Tornadoes are one of the most amazing, awesome, and terribly frightening things in this world.
I am absolutely fascinated by them. I’ve seen one set of twin spouts over Lake Pontchartrain, and I saw one from just north of the I-10 as I was driving through Mississippi one day. That one I saw form it’s birth until it disappeared inside heavy rain. It was large, but in a field, so no danger I think.
This is the very best tornado video I have ever seen. I’m not sure if you’ve seen it before, it’s been around a bit now.
It’s of the TIV (Tornado Intercept Vehicle) finally intercepting a tornado.
This blows my mind every time I watch it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v075d9Vfqcg
Video of the tornado. Play it very slow and you can see it lit up by the lightning.
https://twitter.com/BrantlyKeiek/status/702335868875354112
Wow! I’ve watched a lot of tornado videos but missed that one. Just beautiful and terrifying.
We had an awful breakout here in Orlando in ‘98...F3’s...over 40 killed, 200 injured, 3,000 buildings ruined. It went over my house but didn’t touch down for another mile. I can’t describe the sky, even though it was late at night, there were purple flashes. I was watching the local news and suddenly all the hype and excitement left the voice of the meteorologist. You could hear the fear in his voice, the certainty that we were in trouble. He stayed very professional and calm, but he knew it was going to be bad.
I’m fascinated by tornados, too. For years, my dream has been to go out west and travel with storm chasers.
When the tornado that hit us had passed on by, the first thing my hubby said was, “Well, I guess this kills your desire to ride with storm chasers, huh?” My reply was, “Oh HECK no! It’ll take more than this.” No one has ever accused me of being sane. LOL!
If I ever get to do it, I wanna ride with Brandon! That video is awesome! What an experience for them!