Waterspouts typically last about 10 minutes.
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Tornadoes are generally more dangerous as they are stronger than waterspouts.
Yes, waterspouts can capsize boats. They can also move onto land to become full-fledged tornadoes.
Waterspouts can be found anywhere, its like a dust devil in water, except water, not dust.
Waterspouts can form on small lakes, not just oceans.
how did this affect other areas of their lives
No. Waterspouts, despite their name, do not move sigificant quantities of water. They will create a spray, but nothing more than that. The vast majority of waterspouts never threaten land.
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Waterspouts most often form when storms develop over water that is warmer than the air.
Not really. Waterspouts require a much larger body of water to form, such as a lake. However, there are land based cousins of waterspouts called landspouts. In structure they are more like waterspouts than normal tornadoes. It is possible for one to strike a swimming pool, but it would be purely coincidental.