Protons Chasing Electrons or Electrons Chasing Protons


AVT