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Joe wrote:
Bart Senior wrote:
A Water Spout formed of LIS today. Several tried to form and
one actually touched down--about 40' tall.

Ever seen one?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterspout


Been offshore with 4-5 visiable at one time.
Pretty cool. Rumor is, if you hit one with a big enough boat they
collapse, not that I'd try.

Joe


Your boat could probably stop a small one.