[dfwgator]

This is nonstop. What the hell is with all these tornadoes and not in ‘Tornado Alley’ either. This is like the end of times, has it ever been this bad?

It's not that atypical, there have always been occasional bad years like this one. Consider back in the day, before we had forecasting and tracking tools, there were thousands of tornadoes, that nobody even knew about because they never hit any buildings.

[Vigilantcitizen]

What dfwgator said. Every year there are major tornadoes, but most of the time, they hit areas that ain't densely populated, so they don't make the news. Most people, like me, who have experienced tornadoes up close and personal, are lucky enough that those experiences are with smaller tornadoes. Unfortunately, that creates a population that doesn't treat every warning as if it's "The Big One", and goes on about their business as normal when the warnings come.

Not me.

[brytlea]

I remember the year we were hit with the tornado in DeSoto/Lancaster (April of 1994). It was the beginning of a big outbreak also. These things happen. Some are worse than others. This one is particularly bad. And nowadays we have more media, more people, etc.
Of course, I joked that year that Tornado Ally was the ally behind our house.

I also recall the first year we moved to FL we had the awful hurricane year, the worst anyone could recall (remember we went thru the alphabet and had to start over?!) And then, things calmed down and we haven’t had anything like that since.

[Pining_4_TX]

I’m right in the bulls eye, so in case I am not here tomorrow, I just wanted my fellow Freepers to know how much I enjoyed getting to know them.

Sorry, but none of you are in my will. I don’t know why you would want 2 large, unruly dogs anyway. ;-)