You have to understand, I'm from New England, we get lots of snow but we know how to deal with it (buy more plows). I can vaguely remember one hurricane when I was like 10. Tornadoes have always been a problem for Dorothy and Toto to me. Well today at least 3 of them touched down within 15 miles of my office!
This video was taken in Windsor, which was hit pretty bad by this F4 tornado - see the movie reel on the map below for the approximate location. (Here's the link to the original video).
I put together a little map based on the info off the NOAA site, based on time and siting, I counted no fewer than 3 tornadoes touching down (different colors). The largest grew to be 1-1.5 miles wide at times! The blue markers got so close to my office (green building) that we were actually ordered to report to our "designated shelters" - that was not part of my training so I had no idea there were even tornado shelters in the building.
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This all reminds me of my favorite tornado joke. Ahem. What is a tornado? Nothing more than Mother Nature doing the twist. OK, I know- not very funny, but had to share. Gpa said you should have just put Sophie on the porch and had her stare down that tornado. We know who would have won.
That is INSANE! I am glad that you guys are okay. So far Colorado hasn't been too welcoming to the LaPierre family (at least weather wise!) I hope the rest of your summer weather is not quite as eventful ;)
ok...I think you need to move back here.
That definitely was crazy for around here! I'm glad that you are all OK! (I hope you don't start hating Colorado!)
It is a good thing that things are all mellow for you guys, Lisa. Hope you can keep the weather-related issues to a minimum for the rest of the summer.
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