Originally posted by Lichter daraus
That is most definitely not a micro burst. They do much more damage than that. I have been through many and the damage can be very extensive in a rural or city area. I have seen one blow in the side of a brick department store.

[edit on 07/16/2009 by Lichter daraus]

Originally posted by Lichter daraus
That is most definitely not a micro burst. They do much more damage than that. I have been through many and the damage can be very extensive in a rural or city area. I have seen one blow in the side of a brick department store.

[edit on 07/16/2009 by Lichter daraus]

Originally posted by OzWeatherman

Originally posted by Lichter daraus
That is most definitely not a micro burst. They do much more damage than that. I have been through many and the damage can be very extensive in a rural or city area. I have seen one blow in the side of a brick department store.

[edit on 07/16/2009 by Lichter daraus]

They can also do a lot less damage

The last microburst I saw was actually a dry microburst which was so ferocious it whipped up a dust storm on the gust front of a towering cumulus. They can do some damage, but they often dont do that much if any

Originally posted by Mr Mask

Originally posted by Lichter daraus
That is most definitely not a micro burst. They do much more damage than that. I have been through many and the damage can be very extensive in a rural or city area. I have seen one blow in the side of a brick department store.

[edit on 07/16/2009 by Lichter daraus]

We had a microburst blow through my town in CT a few years back. It most definitely does not "have" to do "more damage then this".

The one we "lived happily through" just fell a few trees and powerlines and lasted for about 15 minutes (if that).

I am sure there are more severe microbursts happening out there, but plainly stating "this was not a microburst" because "you seen them do worse" is a sure way to bumble into disinfo.

Just do not like people spreading bad facts about normal weather. It always leads to someone seeing a UFO in a cloud, or the face of the devil in the sky.

Peace with you.

Originally posted by Lichter daraus
Ok, i have never heard of a dry micro burst, I have only seen ones with really bad storms along with straightline winds and tornados.

Originally posted by OzWeatherman

Originally posted by Lichter daraus
Ok, i have never heard of a dry micro burst, I have only seen ones with really bad storms along with straightline winds and tornados.

Yeah dry microbursts occur usually with towering cumulus clouds (cumulus clouds which havent quite reached the point of rain or converted to cumulonimbus clouds), and they are quiote hard to see unless you are in a dry dusty area, like here in the Aussie desert, lol.

I think wet microbursts are much more spectacular though

Originally posted by Mr Mask


Well...just so you know "making sweeping factual statements" based on your "limited experiences" surly IS spreading disinfo.

Lucky for those who are interested enough, they can read here how wrong your "eye witness expertise" is.

No harm no foul...but you may wish to pay attention to what you post as fact or not. After all, it is your credibility on the line. You may want to take better care of it while staying here.

Peace with you.

[edit on 10-11-2009 by Mr Mask]