New England tornado outbreak

Well, truthfully we have too many tornadoes around here for me to be an actual fan of watching them. We had one a month or so ago here where I live, about 5 miles away from me that killed five people. I think that if we had less tornadoes it might be more interesting for me to watch. But April through September are sometimes scary months here in Tornado Alley. I have enjoyed watching that show Storm Chasers on Discover Channel. I can watch that all I want and not have to worry about getting caught in "the crossfire".

For me it is the time that the sign the Armageddon is very near because many calamity is happened.

I'm fascinated by tornadoes but hope never to be in one! Here in Ohio we've had a tornado watch this morning and one did touch down about 40 miles from here but right now it is blue sky and lovely white clouds. I like to watch them on television but would never, ever want to be near one! I keep a storm room in my basement stocked with food, water, medical supplies, etc. just in case.

I was up close and personal with one when I was five. My sister's house was an old two story farm house with another house of similar age and style about 500 yards away. I was upstairs and a tornado went in between the two houses and blew out all the windows. I am terrified of wind and if there are tornado warnings, I'm in the basement. I work as a CMT at a residential care facility, and when bad weather comes through it is very trying for me to remain calm, cool and collected for the sake of the residents. I do it though, but am a wreck when it's over. I think there are more tornados lately. I may be wrong. It seems they're all over the map, not just in the midwest. I live in the Ozarks and tornados come up from Arkansas frequently. Our town has been hit by several in the last twenty years that I've been here.

Funny, i love the movie Twister.! i would love to watch mother nature in action! Tho i have never seen one. I have lived and been through Hurricanes when i use to live in New Jersey and that was scary yet, exciting. I now live in WA state and Tornados are few and far between. However the town Monroe WA, the other day had a tornado, (very rare i might add). Checking the pictures online.I do feel bad for people with all the devestation that can happen. I do have relatives that live in the midwest, i.e. Kansas and they have had a couple of scares.

That's a great picture. I live in an area that never gets hurricanes, tornadoes, earth quakes, volcanoes, etc. I enjoy watch the snow storms that commonly occur from the warmth of my own house though - as long as I don't have to go out that day.

I am a fan of storm watching, but when I am nice and safe inside. I am terrified of tornadoes as they arrive without hardly any warning. Where I live it is hurricanes but one get plenty of warning and I have only had to evacuate once. I had just been in the states for 2 years when Hurricane David came ashore! The most amazing storm I ever saw was when I lived in Tripoli, Libya (many years ago) and there was a lightning display ... it was incredible, a round ball of fire/lightning bouncing along the horizon of the Mediterranean Sea. There was no thunder it was really scary because none of my friends or I had ever witnessed anything like it.

Since I lived in Nebraska for the first 27 years of my life I know about these storms. I was a pre-teen when there was one about 5 miles from our farm. I saw a low black cloud and called my Mom's attention to it- but I don't think she even looked. After it was gone-- maybe the next day my father drove us to the area of the storm. All of the farm buildings had been leveled and even the trees were gone or stripped of all their leaves. They looked like a telephone pole. Some friends lived there but they were not harmed. I am glad I no longer live in that area.

I can't say that I'm a fan of storm watching but I'm always interested to see how things unfold and how they fulfill Bible prophecy. Matthew 24:7 says, among other things, that there will be earthquakes ( or other weather related issues ) in one place after another. Though it may be scarry, every cloud has a silver lining.

xfahctor, The storm looks pretty strong, I hope the damage had not been extensive. Great photo and thanks for sharing it here. I do agree that it is rare that one can actually see these at quite a close distance. It must have been another significant experience for your family and yourself.

Thunderstorms, but not tornadoes. Heck no...

I like films of disaster and i'm dreamed of seeing some nature phenomenon like tornado or earthquake..... However, i don't think it's a good thing to feel it myself, so good luck and far away from it. Hope 2012 will never come