Which color should represent warmer air? The North American convention is red for hot and blue for cold. I selected the colors to conform to that convention. I disagree with the convention because to me blue is MUCH hotter than red. I formed my color association conventions before I learned of American societal conventions. I was a lonely child.
Through popular literature I learned that current theory posited that ground level horizontal circulation (where the axis of circulation is horizontal and rolls like a tumbleweed or a log) is twisted and converted into vertical circulation (like a whirlpool or a dust devil) to form a tornado. The energy required to convert vertical circulation to horizontal circulation would have to be immense so I looked for alternative explanations.
My deviant theory is that a tornado’s circulation is a product of vertical air movement instigated by other means and the tornado’s spin is a byproduct and after the fact of vertical air movement. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it.
Seriously, I expect a poor reception for this basic theory, especially in meteorological circles. They will claim, and I agree wholeheartedly, that their methods have decades of successful implementation. They will claim they have save thousands and possibly millions of lives, and I agree wholeheartedly. They are proud and with good reason.
But, (there is always a but, usually presented by a butt) my interests were self-preservation when I divined this theory. I tell my tornado stories elsewhere. I did not see a believable theory regarding tornado generation anywhere I looked. I ruminated on this theory over a few decades beginning in 1989. I made my first attempt at documenting my findings over ten years ago but quit after a widow maker heart attack.
The tornadoes began getting closer this year, so I began again. I am a retired engineer that invested in my last customer so I lost all my savings, as so many did during and after the Great Recession (including me – I’m a slow learner). This year I started on tornado theory again and this time I had a few breakthroughs, discovered a new tool to help with research (thanks WR) and developed a pillar-to-post theory of extreme weather generation as well as a revolutionary new general-purpose weather theory.
One result is a Provisional Patent to prevent and/or minimize tornadoes before they are born. I did go back and read previous tornado patents. Some are laughable; one was alarmingly close to my proposed patent, until I read the claims. Can I eliminate tornadoes? The future will tell. I did publish the patent application in a book I named Dorothy’s Revenge.
So, am I seeking to overturn weather conventions? Yes and no, but I do hope to contribute a practical theory to augment the empirical methods currently in use. I also hope to become the Insurance Industry’s best friend or worst enemy depending on how they feel about decreased claims.
Why did I apply for a patent? Because the cause and effect of a practical theory makes the solution to tornado prevention obvious and I did not want my work to fall in the bottomless well of corporate greed or governmental bureaucracy. If I own the patent, I have control, for a few years.
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