Echo_of_thunder 1 Report post Posted May 9, 2009 Yesterday here in the middle of the usa we had a weather event called a Derecho. High winds rain and a few tornados too. I saw a radar loop of it on the weather channel. Honestly it looked as a small hurricane/typoon. Below is from the storm predection center's home page of fact of a Derecho that I thought that some of you may enjoy reading and learning of.http://www.spc.noaa.gov/misc/AbtDerechos/derechofacts.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andresf91 0 Report post Posted May 11, 2009 Derecho is a Spanish word which can be defined as "direct" or "straight ahead" while tornado is thought by some, including Dr. Hinrichs, to have been derived from the Spanish word "tornar" which means "to turn".This has some sense. I had never thought about the etymology of the word tornado, but I think it comes from that verb, "tornar" (to turn).I usually don't give much thought to tornadoes or hurricanes, really. Here in Uruguay those phenomenons are rather strange. Actually (just for the record), I thought this topic was about something related with Law (derecho in Spanish). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
