Had you see a tornado in your life?

Question

NEVER!!!!

Answer 1

i never saw one.

Answer 2

In 1989 I was at work when I took a break and went for a short walk. The air was completely still and there was a bank of clouds approaching at low altitude. As the front edge of the clouds (clearly the front) passed the wind picked up abruptly. It went from stiller than the air in this room, to a howling gale, in just a couple of feet!

My coworker and I turned around immediately and headed back. As I looked up I saw a cloud rolling over like a horse taking a dust-bath. I realized later that was a funnel cloud, but I thought it was interesting. As we arrived at my workplace, everyone was standing outside watching the clouds. We joined them.

All of a sudden, in the parking lot across the street about 50 feet away, a great big dust cloud jumped in the air. It looked like a dust devil, but was probably 20-30 feet across. We were too shocked to move at first. The tornado crossed the other street, where there was a heavy-equipment dealer. When I saw the dust cloud actually move a backhoe several feet, we all turned our tails and ran inside.

If anyone had been thinking straight, we would have hidden under a printing press or other heavy equipment. We weren't, though, and we all crammed into the space under a flimsy wooden staircase that would have been useless if the tornado had hit us.

A few minutes later we decided we hadn't been hit and we went back to the front of the shop. It was now a howling thunderstorm with pelting rain. Through the gloom I could see the equipment dealership building, which had been hit. Even a few minutes after the tornado itself, the winds were so strong they were tearing off 4'x8' sections of roofing material (probably a foot thick, of gravel and tar) and hurling them like playing cards.

One of the print shop's owners drove a Jeep so we went out to take a look. From the front of the dealership we could see through a missing wall through the missing roof up to the sky. The place was blown to bits!

This was in Edmonton, Alberta, but was not the huge tornado that struck in 1987 (that one was a force 5 tornado; this was a force 2 I think). I called the radio station and heard my report rebroadcast; fifteen minutes after that, when the danger was completely gone, I heard a tornado warning. Lotta good that did, LOL!

Answer 3

No, but I've been as close to a tornado, as I ever want to be.

I was working on about the tenth floor of an office building. The large glass windows were sucking in and out about two inches.

I and my coworkers went to the lobby to try to get in the basement. The janitor did not know what to do, with a hundred or more people wanting to go into the basement, so he let us down.

I learned that there was a county health clinic in the building, and was relieved to see nurses and doctors in white coats down there, too.

But I was surprised that a building that size had no emergency plan, especially since there were government offices in the building.

I learned from the news that night that funnel clouds were in the area.

Answer 4

Yes, I live in Iowa and we have tornados every now and then. They are scary. Luckily they don't happen very often. But it is easy to tell when there is a possibility of one. You will see funnel clouds in the sky--they look like little tornados but they are high in the air and don't come down. It usually gets really humid out, then it hails, and gets very very dark. Some crazy people around here even go tornado chasing. My friends and I did this once and got scared and turned around fast and went home!

Answer 5

Of course i have. I live in Oklahoma right in the heart of tornado alley. Seen quite a few we have a ton every year except this year (drought). And if you are interested in winds Oklahoma is probably the windiest state. And for who ever it was saying straightline winds are the same as a tornado you are atleast 100mph off.

Be sure to look up may 3, 1999 if you want to learn about the most powerful tornado ever.

Answer 6

Yes, I have seen a tornado...very scary thing...when I was a child, I remember going out to see all the damage and just a few years ago one hit a small town 5 mi from us and 8 people were killed. We were on the north side of the tornado...lots of hail but couldn't get over how dead still everything was....wierd....

Answer 7

Yeah, a couple of times. Once when I was on I-20 going to Alabama, a huge monsterous tornado was crossing the interstate ahead of us. But I live in SC and we have lots of small ones that fizzle out in a minute when a tropical storm or hurricane comes by. Hard to see them in all the rain though.

Answer 8

Yes, but it was out in the bay and over water a tornado is called a water spout. It is just as dangerous and deadly with the exception that there may not be much debris on the water for it to throw around.

Answer 9

I've seen 7 tornado's on 3 storm chases between 2003-2006. They are fascinating to study and research, but they are not to be taken lightly.

Answer 10

Yes. I watched one take down a fence and a tree behind me while I stood at my sliding glass door. Not too smart, I know. But it didn't hit me that it was a tornado until it had passed. I think God was looking out for my stupid a**,

Answer 11

I have seen straight line winds which are similar to tornadoes.... And god willing I never will