Posted on 03/30/2023 6:36:22 AM PDT by basalt
i read that when the greenish tint happens, its a sign of incredibly high cloud tops...signs of super cells.
My house was hit by the May 2019 EF4 that hit Dayton, which was bad, but I would say that the Xenia tornado ( just a stones throw away ) was much worse.
the Xenia storm caught fore casters off guard because of its power. While Ohio does get tornadoes, the powerful ones usually happen further South. Plus, the area of the outbreak was surprising...you had fatalities from Guin, Alabama to Windsor, Ontario.
The one I’ll never forget is the Jarrell, Texas tornado. There was literally nothing left but slabs.
just watched a doc on that storm...they said, if theres any such thing as an F-6 tornado, Jarrell was it....not only swept clean, but majority of the debris was never found. I guess it granulated and just fell as dust else where...Lord.
my new Rocket 88.....
What’s strange is the rest of the town was pretty much unscathed, it was just that one subdivision that pretty much got it.
Every time I drive to Austin when I see the exit sign for Jarrell, it’s always the first thing that comes to my mind.
isnt a TORONADO a type of horse??...i dunno....
I was in Korea for in 1974. At morning formation, 1st Sgt read out the names of those receiving orders for their return to the states. When he came to my name, he said: “Good and bad new Lt. Good new, you got Redstone Arsenal. Bad new, a tornado blew it away last night.”
I was near the 1957 Ruskin Heights, tornado in south Kansas City. My dad had his carpenter foreman that lived in the impact area and he took me at six o’clock the next morning out to see if we could be of assistance. It was an eye opening experience. House after house gone and the subdivisions just basements in blocks of debris.
The foreman’s house was only modestly damaged as he was on the fringes of the impact area and he had built it himself so it was above average in details of construction. The house on either side and the house across the street were demolished — his would be repaired in a week with mainly glass damage.
True F-5 just like the one you reference in Texas.
Oh has basements :)
green is vegetation in the air.
never a good sight
everybody thought the thing was finally winding down...then, 10 o’clock that night, Alabama took the worst hit of the entire day.....system was def one for the books...
unfortunately, my house did not. Wife and I get heavy coats, and of all things, a galvanized bucket over our heads for protection, and sat down on the floor in the center of the house. I kept lifting it up so I could see, as all hell was breaking loose.
didnt the Dayton storm hit at night???
Back when cars were cars
Holy cow 😳😳😳
We’re prepared this time. Steel storm sheltor. Standby generator.
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