recently been posted on the Internet photos of interesting things, but at the same time frightening natural phenomenon - a fiery tornado.Made were these unique pictures in the United States.Fire tornado (photo given in the article, demonstrates its destructive power) was formed at a time when farmers set fire to the grass in his field, and at that moment the wind twisted tornado.
Tornado
Most of the inhabitants of our planet is already comfortable with the usual swirl, despite the huge destruction that they bring.Tornado has become part of everyday life in the Americas, there was even formed a group of scientists, adventurers pursuing these natural phenomena for their detailed study.However firestorm - a rather rare phenomenon, which is much more dangerous than conventional vortex.In this article we will look at its causes, we will discuss what is dangerous, and remember the historical facts related to this kind of tornado.
What fiery whirlwind
fiery tornado (photo given in the article) is an atmospheric phenomenon which arises from combining disparate sources of ignition.As a result, the air therein heats up rapidly, and its density is reduced, as a result, it rises.His place is taken by the cold currents from the peripheral areas.Arriving air is also heated and rises.There is a suction effect of oxygen, and formed a fairly stable centripetal flows that are screwed in a spiral from the ground to the sky.This can be compared with the effect of the chimney, where the pressure of the hot air reaches hurricane speed.The height of the fiery tornado may be five thousand meters.The temperature rises to a thousand degrees Celsius.Such a vortex draws in all that is near and so continues until until it will burn anything that can burn, and then it subsides.
most dangerous tornado - fire
Firestorm is a satellite of the most powerful fire in the history of our planet.So, in 1666 this natural phenomenon has been recorded in the Great Fire of London.Later, one hundred and fifty years later, in 1812 firestorm swept over Moscow when it set fire to the retreating Russian troops.The next time you recorded "Red Tornado" during the Great Chicago Fire, which occurred in 1871 and in 1917 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
This terrible phenomenon of nature has become a companion of modern wars.So, quite often it occurred during the Second World War.For example, burning tornado cases done in Stalingrad in 1942.However, by the large destruction is characterized by "red whirlwind," swept the Japanese city of Kobe after the bombing in 1945 by the US Army.Then, after two days of air strikes had been destroyed more than 40 square kilometers of the city, and in the resultant hellish tornado killed more than one hundred thousand people.
eerie chronicle
against fire hit London (1666, Great Fire of London), Moscow (1812, Moscow fire), Chicago (1871, the Great Chicago Fire), Thessaloniki (1917-th fire in Thessaloniki).Firestorm caused by bombing, flew over the cities of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942), Wuppertal (20-30 May 1943), Krefeld (21-22 June 1943), Hamburg (July 28 1943), Dresden (February 13, 1945), Pforzheim (24 February 1945), Tokyo (March 9, 1945), Hiroshima (6 August 1945).In Nagasaki, the fiery whirlwind happened.
«red tornado" in Hamburg
In order to evaluate the power and horror of this phenomenon, look at a documentary describing the fiery tornado in Hamburg (1943).In the period from July 25 to August 3, the Royal Air Force of Great Britain and air forces of the USA, a series of "carpet bombing" of the city.The largest number of casualties was recorded on July 28.Then, as a result of a fiery tornado killed more than 40 thousand people.
detailed chronology of the fiery tornado in Hamburg
first incendiary bombs fell in the morning and in the Frankenshtrasse Shpaldingshtrasse.There were fires in areas Hammerbrok, Rothenburgsort and Hamm.These centers have served as a benchmark for aviation, and in the next 15 minutes on these and neighboring urban areas dropped in 2417 tons of mines, explosive and incendiary shells.The bombing destroyed all city communications, and fire brigades were simply powerless against such a large number of foci.People gathered in a bomb shelter.Above the town grew more fiery vortex that with a terrible howling rushed through the streets, broken up and gaining strength.After 45 minutes from the start of the bombing of many small fires merged into two large fire.Above them formed one huge firestorm.More than 130 kilometers of streets and 16 thousand high-rise buildings have appeared in his crucible.There was heat cyclone whose diameter was 3.5 km, and height - five kilometers away, and all this at a temperature of 800 degrees Celsius.Fire tornado was located on an area of 10 square kilometers.At three o'clock in the areas Vandsbekskoe Highway Gate and Berlin formed a sea of fire, which reaches 30-50 meters.The tornado reached its peak in the period from 3.00 to 3.30.At this temperature, flashed objects without direct contact with fire.Aluminum and lead the product becomes liquid, and steel - plastic.They were deformed, not withstanding the structural loads.Even the bricks are slowly melted and burned, transformed under the weight of buildings and exploded into dust ... were crumbling building.People in shelters suffocated just as the tornado sucked all the air.The wind began to die down 4.30, but the heat was still unbearable.At 6.12 in the area of fire vortex burned everything that could burn.Everyone in the neighborhood was like a giant glowing embers.In order to begin removing debris, had to wait 10 days, as the high temperature is not allowed to approach the area.These are but the consequences of fire tornado.
«red tornado" of Irkutsk
December 6, 1997 in the village of aircraft manufacturers plane crashed.In scale it is, of course, Hamburg and other inferior, but less scary this does not become.The peaceful life of the village was broken the fall of the largest production aircraft in the world - the An-124 "Ruslan".130 tons of aviation fuel flared instantly, and a barrage of fire hit the city block.This accident is one of the largest in the 20th century.On the example of the German city, we can imagine what happened in this village;Now addresses Civic Street 45 in Irkutsk there, and the place is a chapel.Subsequently, a documentary film, "Fire tornado over Irkutsk."This is a unique chronicle of the rescue operation, which also includes footage amateur footage, interviews with rescuers, firefighters and witnesses.
Fire tornado in Australia
In September 2012, this unique phenomenon has brought about changes in the working day of the Australian crew.Just 300 meters away a whirlwind of fire rose to 30-meter height and raged for about 40 minutes.It happened near the town of Alice Springs, in the central part of the continent.Fire tornado in Australia - a rare phenomenon, despite the frequent fires that cover its territory during the summer drought.And even in this case the preconditions for its occurrence had no: there was no wind and the air temperature was only 25 degrees.According to experts, the risk of the phenomenon under consideration is its rarity and unpredictability.
