I'm Officially An Iowan, Huge Tornado...

[SteyrAUG]

I find tornados and other acts of extreme weather fascinating and mesmerizing. I know it ruins lives and kills people but you can't help but be awe struck.

It was pretty surreal. From my yard there was hardly any wind at all, but I could hear the tornado roaring like a 747 a mile away. Watching the clouds circle and lower to the ground was unreal.

[RetroRevolver77]

It was pretty surreal. From my yard there was hardly any wind at all, but I could hear the tornado roaring like a 747 a mile away. Watching the clouds circle and lower to the ground was unreal.

I experienced one, one time start to touch down right on top of me, I mean it was about 30 feet above my head and moving. Within seconds it was ripping tree limbs off while tearing through the neighbors siding and roof. It didn't occur to me though that it was a tornado as it was passing just over my head until I actually saw it destroying the neighbors place.

[Moose-Knuckle]

Damn Steyr, talk about out of the pan and into the fire!

We get tornadoes AND hurricanes down this way.

[SteyrAUG]

Damn Steyr, talk about out of the pan and into the fire!

We get tornadoes AND hurricanes down this way.

I thought about the fact that I left Florida to get away from severe weather. The difference is a storm going 125mph for 45 minutes and one going 125mph for 12 hours. Not to mention all the prep your house time and devastation that extends everywhere from county to county.

While the north half of town got hit really hard, there are grocery stores they can walk to that are still open and gas stations that still have gas. Anyone who can get a bus or a car can drive to wal mart tomorrow and buy a months supply of water. Won't matter as Walmart will be continuously restocking the store all week.

There is none of that "hope they have water, hope they have gas" nonsense associated with hurricanes and the aftermath. When the police have stopped blocking areas of town in order to prevent people who don't need to be there from hampering efforts of first responders I will actually be able to drive a couple miles and start helping people I know with whatever structural damage they might have. After a hurricane you are so busy without electricity and guarding your property that the "helping neighbors" stuff can take weeks before it happens.

I honestly planned and getting my neighbors together with a half dozen grills and a few hundred hot dogs and setting them up on main street to feed first responders and anyone else who can use a hot dog and a better frame of mind but it's pretty much good to go. The locals are already doing it in the areas that got hit because they can easily drive four minutes and get a few hundred hot dogs.

[GH41]

Hurricanes actually contain tornadoes. Most of the damage done by Hurricane Matthew to our island was done by the tornadoes. 35 million spent on downed tree disposal from an island that just is 12 miles long and a couple of miles wide.

[Doc Safari]

Some scary stuff. Tornado watches are rare around here, much less tornado warnings. In think the last actual "warning" was in 2006.

Tornadoes are funny animals. They can trash one house and leave the one right next to it untouched.

Lest anyone think that because you live in Tornado Alley that you have to live in fear all the time: I have a friend whose brother has lived in Nebraska since the 1970's and they claim they've never even seen a tornado.

[Grand58742]

Having done both, I'd rather do tornadoes. You can actually go outside and see where it's going. Also there isn't two weeks of "maybe we might get this storm."

Done both as well.

Tornado parties just aren't as fun either.

[PatrioticDisorder]

There is none of that "hope they have water, hope they have gas" nonsense associated with hurricanes and the aftermath. When the police have stopped blocking areas of town in order to prevent people who don't need to be there from hampering efforts of first responders I will actually be able to drive a couple miles and start helping people I know with whatever structural damage they might have. After a hurricane you are so busy without electricity and guarding your property that the "helping neighbors" stuff can take weeks before it happens.

That’s because you were living in Broward, it was a different experience living in Naples after Irma and we took a direct hit.

[Alex V]

This is possibly the greatest tornado video ever filmed. Dude just stands there, filming, while it takes out his house. Unfortunately his wife died in the tornado as well as the neighbor.

That is absolutely incredible. Not sure I would be standing there. Set up a GoPro and get the hell away.

It was pretty surreal. From my yard there was hardly any wind at all, but I could hear the tornado roaring like a 747 a mile away. Watching the clouds circle and lower to the ground was unreal.

Again, I know the devastation and grief they cause, but I would still love to see one (from a safe distance). I've been through a couple hurricanes, nothing as bad as you guys in the south. After Sandy I didn't have power for 4 days, my parents for 5, my boss for two weeks, but that nowhere near as bad as what I saw after Katrina. I was in Architecture school and one of our professors was from New Orleans. He organized a bunch of us and the school paid for us to go down and evaluate homes. Spray painted a lot of red "x"s that week.

[Krazykarl]

Born and raised in Oregon. We moved to Indiana in 2006. First time I ever had a tornado warning I snuck out of cover and had to see. The damn cloud really does rotate. Just as the bottom was starting to dimple down. Wife not too happy with me...