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250+ dead in tornados

Getting the same pic on both your links.

Yeah, horrible storms. I have some employees that live in the region and luckily they have escaped most of it, save some damaged roofs and siding.
 
We have one family member that is looking for a place to stay. Probably coming out west until we can get her house taken care of. It was wiped out. She was lucky that she was out of town, but it took her house right down to the ground. Pretty savage. I will try to post pics when she gets here.
 
Good luck to everyone involved. I'm crossing my fingers it doesn't get too close to my neck of the woods in NJ tonight. I also don't want it to screw up my buddy's DirectTV as the draft is on.
 
It's amazing that only 250 died. The place looks everybit as bad as japan after the tsunami...

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I've personally never been in a tornado. Have any of you? What is it like? What experiences do you have? Anyone know what most of these people did when these storms hit? I mean, was there enough time to go and find shelter? And what is typically considered "shelter?" Judging from some of the pictures I've seen, I'm not sure if even a bomb shelter could have sufficiently protected them. These tornadoes might go down as some of the worst ever.
 
Man, when I lived in Texas twice I saw tornados form in the sky - neither one touched ground; but next to watching 9/11 unfold through my office window, it was probably the most unsettling thing I've ever seen.
 
I have seen a few form in the sky but not touch down. I was also in SLC when that one hit, but not close to it and didnt even know about it until after it was over.

I was in a hurricane once... mother nature is one mean bitch.
 
candrew said:
Man, when I lived in Texas twice I saw tornados form in the sky - neither one touched ground; but next to watching 9/11 unfold through my office window, it was probably the most unsettling thing I've ever seen.
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When I was in Wisconsin once (near Madison), one touched down maybe 5 miles away from where I was. Actually, I think there were a few that touched down. I didn't see them myself (had to get back inside the hotel when the siren went off), but like you said the whole experience was very unsettling. The clouds from which the tornados were born were so different from any other clouds I've seen before or since. They just hovered a small distance (a few hundred feet?) above the ground, and oscillated up and down looking scary.
 
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