Cool video: Man sails into waterspout in Louisiana

Wednesday, September 9, 2015
VERMILLION BAY, La. -- A man sailed right through a waterspout in Vermillion Bay, Louisiana, and caught the whole thing on camera.

People know not to get too close to a tornado. That's exactly what a waterspout is - except on water.
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The boat Greg Broadwell was in ended up next to the waterspout around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. He posted the video to his Instagram account.



The good news is that everyone is OK.
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