a "sideways tornado"
Photo by Tony Roman

Tugboat captain Tony Roman took the above photo with his phone as he and his boat were leaving Dundalk Marine Terminal some weeks ago. The amazing pic of what looked to Roman like a โ€œsideways tornadoโ€ made its way around the Internet, through various cloud and weather-themed forums.

Roman has taken many weather shots over his 30 years working in Baltimore-area waters. โ€œWe get all four different seasons and we get a lot of pictures that yourself and other people canโ€™t get because weโ€™re out when the bad storms are coming in,โ€ Roman told WJZ. โ€œThank God for the smart phones because we get better shots now.โ€