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Few years ago in Iowa we ran into a sudden weather system with (the radio later said) a big tornado in it. Got off the highway, only to be on a different highwa
by matthewdgreen 2y ago
Few years ago in Iowa we ran into a sudden weather system with (the radio later said) a big tornado in it. Got off the highway, only to be on a different highway with no shelter except for highway overpasses and a flimsy gas station a couple miles down. Technically we also didn't see the tornado, but the weather around it was like nothing I've ever experienced or want to experience again: continuous multi-colored lightning, torrential rain, big hail. (And nothing even close to an appropriate building to shelter in.)
Afterward my friend looked a little thoughtful and said "oh, I guess I forgot how bad the weather out here gets." Reminded me of the way people allegedly got used to the Blitz.
- geerlingguy 2y agoHonestly hail and damaging winds cause more cumulative damage; growing up we had a derecho and hail storm that knocked out power for a week and broke at least one window (and added tons of golf ball dents) on every car that was parked outside within about a 3 mile area. The wind pulled up tons of even healthy trees, bringing down a bunch of power lines, and it was probably the last time in my life I remember seeing more than two or three neighbors outside in the front yard at the same time (suburban midwest).