have you ever seen a tornado and if so where ?

Answer 1

I've been in a tornado. It is quite an experience alright. This tornado wasn't too wide, maybe 100 yards - and moving across the ground at about 30 mph. It came right at our house and lifted just slightly as it passed overhead. The houses in front of my house were gone, the houses behind my house had their roofs ripped off. My brother was watching the rain hit the picture window, and when it was on top of us, the window was just white from the water - you could see nothing. I was on the front porch when it hit. Just like that the picture window came crashing thru the house giving my brother 2 huge black eyes. The pressure of the air was pushing the porch door so hard, I couldn't open it. My mom was inside trying to pull the door open - I was pushing. We could only see each other through the glass window in the door. I was hanging on the doorknob for dear life :-) I felt myself get very light and my feet almost came off the porch when the glass in the door broke. Me and my mom grabbed each other through the broken window. I was already blinded by debris and I think that's why I wasn't blinded by the glass. I already had my eyes closed. I was shattered with flying glass - My face and arms had cuts all over. When the door window broke, it 'released' the pressure holding it closed and we were able to open the door. My mom was trying to get my brother and sister down into the basement. The room had about 2 feet of water in it. Everything was floating. The tornado was right overhead. The whole house was shaking. It was a really loud sound. We were just able to get into the basement and stuff came flying into the house. Rocks, wood, etc. It lasted about 3 minutes - and then we came out of the basement just in time to see the houses behind us getting clobbered. I was on the front porch watching it come at us, but was just facinated at the destruction it was causing before it hit. I can laugh now - but no one was laughing when it hit. :-) I'll never forget the look on my brother and sister face when that picture window crashed down on them - I'll never forget the panic look in my mom's face.
Ya wanna hear something ironic? About 8 years later I was drafted into the Viet Nam War during the '60's, so I enlisted in the Air Force before the Army could get me. I ended up being a weatherman and was assigned to chasing tornados to launch weatherballoons into them along 'Tornado Alley' (nickname for route 66 from Chicago to Oklahoma where the most tornados occur). Funny thing, being a tornado chaser wasn't even close to being in one - not even close by a long shot.

Answer 2

yes 4 the first time in my life i saw 1, it was so beauitful, but caused so much harm, i was at a friends house by the way im in australia in queensland, anyway we were haveing a bad storm, then every think went silent but the wind picked up, my mate lives out in the bush, nect thing we no, we had 2 go around and close the house up and secure a few things , every thing was just all over the place, we looked outside the window and here it was , a tornado, right near the house and it took out everythink in its path right beside us, but missed the house, we could not beleive our eye's, but i tell u what, its a day i will never 4 get at all, the sound the way it just lifted up all the trees and everything, but miss the house, it was like looking at a movie

Answer 3

yes I have seen a tornado. I saw the tornado out in the open

Answer 4

i have been and seen over a 30 tornadoes in two days when i was in mexico (eastern coast)
there was some sort of a wall of totally humid air comming from the sea bay...which met the dry mexico...these caused over a 100 tornadoes in this hell span of time....(well a whole load of luck and mayhem)
well it looks nice with some sleek body of mist rotating at around 100 kmph initially...over the sea..(typhoon)and when it hits the coast it was like doom...
starts with some nice dark clouds..first horizontal and then suddenly striking thr surface....
litrally saw houses implode due to the suction of air when this freak passes over the houses...

Answer 5

No, but there was one just under 1 mile away a few years back and the south coast of the UK gets quite a lot.

The UK has the most torandos per square mile anywhere in the world.

Answer 6

No, although that is my dream to ensure one. they're unusually eye-catching. i must be the guy chasing the tornado or gazing it from the window. i ought to run in the route of the tornado. Then if it were given too close i ought to run away.

Answer 7

no, but i would love to see one and chase them like on the movie twister...that would be a rush