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Well a tornado just passed through. And by "through" I mean right over my apartment.
It started getting REALLY windy outside about 15 minutes ago, so being interested in weather systems, I stepped outside my front door to get a peak of what was going on. I looked up, and there was a funnel cloud just protruding from the base of the clouds literally directly above my apartment. I grabbed my cellphone, still watching this crazy swirling cloud thing, and called 911 to report it.
911 operator: "Where is it lo....oh, wait, the NWS just issued a tornado warning for your area, you should go inside"
Me: "Yes, I know, I just saw it, it's passing over me and heading east-northeast."
911 operator: "You should go inside, sir! It's not safe for you to be outside. What is your location?"
Me: "Right, *******************"
911 operator: "Sir, you're not inside, you need to get inside. I can still hear the wind howling through your phone!"
Me: "I will, thank you. Bye."
So I guess it touched ground just east of me and went through some woods, then came back up, then went back down and created a MASSIVE waterspout in the intracoastal waterway, then went up, then touched down again just off the beach.
It was a priviledge to get to look right underneath a developing tornado. Freakin' CRAZY looking.
I've been through one tornado before that actually just skimmed my parents' house, didn't do much damage but tore the roof of my neighbor's house.
Anyone else have some tornado stories?
It started getting REALLY windy outside about 15 minutes ago, so being interested in weather systems, I stepped outside my front door to get a peak of what was going on. I looked up, and there was a funnel cloud just protruding from the base of the clouds literally directly above my apartment. I grabbed my cellphone, still watching this crazy swirling cloud thing, and called 911 to report it.
911 operator: "Where is it lo....oh, wait, the NWS just issued a tornado warning for your area, you should go inside"
Me: "Yes, I know, I just saw it, it's passing over me and heading east-northeast."
911 operator: "You should go inside, sir! It's not safe for you to be outside. What is your location?"
Me: "Right, *******************"
911 operator: "Sir, you're not inside, you need to get inside. I can still hear the wind howling through your phone!"
Me: "I will, thank you. Bye."
So I guess it touched ground just east of me and went through some woods, then came back up, then went back down and created a MASSIVE waterspout in the intracoastal waterway, then went up, then touched down again just off the beach.
It was a priviledge to get to look right underneath a developing tornado. Freakin' CRAZY looking.
I've been through one tornado before that actually just skimmed my parents' house, didn't do much damage but tore the roof of my neighbor's house.
Anyone else have some tornado stories?