I think that tornadoes are my most feared natural disaster...moreso than earthquakes, floods, blizzards and tsunamis.



Which is why I could NEVER live anywhere near "tornado alley"





...can you tell that I'm watching a "tornado" special on the Weather Channel???

The idea of tornadoes is scary.

Yep, tornadoes scare me. I've seen the aftermaths of a couple of them that were in our area and it was pretty awful.

You do know they can happen anywhere don't you?

Paradisekiss03 said:

Actually...the idea of me being sound asleep and suddenly the house around me blows apart and I'm thrown into a field 2 miles away is what really scares me.

shellyevon said:

Yeah...actually we've had 1 or 2 pseudo-twisters here on Long Island...but they only caused minimal damage. I don't think it's physically possible for an F3 or an F4 to hit us.

PurpleJedi said:

Very true. In the news witnesses describe the tornado sounding like a loud train coming at them.

Yes. Scary.

Volcanoes are scary too...

Stax said:

Oh yeah...totally. Especially the giant one beneath Yellowstone Park that could wipe out half the US!

They look very scary, never been in one and I hope I never am

saw one form the other day--as we were driving towards it. Bout peed my pants.
SERIOUSLY--scary crap!

But it crossed the road and fizzled out. Thank God.

oh, and not in tornado alley, either. Lived in T.A. for years and had not seen a tornado form before. Or a tornado for that matter....'cept when I was little.

I was at my Grandma's house in Roseville for the Roseville Tornado of 1981 and that was insane and scary. Her house was mostly spared but nearly every house in the neighborhood was gone. Usually being within miles of a major city you are safe but not always. The path went form Edina to Roseville...scary.

I can still feel that pressure from the 200 mph winds.

Here is a link to a story about it.

http://images.google.com/...f%26sa%3DG
[Edited 6/23/07 22:32pm]

I want a link to that first picture cause it would make a great desktop pic.

just karmatornado.

madartista said:

Hardy Har Har Har!

karmatornado said:

wha????

madartista said:

I was on my way to post the same answer.

Genius Artista

Pen0r said:

U!

Yes

yup

It's weird. I feel like they happen all the time here, but never quite exactly where I am, so they don't scare me really, no. I've seen a few, I've seen the sky go green, etc.

I have a very weird, some say unhealthy, LOVE for powerful storms !

I have been in 3 major tornados in my lifetime

They are extremely powerful and do major damage

I'm not scared of them though

Tornadoes are scary, though i have never been through it or seen it close, living here in NYC that is not on the list of things that could really happen, wont say they cant, but not a good chance. Earthquakes are my big fear, because you have no clue when or where it could happen, and believe it or not NYC is right on the line for one and even more than LA. Earthquakes can do no damage or more than anything ever, theres no real time limit on them,you cant really detect if one is coming, where as a Tornado you do have warnings that one could form.

PurpleJedi said:

Long island is surrounded by fuckin water i went back to LI to visit and i know why i left in the 1st place

IAintTheOne said:

...uh...that's why it's called Long ISLAND.
Are you afraid of the water?
...or the exhorbinant taxes and rude people?

I would like to ask if anyone has ever been through an evacuation before?

Paradisekiss03 said:

NO...and I pray that I never NEED to.
Because on any given workday, the major arteries leading in & out of Long Island can become clogged in a heartbeat.
So, let's say that there's a tsunami or major hurricane heading towards us...there would be no way for me to evacuate in a timely fashion.
I would have to make my way towards the higher parts of the island and pray.

PurpleJedi said:

Evacuations and the way people act during them are no joke.

Mach said:

I do too. I'd love to see a tornado up close and personal, but I live in a fantasy world sometimes, so I'm sure it wouldn't be as thrilling as the movie Twister.

Paradisekiss03 said:

Hurricane - yes

Mach said:

I do too. I'd love to see a tornado up close and personal, but I live in a fantasy world sometimes, so I'm sure it wouldn't be as thrilling as the movie Twister.