Tornado Stories

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The Oklahoma outbreak got me thinking, have you guys ever been through a tornado if so I would like to hear your story (weather has always interested me)

I was in Crete visiting my grandpartents when the Hallam tornado hit. I have never heard anything like it before and I have never been so scared. We ran outside to see what was happening and there was a perfect shelf could over Crete, and then sirens went off. Then a few years back my buddy lives in a house on 84th and Holdredge when the funnell cloud was right above his place that was pretty intense.

 
I also am very intrigued by storms and tornadoes.....so when I hit the lottery, I'm going on a storm chase! Living in Omaha there were many times spent down in the basement. I don't think there is anything like hearing those sirens! Most of you are probably too young to remember this, but back in Omaha in May 1975 several tornadoes touched down. I was at work at the old Creighton Clinic/St. Joe's Hospital on 10th St. We were told to get home fast. I lived only a few blocks away, so ran like crazy in the pouring rain and golf ball size hail. My Mom headed to the basement but I wanted to watch. My Dad was still working, but made it home OK. I remember hearing the wind and rain and then it was over! We went upstairs and no damage was done to our house, but out west wasn't as lucky. Driving out the interstate around 82nd St was awful. A friend of mine was in her car and had it picked up and set back down. I had family in the Hallam tornado and also Firth.

 
A buddy of mine and me used to help spot Tornados. I have seen dozens of them from a distance and have been closer then I wanted to a few. Thank goodness we have never had one headed directly toward our property. I have walked through a lot of wreckage cause by them and they are a very mysterious thing. The things they do and don't do can boggle the mind.

I have posted this picture before, it's from I-80 Speedway located right between Omaha and Lincoln. This baby about made me soil myself.

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