A monster tornado near Dallas Texas, nearly half a mile to a full mile wide, brought forth ginormous hail and street flooding. Jamie Moore, head of emergency management in Johnson County, said that it was a monstrous sight and was the witness that stated it was more like a mile wide. It tore through the countryside and caused no deaths, witnesses and investigators say, so far. But surveyors and investigators have no been out to check on damage and casualties yet because they weather had been so bad. There has been damage, consisting of many roofs being ripped off houses, in Rio Vista and Grandview, both outliers of Fort Worth. There has been images on social media of flipped 18-wheelers, tempestuous clouds created dangerous, awe-inspiring funnels and disks as a front swept through. Residents reported hail the size of softballs and posted photos as proof!
Q1) How would you react to a tornado of this massive size?
Q2) What would be your first plan if a tornado had hit your town, bringing softball sized hail?
Story: http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/27/weather/texas-tornadoes-softball-hail/index.html
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I would leave the area as soon as I heard about it, houses can be rebuilt, but lives can't be brought back, If I were caught in the middle of it, I would find a safe place and wait it out.
I would be so scared and try to find shelter right away. I'm glad nobody got hurt though, hopefully they can get things fixed soon.
If I saw a tornado that big I'm jumping into the whip and flying outta there
Haha, be careful! I pray your "whip" doesn't get pulled up and away in the tornado, though!
The only tornado I have ever actually witnessed was when I was very little, so I don't remember much. But I was close to witnessing a tornado sometime around June of last year and it actually interested me! I don't know why but major storms catch my interest and I never want to go inside or to the basement, I just want to watch it. However, I obviously would be taking shelter for this storm. I don't know how I would react if I saw hail the size of softballs or if a tornado ever actually hit somewhere that I was, making as much damage as taking off the roof of my house. I would hope to be out of the way of any serious harm and try to help with the cleanup of the damage afterwards.
Oh, my! I'm sorry! That's terrifying! June, last year? What happened? Did you, and everyone else make it out okay, or were there injuries? But I agree as-well, storms are interesting to watch! I would make sure my friends and family were completely safe from harm, and I would also help clean up damages afterwards!
I would be terrified and hope that I wouldn't get hit by any hail. I would make sure I was well hid to make sure that I didn't get hit by any.
Good thinking Ham. Staying out of the possibility of being hit by hail would be my second plan of action; saving my friends and family wold be the first.
I would be terrified! I cannot imagine a storm this large and destroying our homes and neighborhoods.I think the first plan if a tornado came to town would to be to get into the basement!
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