#tw tornado

driving into the storm

[image ID: digital painting of a large tornado on the left side with a tiny truck with its headlights on driving into the clouds. redraw of a screenshot from the 2024 movie Twisters]

the largest tornado was 2.6 miles wide and was rated EF3(the el reno 2013)

the deadliest tornado killed approximately 1300 people in 1989

the 1997 jarrell tornado was one of the first depictions of a so-called "dead man walking"(the two vortexes rotating created an effect of a walking tornado)

the joplin 2011 ef5 tornado caused "butterfly people", the nature of which remain unknown. some saw angels, which are thought to be caused by mass hysteria. some said that these were people who were literally skinned alive, and those "wings" were the skin.

the el reno 2013 is believed to be the first tornado to kill storm chasers

the tornado can grow from ef0 to ef5 in a matter of minutes

the longest tornado(or a series) lasted 3.5 hours

the tornadoes are fast as hell(the record for the highest forward speed is 75 mph or 121 kph)

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and after seeing this i actually thought I was going to throw up. im still really nervous even though its technically past the 10 PM (for the storm) and the 12 AM (for the aq) and its so bad that I genuinely dont know if I can bring myself to go outside tommorow /srs maybe if I do ill just wear a mask

But I HATE that its not even tornados or stuff like that, its literally just STORMS. I feel like a helpless puppy when im sitting in the far corner of my bed and trying not to cry because there was a big boom of thunder from outside.

And its just so awful i want it to go away. And I feel bad that sometimes when theres a storm i post a lot on Tumblr because it probably gets annoying rlly fast. "Oh look, there's a drizzle in Vinnie time zone again!" I am legitimately so sorry for anyone who has to see my posts when the weather outside is bad

WE’RE FINALLY FREED NO MORE STORMING

For those curious about what exactly I saw, this is a poorly drawn artists rendition of what happened. It felt as fast as this video does.

This would be an across the street shot from my place, and there was very little warning beforehand that a funnel would be forming. It broke before we even left the house, but if it hadn't, my spouse and I estimated it was within 10 minutes of us..

It went from sunny to cloudy and the clouds did this but in a swirly pattern heading towards the funnel cloud at the time.

It started getting windy in a matter of seconds, and one moment it was sunny, the next we're raining so hard people are taking cover. It flash flooded the streets. People were being sent home from work.

We get to our bus terminal where we would normally transfer, and hear over the radio that if we'd been in our area, we would've been transported to the bus depot where they store them at nighttime - With the driver. We sheltered in place at the terminal, waiting for answers for only half an hour but it felt like longer. So many people didn't know what was going on. It started flash flooding like crazy and the one bus we ended up going on to get to our destination, was wet from being out in the rainstorm for longer than our prior bus had been - Water was dripping from the emergency exit in the top, and the floor was soaked towards the front. More than likely people didn't want to close the windows.

Our driver informed us of everything he was being told, which helped calm all of us down I think. The whole bus was pretty spooked about having to shelter in place at the bus terminal. But it is good to know they will keep us safe if it happens in the future, regardless of which part of town we're in.

Then just as suddenly as it came, the clouds went away, the rain stopped, and the wind died down almost immediately. We do still have some severe thunder clouds rolling in, but I think they may just pass us by actually.