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Blender?
I can sound like many things including a freight train amplified
Or a magnificent waterfall but more intensified
I can also be quite calm and no sound will I provide
In some cases, I will even arrive electrified
Tossing balls of ice from which you will want to hide
I am often preceded by blacks and greens combined
Though I spin and can move from side to side
I am not a toy you would want to ride
If you are not quick and stand terrified
I will take you for a quick roller coaster ride
But beware, as it will not be a joyride
My tremendous strength and power can't be denied
I have the ability to temporarily levitate and leave you mystified
I can become more than one when I choose to divide and become multiplied
I will then appear to be standing side by side
But do not be fooled as my power can still reach far and wide
From here to there and across the countryside
I can move many things, whether empty or occupied
For I'm very good at clearing the land as I glide
I need no tools, blueprints or plans as my guide
When I choose to leave, you will feel as if you have been hit broadside
Many who have experienced me are left tongue-tied
As they view my wrath which can't be pacified
Sometimes I might have left a few things with which I did not collide
The rest was taken by me as I pulled and I pried
I will return once again as my time I will bide
I am known to revisit an "Alley" as I take it in stride
My traits I have given and my ways I have supplied
Nothing have I hidden and I have not lied
You should know who I am, if all these clues have been applied
Who am I, as it is now time to decide?
Or a magnificent waterfall but more intensified
I can also be quite calm and no sound will I provide
In some cases, I will even arrive electrified
Tossing balls of ice from which you will want to hide
I am often preceded by blacks and greens combined
Though I spin and can move from side to side
I am not a toy you would want to ride
If you are not quick and stand terrified
I will take you for a quick roller coaster ride
But beware, as it will not be a joyride
My tremendous strength and power can't be denied
I have the ability to temporarily levitate and leave you mystified
I can become more than one when I choose to divide and become multiplied
I will then appear to be standing side by side
But do not be fooled as my power can still reach far and wide
From here to there and across the countryside
I can move many things, whether empty or occupied
For I'm very good at clearing the land as I glide
I need no tools, blueprints or plans as my guide
When I choose to leave, you will feel as if you have been hit broadside
Many who have experienced me are left tongue-tied
As they view my wrath which can't be pacified
Sometimes I might have left a few things with which I did not collide
The rest was taken by me as I pulled and I pried
I will return once again as my time I will bide
I am known to revisit an "Alley" as I take it in stride
My traits I have given and my ways I have supplied
Nothing have I hidden and I have not lied
You should know who I am, if all these clues have been applied
Who am I, as it is now time to decide?
Hint
I am not a blender which spins that which you place inside.Although, I do spin and destroy anything that lies in my path when we collide.
Answer
My name is quite simple even if you are not PlatoFor I smash and I squish things as if they were a tomato
If you deciphered my traits, you will know I am a tornado
The most common tornado sound is a continuous rumble, like a closeby train. Sometimes a tornado produces a loud whooshing sound, like that of a waterfall, or in some cases, no noise until it is upon you.
Lightning (electrified in teaser) and hail (balls of ice) characteristics vary from storm to storm, from one hour to the next, and even with the direction the storm is moving with respect to the observer. While large hail can indicate the presence of an unusually dangerous thunderstorm, and can happen before a tornado, don't depend on it. Hail, or any particular pattern of rain, lightning or calmness, is not a reliable predictor of a tornado threat as they vary from storm to storm.
The reference to "preceded by blacks and greens combined" refers to the often odd color of the sky before an approaching tornado.
Numerous tornadoes have lofted (mainly light) debris many miles into the sky, which was then carried by middle and upper atmospheric winds for long distances. The vertical winds in tornadoes can be strong enough to temporarily levitate even heavy objects if they have a large face to the wind or flat sides (like roofs, walls, trees and cars), and are strong enough to carry lightweight objects tens of thousands of feet high. Though the heaviest objects, such as railroad cars, can only be airborne for short distances, stories of checks and other papers found over 100 miles away are often true.
Tornadoes are known to occur in the same areas year after year. One area of the United States is actually called "Tornado Alley". Tornado Alley is the American Meteorological Society's designation for the area of the U.S. in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio, and lower Missouri River Valleys. Although no state is entirely free of tornadoes, they are most frequent in the Plains area between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachians.
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