A Sight I Thought I'd Never See...

I have, I grew up in tornado alley (Oklahoma) and when I was a kid we saw one come right for our house, it skipped over a field and tore the shed roof off, we waited for the roof to slam into our house but it landed in the field behind us. It was pretty scary because even though we were in our house we still didn't feel safe.

Good thing it fell apart and didn't destruct a thing. I haven't experienced a tornado in my life. I've only really seen it in movies.

I have seen one already in action, it was a F1, according to todays standards. I will never forget it either. I was in my living room with my parents and siblings. I was sitting on the couch with my mom and sister, my dad was with my brother's. My sister was crying badly because she was scared. I didn't think nothing of it, because we have bad storms in the past. Well, it showed it's ugly face, with a flash of lightening. By the grace of God it was heading away from our house, so it probably started there. It was near the road heading towards a field of cattle, luckily wasn't in that spot at the time. It didn't sound like a train, it did hail, and got very still outside before it happened. It was very scarey looking, again something I will never forget. Another sight I would never see again, was during another storm. My dad was at work, and my oldest brother was mad about something. My mom kept telling him to hush, that he was making God angry. Well, my brother bad mouthed God, right then and there, a volt of lightening hit outside, and it was so bright, or it arched. I don't know what it did, it looked like it came into the living room and stopped at my brother's feet. My brother got scared and he never bad mouthed God again.

hi cortjo love your avatar.yes I was raised in tornado alley, S.D. and I and my mom , I was just about eleven then, watched three tornadoes moving in a row, mom, dad and a baby one, about one quarter mile away but movine parallel to us. they hit several farms and demolished houses and barns then just split apart and were gone . they do move very fast and we would have been in our storm cellar but they were not coming in our direction thank goodness. this was many years ago but I never ever forgot the sight.

No, I guess because I don't live in a tornado area but I've seen hurricanes in the news clippings also because hurricanes never seem to hit Trinidad. It must be an impressive sight and if you've seen the damage they do a frightening one as well. I can only imagine how you guys feel about these things.

Hello cortjo73, No I have never seenanything like that it would have frighten me I don't like tornados for theie destructions, I don't even like thunder and lightning for that matter but it must have awesome. Tamarafireheart.

wowww... that must be exciting... i never see a tornado before that close... so i can imagine how you feel when you see it when you didn't expect it at all... glad that nothing happens to you and your hubby though... take care and have a nice day...

That had to be very scary. I have never seen one as anytime there was one I was in a safe place thankfully. Once on the road I had to hide in a gas station restroom and thats not fun lol. Glad it didnt do any damage. Now you stay away from them tornados you cant have you missing BB10.

We had one go up and down from the clouds very near my home a few years ago. I lost a few large branches from my red Maple and the neighbor had a 50 foot pine tree pulled up from the sopil about 2 feet slightly damaging his roof. All told for a 4 mile stretch from my house and South there were over 1,000 trees ripped from the ground due to this tornado and straight line winds later. I've seen a few from very close in my lifetime actually. I have a discussion or two about a recent one that hit a few miles from my home May 25th I think as well. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

OMG--- I would have been so afraid! No I have never seen anything like that- I’m from NY though. We deal with ice storms and blizzards. An occasional tornado. I’m really glad that it did not touch down at your house- and went fast. I imagine it was pretty neat to watch but scary too!

we have had alot of them in florida but thank god I never saw one

Never that close. I've seen them far away at least once as a kid. I have had a couple of odd encounters around them though. I was at a friend's house on the other side of our neighborhood when we heard the tornado warnings. The wind had started picking up and it was getting dark. I hopped on my bike and headed home. Halfway there the wind picked up so hard that I literally took my feet off my pedals and let the wind push me! When I made it home my friends called me to make sure I made it ok. They said they saw a twister land not too far in front of me (I'm guessing a few miles). The other encounter was when I was at a 2-month summer camp. The girls were visiting the boys on their side of camp (a few miles away), when the tornado warnings started. Toward the late afternoon we saw a huge black (and I mean BLACK) line of clouds literally rolling across the sky. It looked like black waves heading in to crash on a beach. They had us in buildings for a while and then decided to put us in the lowest spot on the campus - a little sloped area by the lake called "The Cup". They made us lay down on towels for what seemed forever. But the cool thing was I looked at the lake and it was this beautiful mixture of blues and greens and sitting near the shore were three white swans. It was a very neat picture! Too bad I didn't have a camera at the time.

Yep. I've seen one, back then when I was young. There was a huge storm and a tornado sprang out to life from the lake near us.

wow, i am fascinated by tornadoes at a safe distance of course. i have videos of them. the closest i've come to seeing one was a dust devil that formed in front of my eyes and spun a little, then dissolved. i would love to see a tornado in person. without no one getting hurt or property damage.

I have never seen a tornado and I tell you, I would never ever want to see one. I have seen the movie and it is scary. Forces of nature are scary and a flood is scary too. I once ventured to cross a bridge which was overflown with flood waters. There was a big payloader near by and I decided to chance crossing the bridge which could no longer be seen. Inching across the bridge, the water was almost at the floorboards of my van and I could feel the van being carried somewhat gently but our wheels still touched the bottom and we made it safely across. If the water were a little higher we would have been swept away.

I did see one pretty close years ago in Michigan. My (then) hubby and I were traveling down the road and saw it up ahead of us in the distance. It appeared to be coming at us on the same road, and as he tried to figure out where to drive to try to get out of its path, it lifted back up in the sky, then darted off in another direction. We just sat at the side of the road, stunned.

I have never seen one that close.I'm sure that must have been terrifing.I have seen them on the water, which they are referred to (and I'm sure everyone know this) as waterspouts which can move to land. Yes tornadoes are very scary. I grew up in Missouri and we would have them there, not a lot but I remember as a kid hearing the warnings over the t.v. and we all went to the basement til it was over. I have always been a little interested in them. When there has been a tornado watch alert then it changes to a warning and you are outside and see the sky turn from a grey to green in color. It is fascinating but scary.