Tornado Chasing, and other weather disasters.

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  1. blueshift

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    About 3 years ago, there were quite a few severe storms in my area. Well, one night the fire siren (my neighborhood's fire department is right down the road from my house) went on, and normally when it comes on it's just for a test, and that usually lasts a minute or two. But then it stayed on. So, I went down to my basement and stayed there for about 30 minutes to an hour. There wasn't a tornado in my town, but there was one a few towns over. First time I've ever even been in a tornado warning zone.
     
  2. Michaelflat

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    Well in the UK we really dont get tornados, or in the south were i am, any real wind at all, its just rain, cloud or faint sun! with some days being really hot sun
     
  3. B727ClassicFlyer

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    I would've described this video, but the video did so for itself.
     
  4. AllTerrainOutlaw

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    i know the video is about the truck with the dash cam but the truck up front
    there is a reason not to drive a china top trailer or truck
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    oh no the storm chasers death
     
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  6. XManic1995

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    Mini tormado in Birmingham, England on July 28 2005.
     
  7. blueshift

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    I'm young and I behave. c:
     
  9. Connor S.

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    Do you guys watch storm chasers you know like Reed Timmer?
     
  10. blueshift

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    I don't know Reed Timmer but I watch shows with him and other storm chasers.

    It's story time with Uncle...who the Pessima am I...Uncle Blue! Sure. (or Uncle IBlueS***MyPants!)

    Anyhow, this past summer I was on vacation on the other side of the state of Swedish Fish where I live. Well, the area I was going to was having a lot of wind and rain at the time I was visiting. As you probably could've guessed, something happened. My uncle who lives in that area had a tree go through his roof. It was a pretty big one. He was doing stuff around his house when he heard the tree come down. Well, I decided to go and look at what had happened. I couldn't actually go down the road all the way (he lives on the end of the road, it's just a small community outside of the town) because there was another tree blocking the road. So, I stopped in front of the tree and turned on my hazard lights so anyone else who came down the road knew there was a tree in the road. I looked at the roof and saw, well, a hole obviously where the tree had fallen through. I tried to get a few pictures, but damn it, my phone doesn't have enough space. I am not sure if he got the section of roof replaced since I haven't been there since last summer and I haven't talked to him in a while, but I'm assuming he did.

    Crazy stuff.
     
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