Tornado touched down SoCal today

[innerSpaceman]

I'm gonna hide in the refrigerator.

[sleepyjeff]

Tornados, Earthquakes, Hurricanes.......childs play. Up here we have Volcanoes

[Capt Jack]

those have been popping too. be wary

[Snowflake]

Eek! I did one tornado in VA and feel I reached my lifetime quotient with that one. The damage to the property was incredible (ancient a huge oaks down). Fortunately, it was late at night and I was too stupid to realize that thing that sounded like a train roaring past the house I was in was a tornado.

[JWBear]

"The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch."

[Mousey Girl]

We now have sprinkles and I could have sworn I saw a lightning flash. I work in a metal building (warehouse) and I love listening to the rain on the roof.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Tornados, Earthquakes, Hurricanes.......childs play. Up here we have Volcanoes

And tornadoes and earthquakes- just smaller ones, thus far...... My old salon got a direct hit by a tornado about 11 years ago- it was smallish, but still scary. Then about 7 years ago we started having earthquakes- there was a swarm of them over a one year period, but I think the worst was around 4.5. Still, weird- and loud, as we have a crapload of vocanic rock up here and it sounded like dynamite blowing when it split apart. Today was kind of unusual- we had a really strong wind blowing from the east (which almost never happens, as we tend to get our wind from the Pacific Ocean/Cascades range). I had a few clients commenting that it felt like the weather we had during the last tornado, so we were on the lookout all day.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

And tornadoes and earthquakes- just smaller ones, thus far...... My old salon got a direct hit by a tornado about 11 years ago- it was smallish, but still scary. Then about 7 years ago we started having earthquakes- there was a swarm of them over a one year period, but I think the worst was around 4.5. Still, weird- and loud, as we have a crapload of vocanic rock up here and it sounded like dynamite blowing when it split apart. Today was kind of unusual- we had a really strong wind blowing from the east (which almost never happens, as we tend to get our wind from the Pacific Ocean/Cascades range). I had a few clients commenting that it felt like the weather we had during the last tornado, so we were on the lookout all day.

Was that in early July of 98'? I remember being on Priest Lake that year trying to get my boat out of the water when a tornado warning was issued

[RStar]

About a month after I moved into a mobile home in Anaheim (Euclid and Katella) a tornado hit us, ripping the awnings off a few of them. I remember that "train" sound quite clearly. I still think tornados are attracted to mobile homes. Oh, and I moved into a real house. Screw mobile homes.....

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by sleepyjeff

Was that in early July of 98'? I remember being on Priest Lake that year trying to get my boat out of the water when a tornado warning was issued

No, this was the year before, but I know of when you speak. The EBS warning came on in the middle of a kick ass storm, and they warned anyone near north Spokane/Stevens county to head to their basements. There were sightings of funnel clouds near our house, but they didn't cause any damage. I can't imagine being out on Priest lake during that- it was a wild storm!