I 35 got whacked. They was stacked and got whacked.
It is odd that all the fatalities where folks that had foresight.
They were all trying to get out.
They had not considered the traffic jam.
Some of this is caused by people that shelter Under overpasses.
I aint blaming anyone, folks do what they gotta do.
I know a guy that did this in OKC.
They were all hunkered down under the overpass holdup hands like a human chain.
Well Sir, you know what he learned?
There is a Bernoulli effect that happens when you get in there.
The wind speeds Increased.
A Farkin wind tunnel.
One poor fellow was holding on to his wife when a stone blew through his hand.
He let go. It was not his fault, it was like getting a bullet to the back of your hand.
I blew straight through and she was gone.
They found her body 2 miles away
So DO NOT SHELTER UNDER OVERPASSES
Growing up in NYC and now on Long Island, we don’t see too many twisters.
Oh, every once in a blue moon we’ll get a small one touching down, and we do have those microburst storms...but never ANYTHING like what’s been going on out in the Heartland. I’m not sure a twister like that is even possible around here. (Perhaps a weather FReeper can educate me about that.)
Still, I’d always thought that sheltering under an overpass was the proper thing to do if caught out on the road when one of these monsters approaches.
Thank you for setting me straight. Your experience may save my life one day.
Regards,
BTW...what SHOULD someone do who is caught on the road when confronted by a tornado?
Regards,