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I saw this picture in our local once-a-week rag, and was thinking I needed to call the paper to see if I could buy a print of it. Then I happened to walk by a co-worker's cubicle and noticed he had the same picture as his desktop. He was happy to forward it to me.





Now, I know for those of you in the Midwest, this isn't any big deal, and it's a rather small one as waterspouts go. Plenty enough to cause excitement around here, though. TC, who sent me the picture, works for QuickSilver (the surf clothing company), whose offices are near here, and said they had had to leave the building several times lately because of tornado warnings. I have seen waterspouts starting to come down from the clouds in Laguna Beach, but this is the first I've seen actually touching the water.

This is within walking distance of my house. It came ashore at 14th St. - I live about a mile up 17th St.

Waterspout sneaks past the pier
A large waterspout missed hitting the Huntington Beach Pier by 100 yards Saturday morning, said Marine Safety Officer Mike Bartlett.

The waterspout reached land at 7:30 a.m. and became a tornado as it jumped across Pacific Coast Highway at 14th Street, Bartlett said.

Remarkably, no one was injured by the tornado, he added.

If the waterspout had hit Huntington Beach at any other time during the day, more people could have been out on the beach or in the water, Bartlett said.

"If you see something like that coming, you gotta move," Bartlett said.

Marine Safety Officer Claude Panis was the first to see the waterspout and took several photographs as it grew and picked up speed.

"It was pretty bizarre," Panis said.

Panis called police and fire when he saw that the waterspout was headed for the shore, he said.

With winds of 40 to 50 mph, it was spotted miles off shore, Bartlett said.

People should be on the lookout for waterspouts when rain and winds intensify, Bartlett said.

On Tuesday, the stormy weather continued, but the beach remained open despite a large of amount of debris on the beach and in the water, Bartlett said.

"The conditions are so stormy and rough, it's just not recommended to go into the water," Bartlett said

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Huntington Beach Independent Feb 24, 2005

Comments

[miss-geek.livejournal.com]

that is the craziest thing i've ever seen!

what an amazing picture...

[bakayaro-onna.livejournal.com]

Whoa!

I have not seen a waterspout or a tornado in person before. I have seen little tails of tornados sticking out the bottoms of clouds but luckily nothing serious.

[ex-lnorigb774.livejournal.com]

way cool.

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