August 26, 2016: Don't mess with Mother Nature

elSicomoro · 08-26-2016, 10:11 PM

I think the first time I truly realized how powerful nature was was during the Great Flood of 1993. I watched houses get carried away by the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Not mobile homes...houses.

As I'm trying to get familiar with Detroit, I learned of tornadoes that touched down in nearby Windsor, ON on Wednesday. No one was killed and there were few injuries. But you look at photos like this, where Mother Nature just laughs at what we try to put in her way...pretty crazy stuff.

Stories here and here.

Snakeadelic · 08-27-2016, 08:12 AM

http://tinyurl.com/h3rjr77

This has been knocked back a bit, but it's still burning less than 10 miles south of me.

Nature is a mother, all right...

If I can get the photo data size down to forum regulation, I might have one of my own for tomorrow...something a bit less terrifying than tornadoes and fire

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BigV · 08-27-2016, 12:19 PM

if you're using a computer running Windows, you can use the builtin Paint program and choose Resize.

ps, the picture is ... Wow.

elSicomoro · 08-27-2016, 01:05 PM

I've been resizing them...I'm on a Mac now. I try to resize them so that they fit, but within the window I'm looking at. I'll try to shrink them more though, because I don't want them exploding out of the frame for others.

sexobon · 08-31-2016, 01:11 AM

Mother Nature always wins at Twister.

SPUCK · 08-31-2016, 03:21 AM

elSicomoro; I find if you stay around a width of about 700 pixels most sites do OK with them.

Griff · 08-31-2016, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snakeadelic

http://tinyurl.com/h3rjr77

This has been knocked back a bit, but it's still burning less than 10 miles south of me.

Nature is a mother, all right...

If I can get the photo data size down to forum regulation, I might have one of my own for tomorrow...something a bit less terrifying than tornadoes and fire

.

Scary but great pic.

08-26-2016, 10:11 PM	#1
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	August 26, 2016: Don't mess with Mother Nature I think the first time I truly realized how powerful nature was was during the Great Flood of 1993. I watched houses get carried away by the Mississippi River near St. Louis. Not mobile homes...houses. As I'm trying to get familiar with Detroit, I learned of tornadoes that touched down in nearby Windsor, ON on Wednesday. No one was killed and there were few injuries. But you look at photos like this, where Mother Nature just laughs at what we try to put in her way...pretty crazy stuff. Stories here and here. Attached Images

08-27-2016, 12:19 PM	#3
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	if you're using a computer running Windows, you can use the builtin Paint program and choose Resize. ps, the picture is ... Wow. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-27-2016, 08:12 AM	#2
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	http://tinyurl.com/h3rjr77 This has been knocked back a bit, but it's still burning less than 10 miles south of me. Nature is a mother, all right... If I can get the photo data size down to forum regulation, I might have one of my own for tomorrow...something a bit less terrifying than tornadoes and fire .

08-27-2016, 01:05 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I've been resizing them...I'm on a Mac now. I try to resize them so that they fit, but within the window I'm looking at. I'll try to shrink them more though, because I don't want them exploding out of the frame for others.

08-31-2016, 01:11 AM	#5
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	Mother Nature always wins at Twister.

08-31-2016, 03:21 AM	#6
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	elSicomoro; I find if you stay around a width of about 700 pixels most sites do OK with them.

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