Most of you have gotten the email with photos that are supposedly of Hurricane Katrina over Mississippi?
It probably said something to the effect of:
“Photos of Katrina over Mississippi. Really let’s you know who is in charge. These pictures were made by a man in Magee, Mississippi, where the eye of the storm passed through – what an experience. Magee is 150 miles north of Waveland, Mississippi, where the hurricane made landfall. The dance with Katrina, part of her beauty as she left destruction on her exit. They are remarkably dramatic.â€
And the photos are dramatic. They just aren’t of Hurricane Katrina. They are of impressive supercell thunderstorm structures, with awesome black clouds, powerful striations, and wall clouds that are hugging the ground. Even well inland, this is not what people experienced from Katrina.
According to Snopes.com, this is not the first time that these photos have been trotted out in conjunction with weather events. The good folks there who protect us from urban legends report that they are actually photographs of tornadoes and other extreme weather phenomena take by Storm Chaser Mile Hollngshead in Nebraska and Kansas during the summer months of 2002 and 2004.
Check out the entire Snopes report including the images in question at www.snopes.com/photos/natural/storm.asp.
