# UFOs off the Cleveland shore

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976 "2022-08-02T15:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976/21 "2022-08-04T17:17:31Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> I thought the position, over water or land, was the difference?

Yup. Not sure what kind of distinction was being made, but a waterspout is just a tornado that forms over water. Or even a land tornado that moves over water.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufos-off-the-cleveland-shore/968976/22 "2022-08-04T20:35:02Z")

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Fortunately, something about the presence of the lake makes tornadoes over land relatively rare in Cleveland (though not unheard-of; they’re still common enough that we have tornado drills in schools).

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