Moonlit_Angel
Blue Crack Addict
LOL, LivLuv...my parents have said the same thing to me, 'cause I watch the Weather Channel so often and talk about this stuff so much. But unfortunately, that means I'd have to deal with some geometry, which wasn't my best subject in school...
I remember hearing about that tornado. Yep. I'll try that tub thing sometime.
Poor Texas and Oklahoma. They always get the really nasty ones. Iowa's tornadoes aren't usually as big as theirs (although there have been a couple of occasions where a couple big tornadoes hit-one hit Algona a long time ago-wiped out pretty much all of the downtown area, and another hit Charles City in the 60s). But when Iowa gets tornadoes, they tend to be the jumper ones, which isn't good, 'cause you don't know where they'll land next. At least down in Texas and Oklahoma, once a tornado's there, it pretty much always stays there (course, then, it kicks up all the dirt and debris and gets monsterously big, which isn't any better).
Heh, Kristie, that's always happened when we've had tornado warnings, too. My family takes them seriously (although my dad's been known to look out windows or stand outside for a couple minutes watching the storm), but whenever we'd drive to my dad's workplace (if we were living in a home with no basement or storm cellar), we'd be driving by and see people sitting outside talking, or walking around, or just going about their business. And when my mom, sister, and I got into those crazy storms up in Minnesota in '99, when we were trying to find a place to take shelter upon hearing that there was a tornado warning for the county we'd just drove into, we saw a person riding by on a bike! And it was nasty out-pouring rain, lightning like nothing else, the clouds looked all ugly...I was seeing the person ride by and thinking, "WTF?"
I'll tell you what I hate when it comes to severe storms: being away from my family. Ever since that night that my parents were working, and my sister and I were huddled down in our basement by ourselves, with the power and radio out, during a tornado warning, I have not wanted to be alone, or without a good portion of the family, during a storm. It makes me even more uneasy than I already am. And I particularly hated it when I'd be at school and we'd be getting storms, or it'd look like we would, 'cause the kids around me would be like, "Ooh! Tornado!", and I always wanted them to shut up (and for some stupid reason, they always thought if we did get a tornado warning, we'd be sent home early. What the hell do they think we had the tornado drills for?).
Another thing I've wondered about...why isn't it a requirement for every town in Tornado Alley to have tornado sirens, and for every house to have either a basement or a storm cellar? The town I last lived in didn't have tornado sirens. And some of the houses don't have basements or storm cellars. Even trailer parks should have storm cellars at the very least (Our family lived in a trailer park in the town I originally lived in for a while, and whenever we had tornado warnings then, we would run to the clubhouse, which, luckily, was right behind our home). It just seems logical to me-if you're living in an area where tornadoes are likely, build basements or storm cellars for the homes, and have tornado sirens.
Angela
vlasak said:I've gone through two tornados. Do you remember in '97 the tornado that hit Jarrell, Texas? I lived in Cedar Park and it literally hopped over my house and destroyed the next. My husband and kids and I all went to one closet. If you want to know what it sounds like overhead, lie flat in the tub while the water is running FULL BLAST and make sure your ears are under the water. The whole experience was awesome!
I remember hearing about that tornado. Yep. I'll try that tub thing sometime.
Poor Texas and Oklahoma. They always get the really nasty ones. Iowa's tornadoes aren't usually as big as theirs (although there have been a couple of occasions where a couple big tornadoes hit-one hit Algona a long time ago-wiped out pretty much all of the downtown area, and another hit Charles City in the 60s). But when Iowa gets tornadoes, they tend to be the jumper ones, which isn't good, 'cause you don't know where they'll land next. At least down in Texas and Oklahoma, once a tornado's there, it pretty much always stays there (course, then, it kicks up all the dirt and debris and gets monsterously big, which isn't any better).
Heh, Kristie, that's always happened when we've had tornado warnings, too. My family takes them seriously (although my dad's been known to look out windows or stand outside for a couple minutes watching the storm), but whenever we'd drive to my dad's workplace (if we were living in a home with no basement or storm cellar), we'd be driving by and see people sitting outside talking, or walking around, or just going about their business. And when my mom, sister, and I got into those crazy storms up in Minnesota in '99, when we were trying to find a place to take shelter upon hearing that there was a tornado warning for the county we'd just drove into, we saw a person riding by on a bike! And it was nasty out-pouring rain, lightning like nothing else, the clouds looked all ugly...I was seeing the person ride by and thinking, "WTF?"
I'll tell you what I hate when it comes to severe storms: being away from my family. Ever since that night that my parents were working, and my sister and I were huddled down in our basement by ourselves, with the power and radio out, during a tornado warning, I have not wanted to be alone, or without a good portion of the family, during a storm. It makes me even more uneasy than I already am. And I particularly hated it when I'd be at school and we'd be getting storms, or it'd look like we would, 'cause the kids around me would be like, "Ooh! Tornado!", and I always wanted them to shut up (and for some stupid reason, they always thought if we did get a tornado warning, we'd be sent home early. What the hell do they think we had the tornado drills for?).
Another thing I've wondered about...why isn't it a requirement for every town in Tornado Alley to have tornado sirens, and for every house to have either a basement or a storm cellar? The town I last lived in didn't have tornado sirens. And some of the houses don't have basements or storm cellars. Even trailer parks should have storm cellars at the very least (Our family lived in a trailer park in the town I originally lived in for a while, and whenever we had tornado warnings then, we would run to the clubhouse, which, luckily, was right behind our home). It just seems logical to me-if you're living in an area where tornadoes are likely, build basements or storm cellars for the homes, and have tornado sirens.
Angela