Have you ever seen a tornado?

Question

I've never seen one but a few weeks ago a tornado (I think it was a F2) damaged&and destroyed a bunch of houses not far from here. Now I have nightmares every night.

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Answer 1

I've not only seen them, but survived an F-5 in Hesston, Kansas in 1990. Worked for Pizza Hut at the time, and had it rip the front of the store off. Needless to say, it was a very interesting experience.

We lost the dining room to the restaurant that day. The few people that were in the restrooms were about 6-7 feet from where the end of the building would end up being after the front was ripped off. Luckily, I was the last person in the Walk-in cooler that day, we had about 20 people over all including the 2 cooks, 1 waitress, the Manager and myself (was working directly for the owner at the time in an Area wide managerial capacity).

As for nightmares, it will subside. One of the best things I can tell you is to get informed on Tornadoes a bit. Finding out as much as you can, will help you through this time. Don't feel alone either, alot of people have problems after natural disasters, and a Tornado is nothing to shrug off. Ounce for ounce, Tornado's are one of the most destructive forces in nature. To have not only seen one, but to have survived it, is a feeling that is not easily described.

A gentleman that I have yet to have worked with, as I'm a registered storm spotter now ( and amateur storm chaser), I have done a little searching, and this guy's sight is good for watching videos. You can even see the tornado that I survived. It's something else, let me tell you.

Answer 2

I have not seen. But in movies I have seen and also read from news papers about tornado. What is tornado and what are the immportant features ? Please read -

A tornado is a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus (or, in rare cases, cumulus) cloud base and the surface of the earth. Tornadoes can come in many shapes, but are typically in the form of a visible condensation funnel, with the narrow end touching the earth. Often, a cloud of debris encircles the lower portion of the funnel.

Most have winds of 110 mph (175 km/h) or less, are approximately 250 feet (75 meters) across, and travel a few miles (several kilometers) before dissipating. However, some tornadoes can have winds of more than 300 mph (480 km/h), be more than a mile (1.6 km) across, and stay on the ground for dozens of miles (more than 100 kilometers).

They have been observed on every continent except Antarctica, however, a significant percentage of the world's tornadoes occur in the United States. This is mostly due to the unique geography of the country, which allows the conditions which breed strong, long-lived storms to occur many times a year. Other areas which commonly experience tornadoes include Australia, south-central Canada, northwestern Europe, south-central and eastern Asia, east-central South America, and Southern Africa.

A tornado is defined by the National Weather Service (NWS) as "a violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm base." A tornado does not necessarily have to be visible; however, the low pressures caused by the fast wind speeds (see Bernoulli's principle) usually cause water vapor in the air to condense into a visible condensation funnel.

A funnel cloud is a low-hanging, rotating cloud, with no associated strong winds at the surface. Funnel clouds are not tornadoes, and not all funnel clouds develop into a tornad. However, many tornadoes initially descend from the parent storm as a funnel cloud. It is often difficult to tell the difference between a funnel cloud and a tornado from a distance. Many tornadoes can produce strong winds at the surface while the visible funnel is still a good distance from the ground.

Answer 3

I am soo grateful and thankful (lol) that I have never experienced a tornado. But when I was younger, my family went to Pennsylvania for a few days, and one day we were at the amusement park riding those little horses, and it just started POURING down rain, thundering, and lightning, so we had to run to the little chocolate store next door to wait it out, and they said a tornado touched down not far from where we were. those handicap signs fell down and everything from the storm. but when i heard about the tornado, i was terrified. of course i was young too, so i asked my dad "are we going to die?" and he said no and the tornado never hit us so i was glad!!!

plus, where i live, we get hurricanes all the time and i've been through Floyd in 1999 and Isobel about 2002 and they were both bad; flooding and downed trees

Answer 4

I haven't seen it yet, but

i ve experienced of earthquake in 2000in India.

It was a horrible experience 4 me becuz i was only 13 years old.

Answer 5

I used to live in Illionis. I saw about six while I was growing up. It is very scary but I have to tell you living in California is scarrier. There is no warning before an earthquake!

Answer 6

No, in spite of the indisputable fact that it really is my dream to confirm one. they are unusually pleasing. i may be the guy chasing the twister or watching it from the window. i'd run in route of the twister. Then if it were given too close i'd run away.

Answer 7

Yes, just a minor twister; but still very scary

Answer 8

Yes, several. They are frightening. Learn where to go when the sirens go off, that will help with your fear.

Answer 9

Yes,I was in the eye there was something moving in the vortex.

Answer 10

UP close and personal and dont care to try it again. Trust me on that.