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Has anyone ever been through a tornado?
Posted on 4/8/15 at 6:53 pm
Posted on 4/8/15 at 6:53 pm
What does it feel like? Were you scared? Did you take safety measure like put on an atv/motorcycle helmet?
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Posted on 4/8/15 at 6:54 pm to Gcockboi
It's fricking windy, and loud, and you have to just ride it out.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:11 pm to Gcockboi
Wait til some of the 2011 UA students see this. They can tell you all about it. My sister was up there at the time. I graduated in 2010.
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Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:14 pm to Gcockboi
Yea. An F5 went 150 yards behind my gfs place in 2011 while we were there. It wasn't cool.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:19 pm to Gcockboi
Been close a few times, in one once.
Went right through the parking lot of an apartment I was living in.
I was watching from my window in amazement, everyone else in the two story building had gone to the basement.
Finally realized I had to get down there.
On my way down the hall to the stairs the atmosphere just changed, as if a ton of pressure was pushing down. I have to imagine it's like when a bomb goes off. Can still feel that sensation when I think about it.
Went right through the parking lot of an apartment I was living in.
I was watching from my window in amazement, everyone else in the two story building had gone to the basement.
Finally realized I had to get down there.
On my way down the hall to the stairs the atmosphere just changed, as if a ton of pressure was pushing down. I have to imagine it's like when a bomb goes off. Can still feel that sensation when I think about it.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:20 pm to Gcockboi
Yes. Two. One when I was 11 and another when I was 13. Rode the first one out in a friend's basement and the other in a Winn Dixie.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:27 pm to Gcockboi
Yep had one come thru a job site once we all ran into an 84" concrete storm sewer outfall, had another come real close when working cows once we hit the ground and tripped our horses and it was all we could do to hold them down, a couple broke loose from the guys holding them and Hauled arse took us 2 hours to find em.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:30 pm to Agforlife
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had another come real close when working cows once we hit the ground and tripped our horses and it was all we could do to hold them down, a couple broke loose from the guys holding them and Hauled arse took us 2 hours to find em.
Don't go sharin your cowboy fantasies and trying to pass them off as legit 'nado stories.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:36 pm to hipgnosis
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Don't go sharin your cowboy fantasies and trying to pass them off as legit 'nado stories.
Your more then welcome to come help anytime during shipping season, as long as you know which end of the horse the shite galls out of
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:41 pm to hipgnosis
That's intense.
I've felt that as well. Tornado came within a Quarter mile or so of my grandmas once. Went out on the porch and stated in amazement. The rain stopped all if a sudden, Sounded like a train was coming through.
I've felt that as well. Tornado came within a Quarter mile or so of my grandmas once. Went out on the porch and stated in amazement. The rain stopped all if a sudden, Sounded like a train was coming through.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:42 pm to Gcockboi
I've lived through 3 killers. 4 if you count the Tulsa one a few weeks back and a couple of small ones. You just have to bunker down and ride it out. Loud as heck and starts getting a little surreal when glass starts breaking and the wind is inside. Worst one ever was declared a disaster and had FEMA in.
My dad and I found parts of our porch roof 10 miles from the house.
My dad and I found parts of our porch roof 10 miles from the house.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:49 pm to Gcockboi
I have experienced 3.
earliest memory of my life was a tornado. The Super outbreak of 1974. Town of Guin, Alabama was leveled. Remember going back and forth to storm cellar multiple times that night.
Guin Aftermath, 1974
Documentary about this wide scale outbreak
2nd. Was home by myself, senior in high school. Woke up to the sounds. Ran to storm cellar...saw trees in backyard falling. (You do some good thinking as you are by yourself as a youngster in that situation)
3rd. My first year as a coach in north Alabama. Went through another. Was on road back home with another coach, (from a Philadelphia casino trip), msde it to school basement just in time..had to dodge a few limbs and tree tops falling in front of car. (we actually had to break in the school since neither of us has carried our school keys on the trip)
Several other near experiences.
My wife never understood why I insisted on building a basement when we built. I always knew I would have a safe place that didn't require going outside to get to it.
ETA: Definitely was scared. I Don't see how anyone could not be if you are in the vicinity and are experiencing the winds and sounds.
earliest memory of my life was a tornado. The Super outbreak of 1974. Town of Guin, Alabama was leveled. Remember going back and forth to storm cellar multiple times that night.
Guin Aftermath, 1974
Documentary about this wide scale outbreak
2nd. Was home by myself, senior in high school. Woke up to the sounds. Ran to storm cellar...saw trees in backyard falling. (You do some good thinking as you are by yourself as a youngster in that situation)
3rd. My first year as a coach in north Alabama. Went through another. Was on road back home with another coach, (from a Philadelphia casino trip), msde it to school basement just in time..had to dodge a few limbs and tree tops falling in front of car. (we actually had to break in the school since neither of us has carried our school keys on the trip)
Several other near experiences.
My wife never understood why I insisted on building a basement when we built. I always knew I would have a safe place that didn't require going outside to get to it.
ETA: Definitely was scared. I Don't see how anyone could not be if you are in the vicinity and are experiencing the winds and sounds.
This post was edited on 4/8/15 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:51 pm to Gcockboi
In Shawnee, Oklahoma. The day before the one that big one that hit Moore a couple years ago. Visiting grandparents. Had to help them in the basement. There was no rain. The tornado was a couple miles over by the lake, but the cell hit us for sure. It was loud. Incredibly loud. Looking out the windows and seeing trees limbs dart down the street completely horizontal barely skipping down on the actual road I knew I had to take them down to the basement. It didn't last very long. Maybe a minute at most. As soon as I got them down there I helped them back up.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 7:56 pm to Gcockboi
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Has anyone ever been through a tornado? Yes
What does it feel like? Sureal and scary
Were you scared? Yes
Did you take safety measure like put on an atv/motorcycle helmet? [b]No. My kids did. We have an underground basement and I feel pretty safe down there.
My house missed the 2011 AM tornado (the forgotten tornado) by a couple hundred yards. I lost 20+ trees in my yard and literally ran a chainsaw for 5 days straight.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:00 pm to TeLeFaWx
An EF3 drunk as frick at a keg party in my hometown. Granted it hit about 9 blocks away.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:12 pm to Gcockboi
Shoes and a helmet increase your odds pretty well. You're thinking in the right direction.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 8:46 pm to Gcockboi
Yes. F4 that destroyed most of the town. All I remember was holding on to my wife in the bathtub, thinking oh shite. I remember the pressure.
This was the same tornado that hit Enterprise, Al.
Hospital took a direct hit.
This was the same tornado that hit Enterprise, Al.
Hospital took a direct hit.
Posted on 4/8/15 at 9:08 pm to Gcockboi
When I was living in Georgia a tornado struck my neighborhood at 6 am on a Saturday. The whole house started shaking violently. Then it slammed a 60' tall pine tree into my master bedroom while I was asleep.
The tree came through the roof and hit about 4' to the left of my bed. I was so scared and disoriented that I jumped out of bed and ran through the closest door. It was the closet. I had to climb over the tree to get out of the room.
Thankfully, I was home alone. My boys were with my ex for the week-end. One of their bedrooms across the hall was demolished by the tree.
I have State Farm insurance and they were great about getting repairs done quickly.
The tree came through the roof and hit about 4' to the left of my bed. I was so scared and disoriented that I jumped out of bed and ran through the closest door. It was the closet. I had to climb over the tree to get out of the room.
Thankfully, I was home alone. My boys were with my ex for the week-end. One of their bedrooms across the hall was demolished by the tree.
I have State Farm insurance and they were great about getting repairs done quickly.
Posted on 4/9/15 at 10:00 am to Gcockboi
An EF4 (EF3 damage in my neighborhood) tornado rolled right thru Hattiesburg on Feb 11, 2013. We heard the siren, I got the wife and kids in an inner closet (one of my kids closets) then tried to get my dogs in the house (they were freaked out and wouldn't come in, but they survived). I ran back in the house and grabbed every pillow I could easily get and threw them in the closet and pinned the family in with the mattress from the bed in that room. It was stupid loud (sounds like a jet is landing on your house) and shook the shite out of the house. It was over after several seconds and we made it without a scratch. The house had all the windows blown out on one side and serious roof damage. I think it was around $50-60K in damages. Several of my neighbors had a total loss and had to rebuild but no one was seriously hurt luckily.
I've been through several major hurricanes growing up on the coast (and Katrina in Hattiesburg) and I'd take them all day over a tornado.
Around the 4:50-5:17 it was rolling through my neighborhood.
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I've been through several major hurricanes growing up on the coast (and Katrina in Hattiesburg) and I'd take them all day over a tornado.
Around the 4:50-5:17 it was rolling through my neighborhood.
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This post was edited on 4/9/15 at 10:04 am
Posted on 4/9/15 at 10:07 am to Gcockboi
Well...Most people around here have basements...so thats where we go, if its close enough. most of the time just sit on the porch and watch it.
Mass fluxes of air pressure, makes my ears pop. Typically gets colder very fast, so I put on a jacket. Sometimes it rains, sometimes not. When its near you, there is a howling noise from the wind. Sometimes power goes out.
Most of the "safety procedures" are a joke. If it takes your house, you are pretty much screwed either way.
Absolutely not, If I'm going to die in a Nader, I'm sure as heck not going to look stupid doing it.
Mass fluxes of air pressure, makes my ears pop. Typically gets colder very fast, so I put on a jacket. Sometimes it rains, sometimes not. When its near you, there is a howling noise from the wind. Sometimes power goes out.
Most of the "safety procedures" are a joke. If it takes your house, you are pretty much screwed either way.
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Did you take safety measure like put on an atv/motorcycle helmet?
Absolutely not, If I'm going to die in a Nader, I'm sure as heck not going to look stupid doing it.
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