SkydiveJack 1 #1 June 7, 2010 Last night around 2:15 AM a tornado blew through Dundee Michigan, about 5 miles south of my home. Fortunately there have been no deaths reported. Other people further south in Ohio weren’t so lucky. I think 7 people were killed just west of Toledo. The wife and I took a drive to see what happened just to the south of us. I have never been near a tornado and have never seen the immediate aftermath in person. I Was Amazed! And Awed! And Scared! This was a relatively small tornado, rated as an F-2 on a scale from 1 to 5. But the power this thing had was incredible! I saw a house that has been pushed off its foundation. Telephone poles were snapped like toothpicks. In picture #2 the cars you see were in a garage, until the garage was pulled up, up and away! I talked to the daughter of a couple who were in their home when it got hit. It happened so fast all they could do was grab each other in bed and hold on to each other while their roof was pulled off and shattered pieces fell on them. The woman had a cut on her finger and that was all! I have seen the aftermath of tornados on TV for years. Seeing it up close and personal was a whole different matter. It must be such a helpless feeling when one hits with little or no warning. And it blows me away that what I saw was the aftermath of a “small” tornado. Holy Shit Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #2 June 7, 2010 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-06/07/c_13336214.htm 7 dead in Streator Illinois...pretty close to where I grew up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-UkT5_yUkI&NR=1 it was a MONSTER...watch the vid for the lightning flashes back lighting it. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #3 June 8, 2010 Today I went down and volunteered in the clean up operation. I was working at a house, I mean what was left of a house, picking up pieces and throwing them in a dumpster. I got to talking with a guy that lived in the home next to where I was working. He told me about some unusual things that happened in his home and offered to show them to me. Of course I took him up on his offer. The two photos attached show a single slat of a venetian blind and a corn cob that were driven into a door and a wall. Pretty amazing! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
