burley...tornadoes?
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Yikes. Reminds me of the good ole' Edmonton one. I will never forget what the sky looked like that day...
Growing up in the Canadian prairies there would be quite a few warnings every summer but very rarely would a tornado form. Having seen one or two and the destruction they cause in person, its never a good situation.
Good vibes sent to all affected in this deadly month in the southern states.
Good vibes sent to all affected in this deadly month in the southern states.
Yeah, thanks. We're totally fine.
Never got really bad here honestly. Never lost power or anything.
Never got really bad here honestly. Never lost power or anything.
Good thing graduation isn't for another week so I won't be going back to Huntsville until the power gets turned on... hopefully.
The whole city of Huntsville (300,000 people) is without any power because the tornados took out the main transmission lines coming out of the nuclear plant. They're predicting Tuesday at the earliest to begin getting some power back to the city.
The whole city of Huntsville (300,000 people) is without any power because the tornados took out the main transmission lines coming out of the nuclear plant. They're predicting Tuesday at the earliest to begin getting some power back to the city.
I would love to see at least one of those in person... If I lived there I'd probably say the opposite, but from the "safety zone", it has the disturbing beauty of a cliff's edge.
It has a rare appeal that sends chills down your spine, and it reminds you we're like grains of sand on a beach.
It has a rare appeal that sends chills down your spine, and it reminds you we're like grains of sand on a beach.
A large Mid-Western storm cell is enough to make you wince and have heart flutters if you've never seen one before. Seeing a tornado coming out of one is even scarier; I can only imagine what a F2+ is like.
I will never forget the color of the sky and the sound of the small tornado we crossed paths with when I was a kid in Iowa. I can only imagine the fear that comes along with what hit last week.
300+ dead and you'd like to indulge in a bit of a "disaster voyeurism". Do you know how vapid you sound?
I didn't mean to offend anyone. Maybe mine wasn't the most intelligent commment to make (though I already said it's probably because of my safe position), but I think you're mixing two different things.
If a friend mentioned his interest in visiting the golden gate bridge, would you tell him it's "ghoulish voyeurism" because so many people jump from it?
I wouldn't have any pleasure watching a tornado destroying someone's house, a flood or tsunami sweeping people away or a landlslide covering a town in seconds. I have no doubt the people who study those disasters hate such things and would do what they can to avoid casualties (I might say that's why they research them). But it's also true that they have a real interest in the phenomenon, because I seriously doubt they would do that kind of things for no reason.