The Beauty of a Perfect Tornado
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Have you ever seen one?
Anyone?
I have always thought it would be fun to participate with storm chasers.
Despite living in Missouri for 30yrs… I never saw one. Tons of bad storms. Tons of basement trips. Closest was about 1/2 mile, at night, F1 (very small one).
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sydney isn't known for tornado activity.
i feel like there was a mini one in our suburb a few years ago during a bad storm, even though it wasn't mentioned anywhere on the news. the damage caused was very centralised, as in it seemed like the damage was in a straight path instead of widespread damage. trees fell down in a stretch and then all the others untouched. obviously it wasn't a tornado because there was no video of one but the damage was tornado like.
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That was fascinating!
I now will now proceed down the rabbit hole with the many questions this video produced.
Thanks for sharing brother!
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A very long time ago I saw a water spout around where Newport Beach is. Took a while for me to figure out what it was.
Very very small but distinct enough to make the evening news.
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California is not known for tornadoes. But there is usually a small one that might touch down for a few seconds somewhere almost every spring. The worst I've ever seen was the summer dirt devils on the dry farm land. Part of me thinks it would be cool to see one up close. The other part of me thinks I'm crazy for thinking that.
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When I got out of the Navy I went into OTR trucking. I was on a home load run and was in Southern Illinois when one hit. About 10 miles or so ahead of me. I could see it. Pretty good size, but in the middle of nowhere. Still fucking scary. Living in Central Missouri. There are tornados all the time at the beginning and into summer. I've luckily never had one hit me. But, they have hit close. We had some straight line winds hit 7-8 years ago that fucked some stuff up.
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I run into waterspouts all the time offshore. They're basically small tornadoes on the water. I've actually done what you see in this video...
View: https://youtu.be/JHkEd0qY1aU
View: https://youtu.be/JHkEd0qY1aU
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Seen 4, been in 1. I'd rather do 6 hours of a hurricane than 30 seconds in a tornado. (although hurricanes spawn tornadoes, you just don't see them because your ass is hunkered down.)
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Wife and I are certified weather spotters so have seen a few in my time. Have been in a couple of minor ones. Had a forming one go over my house and then touchdown less than a half mile north of my house last year and another a mile south a few years back so have hunkered down in my house a few times. We don't have a basement so you're basically just sitting in a bathtub hoping it's not your time to go lol. Currently searching for a new house and a basement is a requirement.
Sound advice from the instructor we got our weather spotter certification from "If you're watching a tornado and it's getting bigger than you're on the wrong side of it."
Sound advice from the instructor we got our weather spotter certification from "If you're watching a tornado and it's getting bigger than you're on the wrong side of it."
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I’ve never seen a funnel cloud, but I have been involved in two rain wrapped tornados. Believe it or not, one was in Ontario, Canada on my way back to Detroit in A Tour bus. There were trees next to the highway that looked like they were getting swirled in a washing machine right next to me. Another time a rain wrapped tornado moved the tail end of the bus around pretty violently near KCI airport in North Kansas City, MO. (found out about it later that it was a tornado and not straight winds)
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have seen a couple , small ones , F1' s
always touched down in the middle of a corn field , and didn't do much damage , other then the corn , and a few cribs
there has been a few larger ones in the area , but I never personally saw them
one story I always like to tell , is one night , the wife and I were out walking our dog , we were right next to our church , which is about 7 or 8 blocks from our house , well , the Tornado siren went off , so we started for home , but I'm pretty sure everyone in town came out of their house , and started looking at the sky , trying to see through all the trees
you would think that when a Tornado siren goes off , that would mean , head for the basement , but nope , what a Tornado siren really means is , everyone leave your house and go stand in the middle of the street
just thought it was funny
always touched down in the middle of a corn field , and didn't do much damage , other then the corn , and a few cribs
there has been a few larger ones in the area , but I never personally saw them
one story I always like to tell , is one night , the wife and I were out walking our dog , we were right next to our church , which is about 7 or 8 blocks from our house , well , the Tornado siren went off , so we started for home , but I'm pretty sure everyone in town came out of their house , and started looking at the sky , trying to see through all the trees
you would think that when a Tornado siren goes off , that would mean , head for the basement , but nope , what a Tornado siren really means is , everyone leave your house and go stand in the middle of the street
just thought it was funny