Just is case you think the pillar of cloud and fire was an ordinary tornado that just happened to glow in the dark there were some other things that happened with Israel in the wilderness which were unusual in reference to time.
Deuteronomy 29:5
I led you forty years in the desert. Neither the clothes on your body nor the shoes on your feet wore out.
Joshua 14:11
but I am as strong today as on the day Moses sent me - I'm as strong now as I was then, whether for war or simply for going here and there.
Seems there were some anti-time, anti-entropy and anti-ageing effects going on !
I don’t remember reading the Israelis in the wilderness died of old age, they just died because they disobeyed. Moses, Joshua and Caleb were in great shape for old guys. Moses died before Israel entered the Promise Land, Joshua and Caleb did not !
The below sites have interesting tornado info !
http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/on..._oneness_9.htm
http://www.tornadoproject.com/oddities/oddities.htm
http://www.frank.germano.com/index.htm