Has Anyone Actually Been IN / NEAR A Tornado?

[GroobyKrissy]

Yes but wouldn't a message from someone who didn't survive be so much more interesting?

That is a really good point!

That would be a far more interesting discussion. Anybody out there NOT survive a tornado and want to share about it? (Apologies if this hits too close to home for some - no offense meant at all.)

[TanzerX]

I live about 10 minutes away from the recent disaster in Moore, Oklahoma

[MacShreach]

That is a really good point!

That would be a far more interesting discussion. Anybody out there NOT survive a tornado and want to share about it? (Apologies if this hits too close to home for some - no offense meant at all.)

Can't remember if it's Cannery Row or Sweet Thursday...anyway Steinbeck does this lovely long piece about how Doc's dad used to work in the basement of his marine lab so Doc, a totally convinced atheist, put in an intercom so he wouldn't have to keep coming up the stairs. After the old guy died, Doc immediately ripped out the phone, even though he hired someone else. When S asked Doc why he said. "What if it rang and it was Dad? I couldn't stand that."

Just another reason why Steinbeck is one of my all-time top 5....

Kind of like the legendary old woman who says, 'Of course I don't believe in fairies and such like. But that doesn't mean they're not there'....

[Willie Escalade]

I've been in a Cyclone...428 CobraJet and all.

[Amy Gray]

You know, I realized that I've had sex that FELT like I was in a tornado... and then I realized I was holding onto the ceiling fan.

[Prospero]

Bet it was a bit of tailspin when you came down Amy....

[GroobyKrissy]

You know, I realized that I've had sex that FELT like I was in a tornado... and then I realized I was holding onto the ceiling fan.

That was probably just the cocaine.

[GroobyKrissy]

Can't remember if it's Cannery Row or Sweet Thursday...anyway Steinbeck does this lovely long piece about how Doc's dad used to work in the basement of his marine lab so Doc, a totally convinced atheist, put in an intercom so he wouldn't have to keep coming up the stairs. After the old guy died, Doc immediately ripped out the phone, even though he hired someone else. When S asked Doc why he said. "What if it rang and it was Dad? I couldn't stand that."

Just another reason why Steinbeck is one of my all-time top 5....

Kind of like the legendary old woman who says, 'Of course I don't believe in fairies and such like. But that doesn't mean they're not there'....

Ahhh Steinbeck. I wish I could make it through a full book of his . Growing up in Steinbeck country, it was required reading for us in school. Maybe I should try to revisit them now and maybe will appreciate them more.

[gieric]

My public affairs unit was tasked with covering the National Guard response in Moore, I was on ground within 12 hrs but we had emergency response teams on site within 30 min from the time the tornado hit...it was crazy, I'll post some pictures later.

[soldierboy]

Ive been in a few tornadoes, when I was very young and in middle school in NE Alabama, there was one that went right over the school. it tore parts of the roof off, it really sounds like a freight train bearing down on you. the other time was later in life at a company I worked for in NE Alabama. It will rain like crazy and the rain tends to come down at an angle, then the wind picks up, then there will be an eerie silence. Its just like they say the calm before the storm, the rain will stop, the wind will stop, it will feel hot and muggy with high humidity. One Tornado hit the company just an hour after I/we were instructed by the head of the company to go home in a tornado, it tore off the rear section of the building and half of the other side. You could see the fire sprinkler pipes shooting water up in the air, it was surreal. So yeah, if you can avoid them, DO IT. I'm pushing 40 and still to this day, if I hear a tornado is in my area, I get really freaked out. If the temperature starts to drop after the tornado warnings have stopped, then you are usually in the clear.