Tornadoes!

[NomadRock]

I just survived a bout of tornadoes, luckily none hit my residence area. I am still awaiting damage reports from other areas though. The storm is currently going on, but the tornado threats have apparently passed for my city.

[anubis]

where are you living ?

[NomadRock]

ISU (Iowa State University)
Ames, Iowa, USA

[anubis]

boy am i glad that i live in a country that has no tornados

[NomadRock]

They are dangerous, but they are amazing to see in first person.

[davepermen]

uhm, germany just had a tornado-warning two weeks ago, or so.. south-germany, that was..

and yes, seeing just the step before a tornado is amazing yet.. but happy to never see one really..

[anubis]

you could hardly call that a tornado... besides i live in the north so i don't care :)

[davepermen]

but i'm directly under the south..

you can call it tornado, as it looked just like in the movies the moment a tornado comes down/grows up (wich way?! :D). we definitely NEVER had a storm like this in the lifetime of about anyone i know around here. it was strange beeing in the middle of a storm and not having _ANY_ form of wind blowing while the surrounding couldn't stand the storm..

it was the closest form of a tornado that ever hit the north-switzerland and south-german region in the last years, definitely

[NomadRock]

I love that when you can feel the electricity in the air. Everything seems on the verge of something gigantic. Its the same feeling I get when standing on top of a mountain.

[davepermen]

or pointing with a gun directly onto your head..

.. electrifying .... :D

[NomadRock]

Hmm, never tried that. Tornadoes we are taught to protect ourselves from, guns are another thing quite entirely.