How Do You Break A Waterspout With A Gunshot?
Since the time that sailors have brought guns and cannons onto their ships there have been reports of bold seamen using their firearms to break up a waterspout, or water-based tornado. Since waterspouts are usually much weaker than their land-based cousins, it is possible to disrupt their vortex with a well placed gunshot. Assess the strength of the waterspout. Waterspouts are dangerous and require extreme caution, especially if you are going to approach one. You need to assess if getting close to the waterspout is feasible and safe. One good way of assessing the strength of a waterspout is to look at the clouds above it. Regular cumulus parent clouds usually produce weak waterspouts, while supercells produce stronger variants. Approach the waterspout. For the sake of breaking the waterspout with a gunshot, the closer you get to the waterspout the better. For the sake of your safety though, distance is preferable. This means that you need to get as close as you can get to the waterspou
