Tornado touched down SoCal today

[sleepyjeff]

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

[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.....

[MouseWife]

Originally Posted by 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.....

Seriously, what is up with that? You see such devastation of mobile home parks.....

[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!

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

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!

There was a line of boats at the ramp when the worse hit. When my turn came instead of lining the boat up carefully with the trailer and then using the trailer rope to pull the boat up I just gunned the engine and drove the boat right up onto the trailer...scuffed up my boat a little but I am sure those behind me appreciated my haste.