Twister
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This rolled town yesterday. A couple of the pics show a Goodyear sign; that is half a block from my office. I had already left for home about 30 min. prior. Luckily there was only minor damage and nobody was hurt that I am aware of.
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It looks pretty scary, Eric. I'm glad that it didn't amount to anything.
I was surprised to learn that we have as many twisters in the UK as the States...they're just not as dramatic. I remember some years ago, one touched down at the end of our road...just long enough to completely demolish some guy's garage, before disappearing again. You'd be spending the rest of your life watching out for big pointy fingers in the sky, I reckon, if something like that happened.
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Wow Eric...scary and beautiful at the same time. Alabama is not known for it's tornadoes that I know of. Is this a rare occurrence? In PA, we've had a couple small ones in recent years, but nothing like in the Midwest plain states. Too many mountains and valley's up here.
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I'm just glad your're still here Eric.
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@earthmover said:
Wow Eric...scary and beautiful at the same time. Alabama is not known for it's tornadoes that I know of. Is this a rare occurrence? In PA, we've had a couple small ones in recent years, but nothing like in the Midwest plain states. Too many mountains and valley's up here.
It is actually quite common here. We have had a couple major disasters that I can remember. One in the 70's and the other in the early 90's. Both did considerable damage to the same area of town with loss of life.
I went to town this morning and stopped by my boss' house. He lives in the area where it actually touched down. His house was untouched but 2 doors down a 5' diameter Hackberry was uprooted and took out a car and the corner of a house. Further down the road there were trees larger still uprooted which caused a good bit of damage.
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We have tornadoes in Michigan, not too often but once in awhile.
The sky sometimes turns a scary green color when the storm approaches.
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@unknownuser said:
We have tornadoes in Michigan, not too often but once in awhile.
The sky sometimes turns a scary green color when the storm approaches.
freaky...
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Hi Eric,
scary stuff indeed as tornados are a rare occurence here. but your shots are very impressive. you should submit them here...
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they'd be well received
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@earthmover said:
Wow Eric...scary and beautiful at the same time. Alabama is not known for it's tornadoes that I know of. Is this a rare occurrence? In PA, we've had a couple small ones in recent years, but nothing like in the Midwest plain states. Too many mountains and valley's up here.
I remember a real tornado in Montgomery County PA (near Limerick, suburb of Phila) back in the early 90's. It ripped aluminum siding from industrial buildings, drove a sofa through our office block wall, and killed a family with a baby. They found the baby's savings bond far north in Allentown, PA. Scary, more powerful than most can imagine (the aluminum siding was actually torn, with rough edges!). Hills and valleys don't guarantee protection.
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@pmiller said:
I remember a real tornado in Montgomery County PA (near Limerick, suburb of Phila) back in the early 90's. It ripped aluminum siding from industrial buildings, drove a sofa through our office block wall, and killed a family with a baby. They found the baby's savings bond far north in Allentown, PA. Scary, more powerful than most can imagine (the aluminum siding was actually torn, with rough edges!). Hills and valleys don't guarantee protection.
Yes I remember that one. It was 1994. I was living in Pottstown at the time, less than 15 miles away. It was a rather flat stretch of land where the thing touched down...thankfully it didn't take out the power plant! I remember the severe hail that hit with that storm too. Winds were 150-180 mph. Found this on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBfXgZfXcVc
We haven't had any severe tornadoes since, but we have had some scary green skies during severe thunderstorms.
Paul, I see you are in Glenmoore. I live right outside of Morgantown. Seems we are not so distant neighbors.
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