Even though I am afraid of these storms, I am also amazed at them. I always wanted to be a storm chaser, but at a very far distance. I guess I’ve watched to many of those storm chasing shows.
You said — Even though I am afraid of these storms, I am also amazed at them. I always wanted to be a storm chaser, but at a very far distance. I guess I’ve watched to many of those storm chasing shows.
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Yep, I’ve had the tornado sirens going off in Dallas and in Tulsa (two of the places I’m in these days...) and you just never know.
That time I was in Galveston when Katrina hit New Orleans, I was out on a deck, just 15 seconds before that tornado hit the building. I had just come inside, because the driving rains went “horizontal” and steady and were increasing (actually getting me pretty wet). So because of being uncomfortable and wet, I just stepped inside and just a few seconds later the tornado hit the building. It ripped off everything on the outside and threw it out into the Gulf of Mexico, but people on the inside were okay, although there was a lot of screaming going on... LOL... I was just looking around, pretty amazed at the sight... :-)
But, those straight-line winds can be pretty devastating, too. I remember one time we had some straight-line winds come across the Dallas/Fort Worth area and the damage was similar to what a tornado would be, except this was simply a “line” of winds moving from west to east, and blowing straight — at about 100 MPH steady... That was sort of weird, but it can do a lot of damage, too...