As close as this Okie ever needs to be. A couple of miles West of town on old Route 66, April last year.

The only natural weather phenomenon (sp?) that scares me is a Tornado.

#2

It shouldn't; a tornado is quite easily avoided (unless it comes down quickly, from out of nowhere, and touches down in your back pocket).

You live in Yukon? I'm in south Okc. Maybe we can meet up sometime.

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"3. Author: Sharpshooter Date: 04/02/2008 07:35 PM Reply

#2

It shouldn't; a tornado is quite easily avoided (unless it comes down quickly, from out of nowhere, and touches down in your back pocket)."

Are you kidding?

They are completely unavoidable in most cases. Like asleep in your house when one hits, or in a grocery store when the sirens go off, or driving down the intersate when one passes in front of, or behind you.

Sure, in a perfect scenario you could just drive away real fast and avoid it, but in real life it ain't so easy. Most often, by the time you realize there is a tornado in the same zip code as you, it's to late to run.

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"Most often, by the time you realize there is a tornado in the same zip code as you, it's to late to run"

Many years ago, I would have agreed with you. The state-of-the-art of prediction is such that, with VERY FEW exceptions, you'll get plenty of warning.

NO, whether or not someone HEEDS that warning is another matter.

And, yeah, about 2 years ago, I drove right underneath a rotor cloud. I headed west bound at 90 MPH. My wife said I was going to get a ticket. I said "Let the cop try to stop me".

One of the "very few exceptions." Little to no warning. Early morning before the sun was starting to come up. My father in law goes into work early in the morning, and just happened to drive through this probably minutes before it hit in the hardest hit area along the highway.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_9,_1999_Cincinnati,_Ohio_Tornado 

Here's a first-hand experience from someone's blog, and how he mentions he didn't even know there was a tornado while he was taking shower and one of the skylights was being sucked out of the bathroom.

http://casadipace.blogspot.com/2007/04/april-9-1999-cincinnati-ohio-tornado.html 

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Is that real? wow.

". Author: Sharpshooter Date: 04/03/2008 05:16 AM Reply

#6

"Most often, by the time you realize there is a tornado in the same zip code as you, it's to late to run"

Many years ago, I would have agreed with you. The state-of-the-art of prediction is such that, with VERY FEW exceptions, you'll get plenty of warning.

NO, whether or not someone HEEDS that warning is another matter.

And, yeah, about 2 years ago, I drove right underneath a rotor cloud. I headed west bound at 90 MPH. My wife said I was going to get a ticket. I said "Let the cop try to stop me"."

Sorry, I didn't realize you were so educated as to the ways of the tornado.

Maybe do a little research on tornados and get back to me.

Just for fun, Google "Hallam Nebraska Tornado" and let me know how a town out runs a tornado that is two miles wide with 300+mph winds.

If you'ld like I can post my own pictures of what happened that night.