Simviation Forum - Tornadoe damage

Feb 6^th, 2008 at 8:22pm

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Some of the damage of tuesday nights tornadoe. Sorry for the poor quality. This is not the worst of it but that's as far as we could go.
Fallen trees

Groups of fallen trees

Wreckage and power lines...

Most up power lines and debris.

More debris

Most of this is less than a few blocks from where I live...disturbing.

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Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:41am

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Yikes

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Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 1:33am

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I would imagine...that is quite a lot of damage. Shocked

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Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 3:40am

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I always think that i would like to live in the US, but then i see news like this and i change my mind. Must be really scary when all that happens, not nowing what could happen to your property and belongings. Sad

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Reply #4 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 11:48am

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I didn't get any pictures of the University but we are going over there today to help out...

New news! The tornadoe was categorized an F4. The tornado was 1/2 a mile wide. The only reason it didn't completely demolish our town is because it did not stay on a consistent path but "jumped around" so to say.

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Reply #5 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:01pm

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A close shave... it's almost worse in that, unlike a hurricane, tornados can devastate one side of the street and leave the other nearly unscathed... creepy.

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Reply #6 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:33pm

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beaky wrote on Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:01pm:

A close shave... it's almost worse in that, unlike a hurricane, tornados can devastate one side of the street and leave the other nearly unscathed... creepy.

The neighborhood next to us is gone but we are untouched...very very creepy.

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Reply #7 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:44pm

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And yet, people will return and live in the same areas...I suggest moving the heck outta there Shocked

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Reply #8 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 1:23pm

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Ashar wrote on Feb 7^th, 2008 at 12:44pm:

And yet, people will return and live in the same areas...I suggest moving the heck outta there Shocked

We're trying. Grin

Had our house been destroyed we would have had a great excuse to move back the Florida. Grin

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Reply #9 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 2:34pm

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stuart1044 wrote on Feb 7^th, 2008 at 3:40am:

I always think that i would like to live in the US, but then i see news like this and i change my mind. Must be really scary when all that happens, not nowing what could happen to your property and belongings. Sad

I've lived in Tornado alley for 11 years now and I still haven't seen a tornado up close, despite my best efforts.

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Reply #10 - Feb 7^th, 2008 at 5:53pm

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The Ruptured Duck wrote on Feb 7^th, 2008 at 2:34pm:

stuart1044 wrote on Feb 7^th, 2008 at 3:40am:

I always think that i would like to live in the US, but then i see news like this and i change my mind. Must be really scary when all that happens, not nowing what could happen to your property and belongings. Sad

I've lived in Tornado alley for 11 years now and I still haven't seen a tornado up close, despite my best efforts.

I think it'd be amazing to see a tornadoe in the day time. To bad it was pitch black when it hit. I got a closer look at the local store (it was sunny today) and it is just....

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