Tornado's, a look at the different shapes and sizes...............

[Kelley (Texas)]

Our days down here in South Texas are getting warmer, probably 80 degrees today...spring will soon be here, along with a few tornado's too! Tornado's is an interesting subject, so I decided to do some research on tornado's by using Google as the search window. I discovered that tornado's come in many different sizes and shapes. I found on article especially interesting and have provided the link just a tab below this Post. I hope that you enjoy it.
Kelley (Texas)

http://www.chaseday.com/tornadoes.htm

 

[Cupajo]

Fred the tornado site has more info on twisters than I ever came across elsewhere!

Thanks for the post!

More people need to be better informed about these storms.

Great stuff Friend,

CJ

 

[George-CT]

have seen the damage one can cause up in Enfield, CT in 1979. It really tore that place up. Just watching them on the news on TV, I'm glad they are not a common thing up this way. I remember stopping by the Air National Guard Museum and that had a lot of big helicopters there and they were all upside down. Look like big dragon flys with their feet in the air. A bunch of motels that serve Bradley Internatiional Airport there, had their roofs stripped off and worst, some where just gone. If I lived in your area, pretty sure I would have a place to go under ground even if only a precast septic tank burried in the ground.

George-CT

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

was extremely close to me and I did not know it at the time. In 1972, I was about six or seven miles from the house when a bad thunderstorm formed and was heading my way. It hit so fast that I had to seek shelter up a ravine under a rock shelter type over hang that was barely large enough for me and the horse. I remember the wind seemed to be blowing from all directions and we were soaked. I also remember my ears were popping and actually hurt. A few tree branches were landing across the ravine and I thought that was strange, never seen the wind do that before. We were there pretty near an hour before the rain stopped as quickly as it had started. The horse and I were soaking wet, and cold when we left that rock shelter, all I wanted to do was get to the house and get into some dry clothes. I noticed trees torn up and thought that was a strong storm, but thoughts of a tornado was the farthest thing from my mind. When we got home I found out that a small tornado had come through the area where we had sought shelter from the rain. Thinking back, I heard the loud wind and rain, but never heard a roar or anything that indicated that it was a tornado. Kelley (Texas) .

 

[Kelley (Texas)]

you could tell that they were a tornado. Kelley (Texas)

 

[Gold Buddy]

George, I was born in 1940 lived all my life in western Nebraska and have never seen one other than on TV. There are some around every summer.

 

[Micheal_R]

I cannot remember the name... I had no idea that there were different types of tornadoes. I just thought they were pretty much all the same.

Never seen a big one. I have seen a couple of waterspouts on a lake.. That is the closest that I have ever been

Calm seas

Micheal

 

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