I get the irony but we also had tornados in Florida along with those hurricanes. Thankfully the terrain around where I live protects me for the most part from tornados, but if you go to the south side of Ft Leonard wood it is a totally different story. All that said, if a tornado gets you, its pretty quick, not something that impacts all the grocery stores and gas stations for a week prior.

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Posted by wadewilson

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Posted on 9/26/22 at 9:56 am to AgSGT

Tornadoes are a lot scarier, but generally the damage is more localized, and unless it's an EF4 or 5, major hurricanes usually bring comparative wind damage along with flooding.

Ian's coastal impact is basically going to stretch from Naples to Destin, and there will be power issues in large parts of Florida, Georgia, and Alabama.

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Posted by SavageOrangeJug

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Posted on 9/26/22 at 10:02 am to AgSGT

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Thankfully the terrain around where I live protects me for the most part from tornados,

Don't ever think terrain will protect you. It won't. Not one little bit.

We used to think that in Chattanooga, because we are surrounded by mountains. USED TO THINK THAT.

Ask the people of Rainsville and Sylvania Alabama. April 27, 2011, The Day of the Storms. That tornado came across the mountain top on Sand Moutain and killed about 30 people in one county. It then went down the mountain side, you could see the path, and wiped out Trenton, Georgia.

I was looking out my back door in Chattanooga when the the first of three rounds of tornadoes came through. Trees and telephone poles started hitting the ground and I was running for cover.

That was the same day Tuscaloosa was wiped out by a tornado.

This post was edited on 9/26/22 at 10:03 am

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