Tornado!

Ok, technically it was a water spout. A tornado over the water. I was in Entebbe to pick up building materials for one of the hospitals in Congo. There was a lot of weather around Entebbe when I arrived, making the last several miles of the trip difficult as I looked for a way in.

As we loaded the cargo, I happened to look out the window of the airplane and saw a waterspout about a mile away over Lake Victoria—just off the end of the runway. It wasn’t very big at first, and then it completely disappeared. A few minutes later I saw it again, but much larger. It stayed there for about 10 minutes before it suddenly dissipated. As it lost power, I could see the shaft of water expand, then come crashing down to the surface of the lake with a splash. It was pretty cool!