Title: Awesome Pic!
Description: Nighttime Tornado
Description: Nighttime Tornado
clayman - May 31, 2006 02:24 PM (GMT)
I'm a weather freak. In 1980, we left Corpus Christi and went to Austin for Hurricane Allen. It was then that I saw my first (and so far, only) tornado. I was hooked. Yeah, there's a part of me that wants to be a storm chaser, but living in SE Texas and not having a lot of money and being the primary care-taker of two young kids - it just ain't happening. So, I study meteorology in my spare time.
My wife knows of my love for all things weather and sent me the following e-mail with the pic:
My wife knows of my love for all things weather and sent me the following e-mail with the pic:
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| This is a spectacular "Night" picture of the Tornado that went thru portions of Sedalia, MO on March 10, 2006. If it hadn't been for the Lightning at the same time as the pic was shot, you would never have seen the massive tornado funnel already on the ground. When you hear a nighttime tornado warning for your area, take cover because most of the time you will never see it coming. |
Oh, and Lena - this was an awesome pic that I deemed worthy to replace my eye.
Sarah - May 31, 2006 02:30 PM (GMT)
Cool pic!
Honey - May 31, 2006 04:14 PM (GMT)
That IS a cool pic! Hopefully I'll never have to see one of those up close and personal!
LynnMcG - May 31, 2006 04:16 PM (GMT)
Wow, that's cool.
Can someone please tell me why people choose to live where this happens all the time?
Can someone please tell me why people choose to live where this happens all the time?
clayman - May 31, 2006 04:31 PM (GMT)
Well, that would be most of the good farmland in this country. I could give you the technical reason there are so many tornadoes in the Midwest, but it would be boring. The reason the good farmland is there is because they get decent amounts of rain. But, along with the rain come these babies. You gotta take the bad with the good.
That's kinda like asking, "Why do so many people live where hurricanes are so prevalent?" Well, 'cuz that's where to put the ports. Heck, I'd rather go up against a tornado or hurricane than an earthquake any day! And California is the most populous state in the union!
That's kinda like asking, "Why do so many people live where hurricanes are so prevalent?" Well, 'cuz that's where to put the ports. Heck, I'd rather go up against a tornado or hurricane than an earthquake any day! And California is the most populous state in the union!
LynnMcG - May 31, 2006 04:34 PM (GMT)
OK, good answer.
I lived in CA for two years and experienced one minor quake. Actually, the quake we had here in lovely, NW New Jersey a few months ago was bigger!
I lived in CA for two years and experienced one minor quake. Actually, the quake we had here in lovely, NW New Jersey a few months ago was bigger!
clayman - May 31, 2006 04:44 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (LynnMcG @ May 31 2006, 10:34 AM) |
| OK, good answer. I lived in CA for two years and experienced one minor quake. Actually, the quake we had here in lovely, NW New Jersey a few months ago was bigger! |
LOL !
There were two quakes when I was stationed in San Diego. I was on-board ship during both of them and didn't feel a thing.
The big Mexico City quake in the 80's - that moved buildings and sloshed water out of pools in Corpus Christi. I was in my car - the beater with serious suspension issues - and didn't feel the quake. My car was shaking too much.
squatpuke - June 1, 2006 04:34 AM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Lena @ May 31 2006, 09:14 AM) |
| That IS a cool pic! Hopefully I'll never have to see one of those up close and personal! |
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Kinda like Clay's eye ?