Scary Tornado Season is Here for USA
By L. Jenkinson
@MarymargII (12422)
Toronto, Ontario
April 2, 2018 2:57pm CST
This is the Season for Tornadoes in the U.S.A. and although we get a few here in Canada- nothing like our neighbours to the South. It can get really scary for those living in the "Tornado Alley" area of the United States.
That area is pretty much in central USA and gets most of the tornadoes including the huge,devastating and deadly ones. Although other places get them they mostly occur in Alley which is situated right up the middle of the country.
I lived through a minor tornado occurrence when we were vacationing in Ontario's north. A powerful storm roared all night and we were shocked when we woke up in the morning to tree limbs down everywhere and things scattered all over. Considering that we were in a rustic cabin we were glad that was all that happened! Wow!
These tornadoes can easily turn deadly and have for many people living in the path of these twisters! Let's hope this year and for years to come the people living in those tornado locations are spared!
Have you ever experienced a tornado or a raging thunderstorm where you worried for your life? It is an unbelievable, fearful experience and even though the one I went through was relatively mild- it was not fun at all!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
True- you have no warning with an earthquake!
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
5 Apr 18
It must be really scary to have to live through one of those Tornadoes.
Someone I know is on holiday over there where there could be tornadoes and maybe with a bit of luck they are already home and safe.
We managed to escape a flash flooding it was kind of scary as it all happens in seconds and before you know it you are up to your ankles in water.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
6 Apr 18
@MarymargII
Happens a lot here because of the contrasts in weather and I have seen floods elsewhere in the World much much worse also.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
6 Apr 18
Yes, I can't believe all the flooding that is going on right now!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Apr 18
@lovinangelsinstead21 You are right- it's all getting pretty frightening. Th flooding is extensive everywhere.
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@LadyDuck (458006)
• Switzerland
4 Apr 18
@MarymargII I was in our hotel room, it was really scary.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
@LadyDuck Wow that would be- especially when you hear that wind roaring in your ears!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
I have never seen one in the day- but hope to be somewhere safe if ever one approaches!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
2 Apr 18
I know- already I have heard of a few cited but thankfully nothing bad happened! ;/
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
2 Apr 18
@MarymargII oh my keep an eye to the sky
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
@amadeo Yes- are there many where you live in the US?
@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
6 Apr 18
@just4him And I pity the people in those countries that get them- but the USA gets a lot of those too!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
5 Apr 18
Living on Guam must have been quite the experience! Yes those typhoons can get horrifying.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
4 Apr 18
We have only seen one tornado that came close to our house in Colorado but now that we live in Texas I was told that we live in Tornado Alley. Not looking forward to it at all and its weird but there are not that many shelters here. We might have one put in my grand kids back yard just in case.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
4 Apr 18
@MarymargII They have already had one down below Dallas and where we live is a lot of open fields as they are just starting to build out this way. They just always scare me.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
Oh yes, that would be a good safeguard but I'm sure it will be a quiet year in Texas.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
5 Apr 18
@cintol I would also make sure there is a shelter on yours and your grand kids property. It would make for better peace of mind.
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
6 Apr 18
I have not had it hit us but it has come very close here in Florida and did damage our house a bit.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
6 Apr 18
I remember you posting about it---that was a close call!
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@Juliaacv (48415)
• Canada
2 Apr 18
We're very lucky in this area as far as tornadoes are concerned.
We drove thru Godrich just days after their big tornado a few years ago.
Things were quite bad at that time, we actually got directions from a police officer not to stop (I was considering it, but my husband knew better) until we got out of town. Which of course we did. There were bricks still laying on the sidewalks beside hwy 21 that we took thru town.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
That was lucky and I think I remember that tornado and it being in the news. I feel sorry for our U.S. neighbours who must have that fear every Spring!
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
5 Apr 18
yes and unfortunately this is the Season for them. Hope it is a very mild one.
@Marilynda1225 (79706)
• United States
2 Apr 18
I've been through many horrible hurricanes but I think they are better than a scary tornado.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
I agree- a tornado is so unpredictable, powerful and devastating too!
@Morleyhunt (21737)
• Canada
2 Apr 18
I was in the path of a micro burst or tornado.....they never actually decided which. There was hardly time to think....let alone be scared....our home and property had $15,000. Damage.....the neighbours had similar damage....no one was hurt.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
Oh that was not great! They can do so much damage and are a scary reality in the Spring and Summer.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
Even if you were- they would be like a monster to me. I only had that one time and it was in the middle of the night- but would not want to face those huge ones in the USA. Canada, luckily only gets a few.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
2 Apr 18
I have a few friends that live in Tornado Alley. Thank goodness one of them just moved, but still a few more have been living there for years. Tornadoes scare the heck out of me, I remember how my entire town freaked out because we had a funnel cloud before.
@Starmaiden (9311)
• Canada
2 Apr 18
Have never experienced a tornado. They are more common in the Prairies. But I have survived many a hurricane. :-)
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
4 Apr 18
Yes i imagine you have had many a hurricane on the coast there.
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