Pics Taken After Tornado

What a storm.....

This first pic was't taken by me. This is the Walmart across the highway from my house.  Maybe 1/4 mile from me.

 

This is my son holding some hail. This is ping pong ball sized, we later got some golf ball sized.

 

 

 

This is a usually dry area in my backyard. We got 3" of rain in less than an hour.

 

 

 

 

More backyard.

 

 

 

This happened about 3 miles from my house.

 

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Reply #1 Top

Holy sh*t, glad you're safe!

Reply #3 Top

WOW ... Does this happen often?

Could not imagine myself living in a Tornado zone

 

Reply #4 Top

Sort of puts my 'I'm having a bad day' into perspective. :O

Reply #5 Top

glad all is well Dude...looks like it got hairy for a lil bit....

Reply #6 Top

8|   wow..... how beautiful... that top shot is stunning.... glad it bypassed you directly....  

Reply #7 Top

8C !!!   Time to celebrate the fact that no one in your family got hurt!

Reply #8 Top

We're all ok. No, it don't happen often, thank God. It was kind of exciting, and yet scary at the same time. (Xiandi loves this stuff...lol.)

My dogs were very scared, one was shaking badly. My son was pretty torn up, at first.

I guess it was the worst storm I have ever actually been in. I have always been fascinated with tornados. I would love to be a storm chaser.

Reply #9 Top

Did you see the movie Twister? Now that was scary. I've seen videos of Tornadoes sweeping across the landscape. The power inside one of those things is amazing. Good thing they left you alone. I don't want to hear we're not in Kansas anymore.

Reply #10 Top

I'm glad you're ok, Dude! 

Reply #11 Top

Glad you're all safe!

Reply #12 Top

Walmart is a well known tornado magnet. All kidding aside, I'm so glad you and yours weren't harmed...but having a 'twistered' sense of humor, I couldn't resist... I should be ashamed.....but I'm not.

Jim, being the enterprising RedneckDude that he is has found a way to market this! No...No DX this time.

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Reply #13 Top

Doc...you're a freak  :grin:  

...but i love your kind of humor, 'cause i'm a freak too  :rofl: :rofl:

Reply #14 Top

A sense of humor is priceless in the wake of Mother Nature's fury. If I ever find myself looking at one of those things I think I'll either soil my britches or laugh myself silly thinking of Doc's rendition of RnD's yard sale.

Reply #15 Top

You must really love me Doc!  Gotta say, that is funny!!  lol     :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Reply #16 Top

Quoting Uvah, reply 9
Xiandi loves this stuff...lol
End of Uvah's quote
I do! I should have been a storm chaser. Tornadoes are powerful and fascinating.... as long as you are not right in them! 

You should see me when we have a strong storm around here... I perk right up, lol! Lightning, thunder, high winds, hail...LOVE IT! I lived in Oklahoma for a while, and the storms we got there were amazing!

I'm glad you and your family are all safe, Jim.

Reply #19 Top

Ah, Doc's been playing with content aware fill?  

Reply #20 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 12
Dial

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End of DrJBHL's quote

 

Hey, I want royalties!!!!   :erk:

Reply #21 Top

and you did what to earn them?

Reply #22 Top

I live in Mississippi, where tornados are common enough. Been in this state about 6 years now, and still get nervous everytime we get put under a tornado watch. Thankfully, I've managed to escape them, but I've seen several not to far from where I've lived. One night about 4 years ago a tornado passed about 1/2 mile from where I was working.

I've sat out in the woods and watched them pass about 2 miles from where I was living. It's eerie around here when tornados form. I've seen the sky turn green from it.

Jim, glad you're safe bud.

Reply #23 Top

Glad you and your family came through that unscathed. Last time I saw a tornado touching down, I was a kid. Don't remember it much now, other than it being dark and loud and we were driving away really fast.

Reply #24 Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 21
and you did what to earn them?
End of DrJBHL's quote

Well, I have given you so much to work with, haven't I? Not to mention my likeness is on the buttons. Aw, cmon, even banjer playin hillbillies need bux too.  I'm runnin low on mason jars.  :P

Reply #25 Top

Ask Jim to dig up the ones in his back yard. The ones with the Bux inside. I betcha he's got all of two maybe three of them. Oh ... cut the grass first. Clippers and shears and stuff are in the workshed next to the outhouse. The one with the little crescent moon on it.