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WOW ! Been in one tornado in my life time. They are no fun. Was when I was a student at IU. On summer break. Working at U.S. Steel. Coming home on the bus at midnight. On the bus. A guy getting off the bus, one stop ahead of me, got blown back into the the bus as he was getting out, and decided to stay on the bus. Then it was my stop. Got off, and literally got blown half a block down the street. Managed to catch and hang onto a light pole. And hung on for dear life. Then decided to try to make the two block journey to my house. Running all the way, in the middle of the street. Trees breaking in front and back of me. Actually had to climb over two big trees that had fallen down in the street. Made it home. Scared out my life. And soaking wet.

Finally, took the time to go through the posts. Thanks Reacher for starting it. My father was a weather extremist so to speak. Not like the ones now a days, but no matter how important or not of a conversation was going on, everyone in the family new they had better SHUT UP when the weather came on the evening news. He kept track of all things weather with detailed logs of temperature, pressure, humidity and rain/snow fall. He would tell that the weather had two significant cycles. One was a 7 year cycle and the other was a 100 year cycle. And Heaven forbid they fall together! I am with others here, that Mother Nature has a FAR greater influence on weather than man ever could.