Tornadoes kill 48 in Southern US

[buckshot]

Originally Posted by blackhawktraffic

I live in California so naturally the only thing to fear here is earthquakes which even at my age I will admit they scare the shit out of me. With that being said Ive been to Colorado a lot and the last time I was there I actually saw a tornado touch down about a mile from where I was at my grandparents house. So naturally I was curious and got my camera to take pictures, yeah it wasn't a serious one but the noise thing is true, scared the crap outta me.

liar. we have fires too. those aren't scary until you see it coming towards your house.

[WhoDat]

For the time I spent in Texas (San Antonio) my skin would all ways crawl when I saw a thunder storn comming.....dark skys to me in Texas ment a tornado was coming...even when it wasn't I've never seen or lived through one and hope I never do. Good you and the family are ok.

[HDPerfection]

I have been through some Hurricanes(florida resident) but dayum!! thats a lot of tornadoes...It sucks to have little or no warning like that I hope the best for all who lost anything.....

note: thinking you can drive through any naturally devestating event, Canes/Nadoes, is not smart. On a 4 lane highway I lost control twice even when driving in the middle the wind will push you off the road I was lucky and vow never to do it again.

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by WhoDat

For the time I spent in Texas (San Antonio) my skin would all ways crawl when I saw a thunder storn comming.....dark skys to me in Texas ment a tornado was coming...even when it wasn't I've never seen or lived through one and hope I never do. Good you and the family are ok.

Back in 1998 there was a tornado that ripped its way up I-65 in Nashville. I worked in a building right along the interstate and watched it from the lobby--literally less than 1/3 of a mile away. It was phenomenal... I was shocked the windows didn't shatter. Me and a co-worker (who was a volunteer firefighter) were reprimanded by management for putting our lives at "unnecessary risk" since everyone else had been sheltered in the break room.

It jumped several times and eventually came down on Broadway in downtown Nashville, right across the river from where they were building the Titans stadium. There were 8' long pieces of timber from the construction site that were literally embedded into concrete buildings. Also, one of my favorite restaurants collapsed.

Later that year, I was in New Orleans for a big music festival when hurricane Georges came rolling through. We had literally just parked our car at City Park when the cops told us to turn around and leave, as they were evacuating the city. We had a long drive back to Gulfport, MS, and I witnessed the hurricane rolling in on us. It was (no lie) just like the scene from Independence Day when the ships are coming into the atmosphere and all those clouds are rolling in as the sky darkens menacingly.

We made it back to my girlfriend's home just in time. Her parents thought we were stuck in NO still, and were relieved to see us. We hunkered down and endured the storm, and got to watch a 40' tall tree fly over the house (they had a skylight kitchen) and decimate their above-ground pool in the backyard. I also vaguely recall I kept finding sand in my car for months after that.

[blackhawktraffic]

Originally Posted by buckshot

liar. we have fires too. those aren't scary until you see it coming towards your house.

Forgot about that, My house was so close to burning a few years ago when the mountain right near my house caught fire.