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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:28:11 PM EDT
Finger of God reference is from the movie Twister
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:29:44 PM EDT
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EF-5 is more of a hand sweep of God.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:30:58 PM EDT
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EF-5 is more of a hand sweep of God. one righteous backhand. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:31:22 PM EDT
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It's a good thing that couple had their potato with them.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:31:28 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:32:35 PM EDT
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Why does the video loop half way though?
That's my only question. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:33:41 PM EDT
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A smallish tornado blew through my grandads neighborhood. It moved the garage over on the foundation about 2 inches, sucked several of the contents out of it...... Behind his house was a huge bluff, ran maybe 400 feet up, heavily wooded. We were walking that bluff about a week later....looked up in a tree, there hanging 20' off the ground, half way up that heavily wooded hillside, was a "trouble light", it's cord was looped over a branch.......I climbed up the tree and managed to get it down. We took it back to the house.....plugged it in....bulb was still good......Tornados are funny damn things.....
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:33:48 PM EDT
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Took you that long to correct the title typo, eh?
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:35:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Took you that long to correct the title typo, eh?  |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:38:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:41:23 PM EDT
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Jesus how many times has Moore been hit?  |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 4:45:53 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/4/2016 5:38:03 PM EDT
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isnt there a theoretical F6?
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:17:00 PM EDT
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isnt there a theoretical F6? Anything above the upper limit of F5 would be, I suspect, an F6. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:18:55 PM EDT
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Scary stuff for sure
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:25:30 PM EDT
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That thread VooDooChile started in 2013 on Moore took a surprising turn
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:28:20 PM EDT
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The end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. Quote HistoryQuoted:
The end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. Especially the whole part where no one bothered to help her lift that shit up off it. Stay classy media folks. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:32:23 PM EDT
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God's Eraser.....
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:32:52 PM EDT
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isnt there a theoretical F6? Quote HistoryQuoted:
isnt there a theoretical F6? Not really. EF5 is anything >200mph wind speeds and Total destruction of buildings.
Strong framed, well built houses leveled off foundations and swept away; steel-reinforced concrete structures are critically damaged; tall buildings collapse or have severe structural deformations; some cars, trucks and train cars can be thrown approximately 1 mile (1.6 kilometres). They'd have to say something like "200mph-275mph is an EF5" and an "EF6 is >275mph." But then they'd have to reclassify the damage output as well. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:33:19 PM EDT
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20 or so years ago an F5 went through Jarrell, TX. Swept through a high dollar neighborhood. Those houses were swept off their foundations. The neighborhood was swept clean. Never found a family of 5. All that remained of some vehicles that were swept up were the battered engine blocks.
Horrendous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Central_Texas_tornado_outbreak |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:34:48 PM EDT
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20 or so years ago an F5 went through Jarrell, TX. Swept through a high dollar neighborhood. Those houses were swept off their foundations. The neighborhood was swept clean. Never found a family of 5. All that remained of some vehicles that were swept up were the battered engine blocks. Horrendous. May 27 1997 Jarrell, Texas 27 1997 Central Texas tornado outbreak – Produced some of the most extreme damage ever documented.[10] An entire subdivision of well-built homes was swept completely away with very little debris remaining. Some of the homes were well-bolted to their foundations. Long expanses of pavement was torn from roads, and a large swath of ground was scoured out to a depth of 18 in (0.46 m). Vehicles were torn apart and scattered across fields, and a recycling plant was obliterated. Tornado was very slow-moving, which may have exacerbated the destruction to some extent.[10][165] 
However, Greensburg still kind of rules the roost as far as damage: May 4 2007 Greensburg, Kansas 11 May 2007 tornado outbreak – This tornado destroyed 95% of the town, including seven well-built homes with anchor bolts that were swept away. Vehicles were thrown hundreds of feet, and trees were completely denuded and debarked.[175] This was the first tornado to have been rated EF5 after the retirement of the original Fujita Scale in the United States February of 2007. Fairly small town at 1.5 square miles and only 800-1000 people but it was virtually wiped off the entire map.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:37:07 PM EDT
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Xenia, Ohio F5 from April 3rd, 1974 that killed 32
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:39:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That thread VooDooChile started in 2013 on Moore took a surprising turn |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:41:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:43:54 PM EDT
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The 40th anniversary of the Jordan, Iowa F5 is this June. It narrowly missed my hometown, Boone, and completely wiped out Jordan. Fortunately no one was killed. There are only a couple houses there now. My mom remembers seeing it on her way into town.
This was the first time an anti-cyclonic tornado was filmed and then studied. There was the large F5 parent tornado along with at least two other smaller tornados accompanying it, one of them being anti-cyclonic. https://youtu.be/YGrhwlYSWUU 
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:44:16 PM EDT
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one righteous backhand. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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EF-5 is more of a hand sweep of God. one righteous backhand. The pimp slap of the Lord |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:46:32 PM EDT
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A buddy I am staying with in may the last Moore tornado did a bit of redecorating to his house Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That thread VooDooChile started in 2013 on Moore took a surprising turn First post "should I leave" Page 15 "Im leaving Page 30 "House destroyed" |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:52:02 PM EDT
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We had a tornado pass over our house one night, back in the Ozarks when I was in my early teens. A friend staying over for the night wet the bed, and our dog decided it was a good time to squirt out her puppies. Sounded like the proverbial freight train going over, luckily no damage at our place.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:53:38 PM EDT
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What really amazes me is what tornados do to mature timber. 100 y.o. oak trees twisted apart like celery.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 7:54:41 PM EDT
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The garland one I believe was an F4 but did a solid number on the area I used to live
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:03:12 PM EDT
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Geez. God sure likes fingering innocent people. Whatta dick.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:05:30 PM EDT
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Jarrell, TX
Three views of damage in the vicinity of Double Creek Drive. The image at left was taken on the fringe of the damage swath and serves as a control shot for the original appearance of the area. The image at center shows severe grass scouring at the edge of the main damage path, and the image at right shows the complete removal of all vegetation in the worst affected area. 
http://extremeplanet.me/2012/06/26/aerial-damage-from-the-f5-jarrell-tornado-the-most-intense-tornado-damage-ever-photographed/ |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:11:41 PM EDT
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We were about 100 yards away from an F3 in OK around 96. I can't imagine what it's like to experience one of these monsters.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:12:29 PM EDT
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I'm sitting at the dinner table with three survivors of an EF-5 tornado.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:14:21 PM EDT
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F2 is more the finger of God. If you've ever seen the damage or stood in the aftermath of an F5, it's more like the "fuck all this shit in this general area".
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:14:22 PM EDT
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The end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. Quote HistoryQuoted:
The end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. yep, was just about to post that, a very "happy" ending. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:26:58 PM EDT
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yep, was just about to post that, a very "happy" ending. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The end of that where they find the dog... Gets mighty dusty in here around then. yep, was just about to post that, a very "happy" ending. It didn't get dusty in my room. My tears were due to the actual emotion of the situation. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:38:47 PM EDT
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Jarrell, TX Three views of damage in the vicinity of Double Creek Drive. The image at left was taken on the fringe of the damage swath and serves as a control shot for the original appearance of the area. The image at center shows severe grass scouring at the edge of the main damage path, and the image at right shows the complete removal of all vegetation in the worst affected area. https://extremeplanet.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jarrell-f5-tornado-damage-junga.png http://extremeplanet.me/2012/06/26/aerial-damage-from-the-f5-jarrell-tornado-the-most-intense-tornado-damage-ever-photographed/ I have family that went to school in Jarrell at the time of the tornado. I vividly remember having a swimming party at my grandma's house the summer before that tornado with several of my cousin's friends who didn't make it to see the following summer. I saw firsthand the aftermath of that tornado about 5 days after the event. I cannot describe the damage nor can I express in words what it felt like. I was awestruck. To see a paved road suddenly drop to caliche then back to pavement is amazing. To know a tornado is capable of that is awe inspiring. The cattle left in the fields were devoid of hair in most cases while others were covered in a thick mud. It was truly an amazing event. What some don't realize is that 8 years and 10 days prior to the devastating F5 another, much weaker, tornado did a relatively significant amount of damage in the town proper, only a few miles from the F5's path. I saw the damage for that one first hand within hours. We had relatives who lost a house to the '89 twister. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 8:50:41 PM EDT
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I was a couple hours in front of the 99 Moore storm heading back north from DFW. We left early based on what the weather geeks were saying would pop. Good thing, otherwise I would have been in it or right behind it.
The lift I saw in southern OK was impressive and told my passanger that we didnt not want to be here in a couple hours so I bumped the cruise up a couple. I passed on getting gas on OKC wanting to put some more miles. Ended up having to stop in Guthrie for gas about the time warnings were starting to go up in Norman. We only stopped long enough to fuel up and hit the can. Hit the road and bumped the cruise up again. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 9:10:43 PM EDT
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Link to thread?
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First post "should I leave" Page 15 "Im leaving Page 30 "House destroyed" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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That thread VooDooChile started in 2013 on Moore took a surprising turn First post "should I leave" Page 15 "Im leaving Page 30 "House destroyed" |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 9:17:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have family that went to school in Jarrell at the time of the tornado. I vividly remember having a swimming party at my grandma's house the summer before that tornado with several of my cousin's friends who didn't make it to see the following summer. I saw firsthand the aftermath of that tornado about 5 days after the event. I cannot describe the damage nor can I express in words what it felt like. I was awestruck. To see a paved road suddenly drop to caliche then back to pavement is amazing. To know a tornado is capable of that is awe inspiring. The cattle left in the fields were devoid of hair in most cases while others were covered in a thick mud. It was truly an amazing event. What some don't realize is that 8 years and 10 days prior to the devastating F5 another, much weaker, tornado did a relatively significant amount of damage in the town proper, only a few miles from the F5's path. I saw the damage for that one first hand within hours. We had relatives who lost a house to the '89 twister. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Jarrell, TX Three views of damage in the vicinity of Double Creek Drive. The image at left was taken on the fringe of the damage swath and serves as a control shot for the original appearance of the area. The image at center shows severe grass scouring at the edge of the main damage path, and the image at right shows the complete removal of all vegetation in the worst affected area. https://extremeplanet.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/jarrell-f5-tornado-damage-junga.png http://extremeplanet.me/2012/06/26/aerial-damage-from-the-f5-jarrell-tornado-the-most-intense-tornado-damage-ever-photographed/ I have family that went to school in Jarrell at the time of the tornado. I vividly remember having a swimming party at my grandma's house the summer before that tornado with several of my cousin's friends who didn't make it to see the following summer. I saw firsthand the aftermath of that tornado about 5 days after the event. I cannot describe the damage nor can I express in words what it felt like. I was awestruck. To see a paved road suddenly drop to caliche then back to pavement is amazing. To know a tornado is capable of that is awe inspiring. The cattle left in the fields were devoid of hair in most cases while others were covered in a thick mud. It was truly an amazing event. What some don't realize is that 8 years and 10 days prior to the devastating F5 another, much weaker, tornado did a relatively significant amount of damage in the town proper, only a few miles from the F5's path. I saw the damage for that one first hand within hours. We had relatives who lost a house to the '89 twister. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 9:21:20 PM EDT
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I have lived through 3 tornados in my life..............one passed within about 200 yards of where I was, one was about 500 yards away and came very near and the worst one came right near our house when I was a kid. All the stories about it sounding like a freight train are true............only this one sounded like a jet on afterburner hovering over the house. The same storm cell spawned tornados that ransacked Resaca, Georgia back in the early 70's.............I don't wish that on anyone
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Posted: 4/4/2016 9:44:32 PM EDT
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I was taking a night class at a local college when It took a direct hit. The announcement came to head for the bathrooms. Dumbass me headed outside to take a look. Won't do that shit again.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 10:25:22 PM EDT
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April 3rd 1964,an F5 twister hit the NW side of Wichita Falls and Sheppard AFB,killing 7 and injuring over 100.
April 10th 1979,a large F4 destroyed the southern side of Wichita Falls,killing 44 and injuring over 1,000. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 10:49:21 PM EDT
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I've seen a lot in my life. but feeling a F4 and above scaled Tornado cannot be explained to people. walking over the ruins is humbling beyond words.
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Posted: 4/4/2016 10:52:46 PM EDT
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A smallish tornado blew through my grandads neighborhood. It moved the garage over on the foundation about 2 inches, sucked several of the contents out of it...... Behind his house was a huge bluff, ran maybe 400 feet up, heavily wooded. We were walking that bluff about a week later....looked up in a tree, there hanging 20' off the ground, half way up that heavily wooded hillside, was a "trouble light", it's cord was looped over a branch.......I climbed up the tree and managed to get it down. We took it back to the house.....plugged it in....bulb was still good......Tornados are funny damn things..... I can go get my light from the garage, accidently bump it on the way to my jeep...doesn't work. 
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Posted: 4/4/2016 10:53:08 PM EDT
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isnt there a theoretical F6? yes. they say that one or both of the Moore storms met that criteria, I believe. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 10:56:22 PM EDT
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20 or so years ago an F5 went through Jarrell, TX. Swept through a high dollar neighborhood. Those houses were swept off their foundations. The neighborhood was swept clean. Never found a family of 5. All that remained of some vehicles that were swept up were the battered engine blocks. Horrendous. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Central_Texas_tornado_outbreak we remember that one. some states remember Hurricanes. but those of us in Tornado Alley remember tornado's that hit in other states, because we fear and respect them. Wichita Falls and several of those towns in Kansas that were wiped completely out. erased. I have the footage memorized. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 11:01:16 PM EDT
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Easily the most frightening tornado video I've ever seen, especially since you never see the tornado:
Joplin, May 22, 2011. Absolutely terrifying. What it looked like the next day:
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Posted: 4/4/2016 11:01:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
A smallish tornado blew through my grandads neighborhood. It moved the garage over on the foundation about 2 inches, sucked several of the contents out of it...... Behind his house was a huge bluff, ran maybe 400 feet up, heavily wooded. We were walking that bluff about a week later....looked up in a tree, there hanging 20' off the ground, half way up that heavily wooded hillside, was a "trouble light", it's cord was looped over a branch.......I climbed up the tree and managed to get it down. We took it back to the house.....plugged it in....bulb was still good......Tornados are funny damn things..... Had two right up to the house and then one jumped over and the other skirted around...took a large jackpine about 2ft in diameter twisted the trunk into a corkscrew...flattened many trees on the property and a for a few miles down the highway... didnt touch the house other than a few shingles. |
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Posted: 4/4/2016 11:03:37 PM EDT
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F2 is more the finger of God. If you've ever seen the damage or stood in the aftermath of an F5, it's more like the "fuck all this shit in this general area". I'd say it's like Sodom and Gomorrah level wrath of God |
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