Dodged a bullet tonight

[basco]

Damn its still raining but the bad stuff already passed over us
there was two tornadoes 15 miles to the north of us and three about 12 miles to the south got a lot of high wind and some hail

There was a tornado about 35 miles southeast of us last night.It's springtime in the midwest.

[ringadingh]

We havn't had the bad storms come through as of yet, but it should be anytime soon.Last year I was riding home from a freinds house when a storm came up suddenly, a small tornado passed about a 1/4 mile from me, and just about blew me off the bike.

[Top Cat]

Snow in the northeast don't look so bad anymore

I've seen one tornado since I moved to California 33 years ago. In Minnesota we had about one a week in "the season".

[dakals]

You guys stay safe please!!!!!!

[macmac]

Never seen one, but on my ride was closer to some at night than I cared for. One day I would like to see on live, from a safe place.

No thanks...I'll watch them on the Discovery Network! Or National Geographic...don't really watch the Weather Ch.

I've seen them up close and personal in Minnesota and Iowa and Nebraska. Three times in my life I've been FAR closer than any sane person would want to be. In Minnesota I was just on the far side of a small lake when one dropped over the opposite bluff and hit the water. Man it was like that lake exploded with water flying sideways everywhere. Fortunately that one was just a baby and faded quickly, but it sure ripped stuff up.

[ponch]

I have been living in Iowa for over 5 years and I have yet to see a tornado. May be I am lucky, but it would be interesting.

Originally Posted by caddmannq

I've seen them up close and personal in Minnesota and Iowa and Nebraska. Three times in my life I've been FAR closer than any sane person would want to be. In Minnesota I was just on the far side of a small lake when one dropped over the opposite bluff and hit the water. Man it was like that lake exploded with water flying sideways everywhere. Fortunately that one was just a baby and faded quickly, but it sure ripped stuff up.

[dlarue]

We get them a lot in Central AR. Nothing to joke about... They are freakin Scary, I don't care who you are!! LOL

Originally Posted by ponch

I have been living in Iowa for over 5 years and I have yet to see a tornado. May be I am lucky, but it would be interesting.

On the web they're interesting.

On the TV they're very interesting.

From 5 miles away they're really interesting. If coming in your direction they get quickly more interesting.

From one mile away, they're much less interesting and much more frightening. It sounds like a freight train is coming apart in your head, and all the pieces are hitting whatever you're hiding in.