Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1917 — Cyclones and Tornadoes. [ARTICLE]

Cyclones and Tornadoes.

A cyclone, in technical parlance, is any general storm. In popular but not definitely unscientific parlance it is the type of storm represented by the hurricane or typhoon—a whirlwind with a diameter of from 50 to 100 miles. It wag a cyclone from the West Indies that struck Galveston. The dust whirls you see along country roads are in principles tornadoes. Waterspouts are miniature tornadoes at sea. We have been at pains more than once to consult meteorologists regarding the stories of straws driven into oak posts and of freight trains lifted bodjly from the track. The meteorologists not only vouched for the stories but added to them. Let one instance suffice—that of a locomotive into a garden, and in the same garden a single rose was found blooming unharmed.—Chicago Tribune.