There are several chemical plants in the area. I guess it could have been someone burning old tires--accidentally or on purpose. There are also a coal tipple and loading dock on the river's edge. I hope it wasn't a barge.

It looks like someone is burning a brush or rubbish pile with little to no wind.

I haven't heard anything about a fire, and there's been nothing on the news. Maybe someone was burning a huge pile of brush--it's not uncommon for farmers to burn off fields this time of the year. The smoke was rising behind that ridge that you see in the distance, about 10 miles away. It was the resemblance to a landspout tornado that caught my eye.

Wow! Thanks for sharing!

Very interesting! But wouldn't a twister be "twisting"? Wouldn't the thin part of it, that goes down to the ground, be more circular? Hopefully it was harmless, anyway.

Lol, I was posting that my impression was that it looked like a twister because the smoke 'pooled' under the cloud that just happened to be perfectly positioned above.

So ... what did everyone have for dinner last night? I had bean soup and crispy-bottom corn bread. ;)

Living in Oklahoma and Texas I have seen plenty of twisters and I agree with you the way the smoke coiled and twisted up to the cloud is giving it a little bit of a twister look. I get what you are saying, not really a twister but smoke that gives you the impression of a twister. And seeing it at a glance would have made even me stop and take a closer look. Beautiful area of countryside.

Dinner was wings at Buffalo Wild wings and a very long wait, they had 700 to go orders, people were waiting in line at to go for well over an hour. We sat down and waited for almost an hour to get ours. I thought a war was going to break out at the counter. It was crazy people were getting up and walking out without getting food it was taking so long. Good thing I went in not very hungry, but by the time the food came I was definitely glad to see it.

A dinner anticipated ...
... is often more appreciated.
But does extended anticipation ...
... add to the appreciation?
Only up to a certain point ... then it starts to depreciate somewhat?

I thought that it looked like smoke - but then, I'm not familiar with the appearance of those twisters,on a first-hand basis.

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I've never seen a tornado, although I think I'd like to experience one--from a distance--in open country--where no one is hurt. Maybe 'twister' was a little grandiose--we have small 'dust devils' in our area, but when they're larger they're called landspouts, because they form from the ground up, rather than the other way around. I witnessed a small one starting to form in the field across from my house, but it fizzled. Because it was so close, the pic didn't show the rotation. I think I'm just a frustrated storm chaser. ;)

I just came back from my father's house, where I fixed his dinner. He's having chili, with crispy-bottom corn bread.