What you need to know about how Tornadoes form
Apr 4, 2023 11:08:05 #
Apr 5, 2023 07:14:03 #
barneyanne
Loc: Alabama
Interesting article. Thanks. It's tornado season here in N. Alabama, and the sirens have gone off numerous times over the past two weeks. Between tornado warnings and wind shear, there are a lot of trees down in our area.
Apr 5, 2023 08:54:32 #
As an instructor for Skywarn Storm Spotters, There is so much wrong information about tornadoes in this article. It was written by someone who knew nothing about the subject but grabbed bits and pieces from good sources and wrote a story. Yes, I know that is how journalists work, but when dealing with science, let the experts do the talking.
Apr 5, 2023 10:55:29 #
I'm so glad that tornadoes are not a concern in my neighborhood. We've had warnings, but never an actual report that one had landed. I watch everything I can about them on TV. Nature is amazing, and not always in a good way.
Apr 5, 2023 10:55:53 #
jerold222 wrote:
As an instructor for Skywarn Storm Spotters, There is so much wrong information about tornadoes in this article. It was written by someone who knew nothing about the subject but grabbed bits and pieces from good sources and wrote a story. Yes, I know that is how journalists work, but when dealing with science, let the experts do the talking.
Nothing unusual about that.
Apr 5, 2023 11:44:13 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
We had tornadoes in South Carolina but the closest I came to one was when one touched down about a mile from my house. When I was teaching school we had a couple of warnings and gathered all the students in the halls and had them crouch down next to the walls but we were not hit. In Utah they are uncommon. Since I came back here to live there has only been one. It was in Salt Lake City and one person was killed.
Apr 5, 2023 12:16:13 #
barneyanne wrote:
Interesting article. Thanks. It's tornado season here in N. Alabama, and the sirens have gone off numerous times over the past two weeks. Between tornado warnings and wind shear, there are a lot of trees down in our area.
Keep safe.
Apr 5, 2023 12:16:46 #
jerold222 wrote:
As an instructor for Skywarn Storm Spotters, There is so much wrong information about tornadoes in this article. It was written by someone who knew nothing about the subject but grabbed bits and pieces from good sources and wrote a story. Yes, I know that is how journalists work, but when dealing with science, let the experts do the talking.
So enlighten us!
Apr 5, 2023 12:17:13 #
Bigmike1 wrote:
We had tornadoes in South Carolina but the closest I came to one was when one touched down about a mile from my house. When I was teaching school we had a couple of warnings and gathered all the students in the halls and had them crouch down next to the walls but we were not hit. In Utah they are uncommon. Since I came back here to live there has only been one. It was in Salt Lake City and one person was killed.
Apr 5, 2023 14:39:39 #
My home was destroyed on April 7th 1974. They are indeed amazing. I had a 3 foot overhang. It picked the roof up and set it back down. I had no overhang in the back and 6ft in the front. The living room curtains were on the rod but sucked to the outside between the roof and the top of the wall. The playing cards we were playing gin with we're still as we left them when we went to the basement. All the walls were plastered with mud and insulation and there was a solid foot of aluminum siding on the floors in every room of the house. It was crazy but interesting.
Apr 5, 2023 16:26:49 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
My home was destroyed on April 7th 1974. They are ... (show quote)
Wow! Lucky none of you got hurt. I hope that you home insurance covered all your repairs. Do you have a tornado deductible? In Florida we have a $4000 deductible for hurricane damage. We found that out when hurricane Matthew hit us and a large oak tree landed on our garage and a tree limb pierced the ceiling in our master bedroom.
Apr 5, 2023 17:57:25 #
bcheary wrote:
Wow! Lucky none of you got hurt. I hope that you home insurance covered all your repairs. Do you have a tornado deductible? In Florida we have a $4000 deductible for hurricane damage. We found that out when hurricane Matthew hit us and a large oak tree landed on our garage and a tree limb pierced the ceiling in our master bedroom.
No deductible for tornadoes at that time anyway. The house was totaled. I put all the contents in a semi trailer I put in the yard. Had to fight with the insurance company a little but they finally payed off. Got 60k for the house and 30k for the contents. Tore the brick off the frame straightened the walls and rebraced them. Took the trusses off and plywood. Reset the trusses and resheeted and shingled with all new material. Rewired completely and resheetrocked. Long story short payed off the loan ended up with a new brick home and 20k in the bank. I bought the place for 10k and borrowed 13k to fix it up. It was a custom built home that a couple had built but got divorced in the process. It had sat empty for 10years and the divorce lawyer had ended up with the house somehow. Lol. It was a blessing in disguise actually. Lol. One never knows how or why things work out.
Apr 5, 2023 18:05:47 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
No deductible for tornadoes at that time anyway. T... (show quote)
Good that something positive came out of that! Apr 5, 2023 20:29:47 #
This is written in response to the Originating Person, not to any of the comments which followed: ...as with most critics, you say the "writer/actor/producer/artist/etc." is wrong, but don't say "who is wrong, what is wrong, where the error is, etc." If you criticize me, don't say "You are wrong!!!" tell me what is wrong and why it is wrong."
Apr 6, 2023 11:04:40 #
Drbobcameraguy wrote:
My home was destroyed on April 7th 1974. They are ... (show quote)
I lived just outside Louisville on April 3, 1974, the "super outbreak". I was attending UofL at the time, and several of us had met at a restaurant before going to classes. We paused outside the restaurant and watched a green sky over the Ky State Fairgrounds, about a mile away. We watched for a few minutes and headed to class. When we got to the business school building, all the classes were empty, and signs had been hastily scrawled that classes were canceled. We still had no idea of what happened. I went back to the parking lot, and headed for home; the radio was tuned to WHAS-840 and the traffic copter pilot was chasing a tornado, giving precise directions, and helping folks get to safety.
Looking back, there was no hint of a tornado, even though we watched it in motion; no funnel cloud, etc., just an eerie green sky.
That outbreak evidently ended in Xenia, OH, and really wrought destruction along the way.
Glad you got through your ordeal safely.
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