YIKES! Tornados Part 2
More news on the tornado front. One of the
tornados went through one of our friend's backyard. It took out three large
oaks, her fence, flattened her garden and knocked a tree down onto her roof.
Neighbors lost a garage and porch. Driving North up Segoe road was pretty
shocking. Huge oaks are snapped off clean at the ground. There a lots of trees
down and garages that are gone or smashed. Lots of people were walking on their
roofs checking out the damage. Our friend said that the winds had blown hard
enough through the screen in her bathroom to fill her tub with dirt. Her
bedroom was covered with leaves and debris. Her house is fine though the
tornado went through her backyard.
Tornados are really weird. They can obliterate one
house and not do a thing to the neighbor. My sister had a tornado come up to
her back yard, jump her house and then touch back down on the other side of the
road.
It was a wild night last night. I think that, overall, I prefer living in earthquake prone areas. They just strike and are over. I lived in the southern San Francisco bay area during the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. Ceiling tiles (the acoustic tiles in all tacky business park construction) were hopping about 6 inches out of their tracks. Lisa Minshall (where is Lisa Minshall these days?) and I watched here filing cabinet draws - which were full - fly open and shut, open and shut. When the earthquake was over, we went out into the parking lot and the light posts were vibrating like stalks of grass in the wind.
Tornados come with this weird sky. The sirens start to wail. You go inside and watch the news and wonder if one is close. There is all this apprehension and worry - Should we go to the basement now? Are they coming close? Where are they talking about? Earthquakes just happen. Suddenly, the house is shaking and then it isn't.
- JJP
It was a wild night last night. I think that, overall, I prefer living in earthquake prone areas. They just strike and are over. I lived in the southern San Francisco bay area during the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. Ceiling tiles (the acoustic tiles in all tacky business park construction) were hopping about 6 inches out of their tracks. Lisa Minshall (where is Lisa Minshall these days?) and I watched here filing cabinet draws - which were full - fly open and shut, open and shut. When the earthquake was over, we went out into the parking lot and the light posts were vibrating like stalks of grass in the wind.
Tornados come with this weird sky. The sirens start to wail. You go inside and watch the news and wonder if one is close. There is all this apprehension and worry - Should we go to the basement now? Are they coming close? Where are they talking about? Earthquakes just happen. Suddenly, the house is shaking and then it isn't.
- JJP
Posted: Thu - June 24, 2004 at 10:25 PM
