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This last Friday was an eventful one for my family and I. That night just happened to be “Family Movie Night”. Every person in my family was just getting home from work, babysitter, errands, & Pizza Hut & movie store when we got the news that a tornado was spotted in our general area. I had already heard about the tornado about 40 miles West of us and knew it would be a while before that storm front would be in our area.
The tornado sirens were blaring in the distance. The Satelite TV in our home wasn’t working because of the high winds so we had our radio dialed in to the local radio station. Much to my surprise, a tornado really had been spotted in our area. I went outside as fast as I could to see what the clouds were doing. I got about 75 yards away from our house so I could see above the trees. THERE IT WAS !!! The massive twister was about 1 to 1 1/2 miles away from my house. It was moving in a Northeast direction not at a very fast speed. The way that twister was moving with the wind blowing in the direction that it was, I knew that we were not in danger from that twister. I suddenly noticed that the wind quit blowing my hair. My shirt was trying to float up and I could hear a real low pitched sound like a the sound a wind makes when it comes in through a small crack the wall or door. I looked up and almost directly over my head I saw the clouds spinning in a circular motion with a hole in the center of them and the clear blue skies above the storm shining through.
I headed back toward the house as fast as I could. My neighbor yelled out at me and I looked at him. He was pointing towards the Northeast from us. There were 3 other sets of spinning cloud masses. The clouds would start reaching for the ground and then go back up. Those three funnel clouds kept doing that until they disappeared into the distance.
Tornados are a natural disaster that are completely unpredictable about where they will touch down. The meteorologists may know when they are coming and where the chances are the highest to have a tornado but no person will be able to tell you exactly where they will touch down. When you hear the warnings, seek appropiate shelter.
May 5th, 2008 at 10:25 am
WOW!!!! A tornado almost happened right on top of your head. That is about as close to being in the middle of things I have ever heard! I only wonder if the tornado would have blown your around or picked you up in the air real far?
May 20th, 2008 at 6:07 am
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May 20th, 2008 at 6:08 am
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May 20th, 2008 at 6:08 am
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