A few weeks ago, eight people died in a town a couple miles south of my home. Looking across the flat, farming plains of Illinois and seeing storm clouds rolling in and forming into tunnel clouds is one of the most terrifying but awesome sights I've ever seen.
Tornado/Tornado Warnings
by RAYZORBLADE 15 Replies latest social current
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shotgun
Oh baloney...Rayzor was watching an Argo's game on TV last night
There were some touchdowns, but not where I live.
The tornadoes that touched down were in the F0 to F2 range.
I don't think there was any need for cussin at us just because your precious Argo's came up short..tell me to FO..well FU2 buddy! -
Country Girl
You guys have been really having some strange weather up there! I'm just glad you are okay, brother!
We are getting so much rain down here it feels like the ground just can't possibly take any more.. and then more rain comes! It's drowning the fish, even.. hehehheh.
Country <doesn't open umbrellas inside> Girl
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RAYZORBLADE
CG: my dear. Honestly, if a tornado was bearing down on me, I'd be SOL.
When the 'tornado warning' went out, I realized, for a moment. I had no real course of action 'to take cover'.
I live in a 3 floor townhouse/split apartment unit. I'm on the top floor. If the tornado bore down upon me, I'd be screwed. I'd have to grab my two birds and head into an interior room (storage room) or maybe the bathroom (it has an eastern facing brick wall). Still, depending upon the strength: I could be OK, or a statistic.
The rotating column of clouds I observed were east of me, but still very scary.
We've had F0's to F4's here in Canada. Never an F5.
Canada is second only to the United States for tornado activity.
http://www.larc.on.ca/Pictures/tn_tornado.jpg (near London, Ontario, Canada)
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RAYZORBLADE
Canada's Worst Tornadoes
- Regina, Saskatchewan - June 30, 1912 - 28 dead, hundreds injured
- Edmonton, Alberta - July 31, 1987 - 27 dead, hundreds injured
- Windsor, Ontario - June 17, 1946 - 17 dead, hundreds injured
- Pine Lake, Alberta - July 14, 2000 - 12 dead, 140 injured
- Valleyfield, Quebec - August 16, 1888 - 9 dead, 14 injured
- Windsor, Ontario - April 3, 1974 - 9 dead, 30 injured
- Barrie, Ontario - May 31, 1985 - 8 dead, 155 injured
- Sudbury, Ontario - August 20, 1970 - 6 dead, 200 injured
- St-Rose, Quebec - June 14, 1892 - 6 dead, 26 injured
- Buctouche, New Brunswick - August 6, 1879 - 5 dead, 10 injured
I know, this pales in comparison to our neighbour to the south (United States of America). But we have way less a population base, and some tornadoes strike areas that are unpopulated. The USA, is 9/10 times more populated than Canada.
Also, their geographical location dictates alot of what they go through.
If there's any one nation that knows about tornadoes: it's Americans.
Canadians, sure, we get hit hard too sometimes. You can bet your bottom dollar we're taking in some information from our neighbours south of us. We'd be foolish not to. Considering we're on this awesome continent: NORTH AMERICA. We'd be wise to pay attention to our buddies south of the border, considering they see tornadoes far more frequently than we do.
Some tornadoes have been spawned in the United States and have carried on right across the border into Canada: in southern Ontario "WE KNOW". Especially when our Michigan buddies are gettting hit, it's almost a given we're in for it next.
It is particularly odd, we've had more tornado watches/warnings way earlier than we'd expect, and more frequently as Mortons68 has indicated. She's southwest of me about 200 kms., and in the firing line of the Michigan storms when they race across the border.
Tornadoes don't have to clear customs/immigration.
Know your safety proceedures. I had to relearn this recently. Who'd've thought?!?
**PS: Aztec, if I'm correct, Flint, Michigan experienced one of the worst tornadic outbreaks back in the mid 1950s, considered part of the USA's Top 10 Worst Tornado Disasters. Don't know if your folks/relatives know about that storm, but I read about it (Genesee County, Michigan), it was awful. I saw some on-line pictures, made me cringe. That same storm raced over to Lambton County, Ontario. It ripped up part of Sarnia, Ontario (killing 7 people in 1953):
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morty
lmao.........."Tornadoes dont have to clear customs/immigration"
The list could go on forever about tornadoes hitting Southwestern Ont
Sarnia, Ont- 1953... 7 dead, 40 injured
Woodstock, Ont--1979...2 dead, 100's injured..( hubby in that one)
London,Ont- 1984....30 injured
This kind of weather as always had the best of me. Not sure what it is, but I always dream about being in Tornadoes with me children....Not quit sure what they all mean,( the dreams) but when we have these warnings or watches and our volenteer fire department drive around in the fire trucks telling us that there has been these warnings, I get very parrinoid...Also this leads me to my next bit of info on the weather....Do you know what the difference is between a watch and a warning?? Here is a link to some good information...hhtp://www.tornadoproject.com/safely.htm#top..( hope it works)
There is some good info as well on that web site on how to be safe if ever one is close by...
Morty, of the scared to death of Tornadoes class
