Re: [Phys-l] Entrainment of oil in Hurricane?

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>]

Ah yes, I thought this might be the unspoken concern. It's a physics 
thing - that water cannot be pumped up more than 33 feet in a suction 
pump.   The engineer's way of suction-pumping water up more than twice 
that Torricellian limit, is by adjusting the water-density that the pump 
has to deal with.

Brian W

Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>  obviously Bob L.  is correct. [I also found such in googling.]  A perfect tornado (note: true water spouts are nothing compared to tornados over water) would support only about 34 feet of water as Torricelli found.  (earlier others more properly:  
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometer    )
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