I hope you've not been ravaged by one.  I have seen numerous funnel clouds, but never a real tornado.  (I live in Tulsa, Oklahoma)
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On May 9, 2003, just a few years after the tornado hit Moore and Oklahoma City, another hit Moore in almost the same path.  The next night, a tornado hit my hometown (Bethany, OK) and ran right by my house.  I was working for a college newspaper and decided to cover the damage that night.  When I left the house and got into my car, I turned towards the tornado and saw it rip through NW OKC.  Something I hope to never see again.
621954
They tend to be isolated, unless the storm is very large (then they get attention).  Tornados and hail are more dramatic.  So, they make more exciting/ sensational news items.
276378
Yeah! I love em. I'm a weather freak. I'll stand outside until it starts hailing hard or I'm gonna get struck by lightning. But if they're at night when I'm trying to sleep, and I can't see much, it's not so fun. Especially if hail is hitting your window with 60 mph wind gusts. when I get out on my own, I wanna be a storm spotter
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For you information, we did NOT get aid immediately, it was nearly 1 week and a half after that we got ANY acknowledgment of being alive.  I live in Northwest Florida and we still have damage.  There are people with blue roofs still after nearly 2 years (Hurricane Ivan).  We had no help from anyone, we were completely ignored!  The gym at one of the local high schools had the roof ripped off, and just recently was it replaced.  The reason we were "better off" was that we actually prepared. I feel pity for them yes, but hardly guilt, they got relief faster than we did.
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In order to be a "storm-chaser", you generally need a degree in Meteorology.  My guess is if you go to a school with a Meteorology program that's located in Tornado Alley, you may get to go on a few field-trips.  :)
238002
Yep it all depends on if the  warm air current is rising up to meet a cold one that is coming down and they clash enough to make a vortex. Tornado's can happen pretty much anywhere.
622514
No, don't think a tornado is a possibility. But if they tied themselves together and lit their farts, do you think they would take off?  :)
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What I am about to tell you is fact i don't care weather or not you believe it i just wanted to share it with others.  \n\nComing out of wallmart, I had bought signs cause I am a huge ufo buff.  well as i was getting into the car and telling ym mom about th emovie we see a bright light in the sky and it just screams off to the right fster then anything could possablely move.  i am talking this thing was in open sky high above us and in 2 second went from over head to the horizon, at least 20 to 25 thousand miles per hour maybe more.  We were both shaken for a minute then decided to watch signs a few weeks after.\n\nBiggest coincidence I have ever had
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I live in Missouri...seen 10 + tornadoes in my lifetime in this area.  Tried chasing storms for a while a few years ago...went into Kansas and Oklahoma and seen most of them when I did that.  As a kid, I think I was 8, there was one that traveled about 1/4 mile from my house and we watched it.  Wild stuff....I love storms, the more destructive, the better.  My apologies to those of you who disagree with that statement, but it's just my opinion.  Don't like it?  Sorry 'bout your luck.
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There are a lot of people on here who answer just so they can belittle people. I have lived on or along the Gulf coast all my life and hurricane's are a fact of life, if we asked why people built there every time a tornado hit the Midwest people wouldn't like that either. These are our homes and this was where we were raised and just like good Americans everywhere we will fight to keep and protect what's ours. Good luck girl and keep your chin up not everyone on here is a dipstick!
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i have seen something odd twice. the first one when i was a child. i woke in the night and for no reason felt compelled to go into the kitchen and look out of the window, when i did there was a round light in the sky which was stationary. after a few seconds it zig zagged with incredible speed,, 3 or 4 times bfore shooting off. i was facsinated at the time and could not believe my eyes, and for many years i doubted my own experience until one day i read about someone who spoke word for word about what i had seen in a magazine and i have never doubted myself since. this is true and those doubting thomases out there will always scoff, but i say to them scoff away it is of no consequence to me. i would love to know of any other genuine sightings.
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I've been in a tornado. It is quite an experience alright. This tornado wasn't too wide, maybe 100 yards - and moving across the ground at about 30 mph. It came right at our house and lifted just slightly as it passed overhead. The houses in front of my house were gone, the houses behind my house had their roofs ripped off. My brother was watching the rain hit the picture window, and when it was on top of us, the window was just white from the water - you could see nothing. I was on the front porch when it hit. Just like that the  picture window came crashing thru the house giving my brother 2 huge black eyes. The pressure of the air was pushing the porch door so hard, I couldn't open it. My mom was inside trying to pull the door open - I was pushing. We could only see each other through the glass window in the door. I was hanging on the doorknob for dear life :-) I felt myself get very light and my feet almost came off the porch when the glass in the door broke. Me and my mom grabbed each other through the broken window. I was already blinded by debris and I think that's why I wasn't blinded by the glass. I already had my eyes closed. I was shattered with flying glass - My face and arms had cuts all over. When the door window broke, it 'released' the pressure holding it closed and we were able to open the door. My mom was trying to get my brother and sister down into the basement. The room had about 2 feet of water in it. Everything was floating. The tornado was right overhead. The whole house was shaking. It was a really loud sound. We were just able to get into the basement and stuff came flying into the house. Rocks, wood, etc. It lasted about 3 minutes - and then we came out of the basement just in time to see the houses behind us getting clobbered. I was on the front porch watching it come at us, but was just facinated at the destruction it was causing before it hit. I can laugh now - but no one was laughing when it hit. :-) I'll never forget the look on my brother and sister face when that picture window crashed down on them - I'll never forget the panic look in my mom's face.\nYa wanna hear something ironic? About 8 years later I was drafted into the Viet Nam War, so I enlisted in the Air Force before the Army could get me. I ended up being a weatherman and was assigned to chasing tornados to launch weatherballoons into them along 'Tornado Alley' (nickname for route 66 from Chicago to Oklahoma where the most tornados occur). Funny thing, being a tornado chaser wasn't even close to being in one - not even close.  :-)
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oh i'm so sorry to hear that.  one of my high school teachers lost her husband in that tornado too.  you can check with the wausau daily herald to see if they have the stories and photos in their archives.  it made front page news there.\n\nhttp://www.wausaudailyherald.com
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I don't think my little tornado survival kit would cut this one !!!\n\nWhat would be the first thing I'd do ??\nFind a clean pair of pants !!!\nThen I would ask God if I should be thankful or \ntake this as a challenge --I wouldn't expect an answer--
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The only thing bad about it is if you live in a tornado prone area.  That's not safe.  Don't let other people make you upset.  If you like it, who cares what anyone else thinks?
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I would but right now in NC its cloudy. :( I won't get another chance to see it until May of 2016. It really sucks.
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Well....it's kinda early into the season to say. I think so far we had one major tropical storm and media really exagerated the severity of it and unneccesarily blew it out of proportion. \n\nIt was supposed to hit here...Tampa area..., but swung NE and rode above us. All we got was some bad rain and wind, but I know counties north of me got it alot worse....but certainly nothing extremely major...like the damage a major hurricane would cause. \n\nI'm hoping for a mild hurricane season this year...but you never know. The hurricanes seem to be getting stronger and more frequent over the years....and sometimes they sneak up on you fast without enough warning. We seem to be getting a majority of the hurricanes here on the Gulf of Mexico lately. Seems like they're not so hungry for the Atlantic coast anymore. I do know I usually ignore the warnings and the evacutions....but my luck....I'll end up really regretting that someday. \n\nBTW....my niece lives is Boloxy, Miss. She got hit hard with Katrina last year. She got 9 feet of water in her home...1 story home with crawl space. Water was to her roof. She had home owners insurance....but no flood insurance. The only thing insurance would cover was a tree that fell and crush part of her roof in. She lost everything she had and is still struggling to start over. \n\nSorry this was so long....I guess I went way beyond answering your simple question. Typical of me to not know when to shut up...lol.