Quiz time

[Shedhand]

When a cyclone comes in from the ocean and makes landfall, it sucks up any debris in it path. If it sucks up debri on land, presumably it will suck up sea water when it is over the sea.
Question..... What happens to the salt in the sea water when the water is deposited on the ground as rain? Rain water is fresh water.
Jim

rainwater falls as fresh water if it results from the normal evapotranspiration cycle (salt doesn't evaporate). However, if the rain falls as a result of a cyclonic event over a salt water body then it will be salty or brackish at best.

[Tex B]

I don't think cyclones 'suck up' water. The eye of a cyclone or hurricane is really quite large, not like a tornado, and things typically don't get sucked up.

Having lived through an eye (of a hurricane) I can guarantee there is little or no updraft.

So a cyclone is a storm over water, and the water in the cyclone does not come from being sucked out of the ocean.

Tex

[Groggy]

I'm with Tex, in that a cyclone is generally driving a mass of high water up over the beach and providing a lot of wind etc, but it is a large mass of air rotating over a very sparse area and therefore does not 'suck up' debris, but rather blasts it along relatively horizontally.

A waterspout on the other hand is more like a tornado (but not a tornado), and does suck up water. If it hits land it will make a salty deposit.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

No. They are classed as Hazard Class 1.4S and the explosion can be confined to the package. High Explosives are classed as 1.1.

The answer I found (and was looking for) is "no, 'cos the rate of combustion is under the speed of sound." ie. they're subject to deflagration rather than detonation.

But your answer is simpler.

[Cliff Rogers]

It rained pine trees at our place during Larry.....

[SawDustJack]

having lived theu quite a few hurricanes , they do not suck up sea water , water spouts are very scaree , specially when you are on the water near them ..

Month , Day and Year that Jimmy Hendrix changed the spelling of Jimmy to Jimi ??

[Shedhand]

I was referring to water spouts when I said 'cyclonic event'...

Cheers

[Bleedin Thumb]

Month , Day and Year that Jimmy Hendrix changed the spelling of Jimmy to Jimi ??

Before my time SDJ. First I heard of Mr Hendrix was when trhe old man came back from Nam with 200 real to real tapes that one happened to have a hendix album one - most of the others were Herb Alpert and the Tiajana Brass or similar. I'll Guess 1967

[Doughboy]

Ok I know that his name was changed by Chas Chandler and I think in 1966 but the month eludes me and the day well I know it was a day that ended with a Y..............

Pete

[Doughboy]

Perhaps Septembar according to my old man.... but the day is never going to happen.

Pete

[Shedhand]

September 1966 in London UK.

[Bleedin Thumb]

3 weeks and no question!
Keeping with the musical them. An american band late 70's early 80's
Name the band and the next line.

You got two hands
You got praying hands
They prey for no man.
OK Relax
Assume the position

[Andy Mac]

Devo

[Bleedin Thumb]

Well done didn't think that would be so quick. Noticed your age, you must of had the same bad upbringing as me.
What about the last line?

[Andy Mac]

Yep, mispent youth and overspent on LPs etc.
"Are we not mean, no we are devo"???
Its the only thing coming through from those dim dark days...sorry, nights!

Cheers