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sporkme:
a crazy fucking tornado cut a 70 mile swath through my state of indiana on friday.  came really close to my house... about 1/4 mile.

did a lot of damage, but no one died.

right down the street, 81 houses leveled--and old, well-built houses at that.

most notable was the new vette that had the garage it was on demolished and blown away, but didn't get a scratch on it.  also, a woman and her daughter flew 300 feet in thier van and it was gently set down on it's wheels.  new windows, and it is drivable.  there is a car, upside down, tossed through a roof of a house.

crazy shit!  you euros are lucky in this respect (no tornados over there)!

anyone ever been in a tornado or monster storm?

caveman_piet:
that's something we very seldom get in South Africa.

Had one going past about 4 years ago - through
Midrand - creating havoc for about 10 Km.

One of the friends just returned from school
with a mini bus full of kids. She stopped and chased the kids into the house - as she went to open the gate the storm parked a massive blue-gum tree right on top of the bus - no-one got hurt. bloody scary.

How many of these things do you actually get /year
or is that per month??

I really think that's a crazy(sic) place to stay.
Best of luck.

Calum:
wow! that's a lot bigger than that earthquake they had in the english midlands that failed to even wake me up! glad to hear there were no fatalities.

voidmain:
Tornados are definitely the most powerful and cause much damage on a relatively small path. We do get a lot of them in my area, however I was in Myrtle Beach South Carolina for hurricane Hugo.  I would rather not have to go through anything like that again. It lasts for hours...

[ September 23, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

sporkme:
thing about tornados you get very short warning.  other than earthquakes, they are the worst night time disaster.

we get a lot of tornados... there is usually one somewhere on america once a week during the spring and summer.

up to our fucking ears in tornados!

basically.... a tornado is like godzilla.

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