Are there any similarities between black holes and tornados?

Atmospheric scientists like me are closely monitoring the tropics at this time of year. Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico is producing tremendous rainfall totals and tornado threats that remind us of the many things that a hurricane can produce. read more

The only similarity between black holes and hurricanes and tornadoes can be found in the accretion disk around black holes. This disk consists of all the material being drawn into the black hole by gravity and assumes a circular rotation around the black hole, similar to the circular motion of hurricanes and tornadoes. read more