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In the 1980s I was in Iowa visiting my grandparents when the tornado warnings went off in the middle of the night. I didn't know what they were and it being the
by _DeadFred_ 1y ago
In the 1980s I was in Iowa visiting my grandparents when the tornado warnings went off in the middle of the night. I didn't know what they were and it being the 1980s assumed Russia had launched their nukes. I woke everyone up to get to the basement so fast!
- bb88 1y agoIowa infrastructure was good back in the 1980s. If the sirens went off you knew it's bad, normally because someone actually had to see a tornado on the ground. The aftermath of an F5 can look like a localized nuke went off.