forget earthquakes..how about...

[MDowdey]

TORNADOS?


anybody ever witnessed one?


i have when i was younger. you can never experiance something as terrifying as that.

any thought?

md

 

[voodoocat]

When I was 11 there was a tornado touched down a quarter mile from our house in Colorado. I went out around the house to see it. It was pretty big. I wasn't scared, but luckily it didn't come close to us.

 

[Dew]

i've never been in or witnessed a natural disaster first hand ... guess i've been lucky ... but i've also avoided places that things like this occur often...

 

[metroshane]

Well, I'm in North Texas....so well, yeah, I've seen 'em. I guess it's all relative as they don't seem near as terrifying as Blizzards, Hurricanes or earth quakes.

 

[Tyjax]

During my 17th and 18th year I was a severe storm spotter for the Civil Service and Hobbiest Tornado chaser. So Yeah, I've seen em. I lived in Central/eastern Oklahoma in the exact middle of what is known as Tornado alley. So instead of fearing the darn things I made a hobby out of them. If they are going to be knocking on your door might as well get used to em.

After every one you think "CRAP, that was the stupidest thing I have ever done. Then the next time you see a micro burst or a C class cell you are out there chasing the adrenaline again.

Ahh, the memories. *actual dialog on one of my videos*
driver: Ah nuts. We got in front of the echo... (hook echo on radar)
Me: Told you we should have turned back there.
Driver: See anything in the down? (Down draft)
*slight pause*
Me: GO GO GO GO There's one behind us...
( Vague yelling and motor sounds for 15 minutes. )

All things told it was quite an experience.

 

[bogleric]

I have been in tornado's, near tornado's and seen many of them. They are a very intersting and evil looking beast. It is scary to be in them, but the tornado itself is really amazing.

 

[MDowdey]

you guys are crazy. absolute nuts. but i would love to chase a cell and see it form into a tornado!!


md

 

[GerryDavid]

TORNADOS?


anybody ever witnessed one?


i have when i was younger. you can never experiance something as terrifying as that.

any thought?

md

I think I have but im not to sure. This was back in 1992 I think and we were coming back from Canada's wonderland outside of Toronto Ontario and the clouds in the sky looked like a twister/funnel, but I never heard of anything about it on the news and this area isnt really known to get tornado's, at least not ones that does any damage.

Ive also seen ones that are like 3 feet wide at the top in parking lots, spinning leaf's around, do those count to? :0). Thinking back, that would be cool to get a picture of, wonder how it would look on film, well digital film, hehe.

 

[cowbert098]

hmm, well Kind of. I lived in Salt Lake city Utah for a couple of years and a tornado touched down in the middle of the city with no warning. I lived in a canyon about 10 min. away so I didn't really see it. I was about to go out to a movie so I went to go turn off the TV and there they were showing pictures of a tornado ripping apart the city.

 

[dlc]

I live in tornado alley where they usually develop in OK or TX and travel northeast. The closest to my house was a quarter mile about 40 years ago.

 

[carlita]

never been in one myself, no. been through plenty of hurricanes and floods though.

when i was in high school i remember leaving class one day and walking past the school's front doors heading down toward the band hall to get ready for orchestra practice. as i passed the front doors and people were walking in and out i noticed the air coming in was ice cold. when i got down to the band hall, there were more doors there and more people passing through. this was only about 200 feet away from where i'd just been and the air coming in through these other doors was hot and muggy. it was bizarre. then i glanced outside and saw the sky was all green and nasty looking. i had to go to practice after that so i just went on with things, but it was obvious something awfully nasty was brewing outside.

when practice was over and my mom came to pick me and my sister up she pulled into the bus turn out in the parking lot with the back windsheild of the car missing and grass and dirt all inside the car. so naturally i say "what the hell happened?? :shock: " and she says "a tornado happened. get in."

so we drive home and she tells us about how she was asleep in her bed (she works nights and sleeps during the day) and she woke up to the all-too-familiar sound of rushing air and "a frieght train" and knew immediately what it was, having grown up in dallas, texas (we're in houston now) and witnessing several tornados in her time. she said she launched out of the bed so fast she couldn't even remember running to the back of the house to get into the bathtub.

so, that particular tornado didn't kill anyone or anything, but it ripped apart some houses and generally left everyone shaken. in a way i'm glad i wasn't home when it hit, but on the other hand, i wish i could have been there with my mom just so she wouldn't have been alone. :-?



i have several recurring nightmares. one of them is about tornados.

 

[MDowdey]

aww carlita, im sorry!

ill not reply to this thread any longer cause i dont want to give you anymore nightmares.
md

 

[MuffinJuice]

when i was in 4th grade. i saw a tornado hit the town of cimmaron or something. new mexico i was at a boyscout camp (called philmont) standing on the monkey bars. the ones that are like monkey domes

and the purple sky touches the ground and the bank gets demolished. i slept in the bathroom that night, for that was the only building, the other housings were tents. when i went outside the next morning the monkey bars had been entirely twisted, it was a monkey helix of crazy mind games

 

[carlita]

when i went outside the next morning the monkey bars had been entirely twisted, it was a monkey helix of crazy mind games

you know, i'd forgotten all about this until you mentioned that! the basketball goals that people had in their driveways and such had been completely twisted around and bent over in all different ways. it was pretty wicked looking.

 

[steve817]

I think I have but im not to sure. This was back in 1992 I think and we were coming back from Canada's wonderland outside of Toronto Ontario and the clouds in the sky looked like a twister/funnel, but I never heard of anything about it on the news and this area isnt really known to get tornado's, at least not ones that does any damage.

If you THINK you did see on you probably didn't. I have have seen those types of clouds prior to seeing my first one. Trust me, when you see one you will know it.

Steve