Showing posts with label Tornado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tornado. Show all posts
April 14, 2015
"'Whew, people are nasty on the Internet'."
Driver who recorded Illinois tornado footage reacts to comments posted on YouTube.
June 17, 2014
Southeastern View
Madison, Wisconsin, August 18, 2005. This is how the clouds looked from our second-floor window as the Stoughton tornado passed nearby.
We are fine.
I wrote earlier about my fear of tornadoes. I once drove into a tornadic storm on Interstate 57 between Champaign and Rantoul, Illinois. My fear of dangerous weather intensified when I lived in South Carolina and saw the damage created by Hurricane Hugo.
When I moved to Madison twenty years ago, locals assured me that tornadoes were not likely to hit this area because of the city's proximity to multiple lakes. Foolish myth!* Since we've lived here, tornadoes have hit near us three times: Madison's west side in 2004; Stoughton in 2005; and last night, in Verona.
Mr. Irene and I hadn't fallen asleep yet when the sirens went off yesterday. We're normally cautious when the National Weather Service issues a warning, but this one caught us off guard. We were about to head to the basement only as the storm hit, about three miles south of us.
Madison, Wisconsin, June 2004. This was the view near where Mr. Irene's Parents live.
*UPDATE: A meteorologist discusses the lake myth here.
When I moved to Madison twenty years ago, locals assured me that tornadoes were not likely to hit this area because of the city's proximity to multiple lakes. Foolish myth!* Since we've lived here, tornadoes have hit near us three times: Madison's west side in 2004; Stoughton in 2005; and last night, in Verona.
Mr. Irene and I hadn't fallen asleep yet when the sirens went off yesterday. We're normally cautious when the National Weather Service issues a warning, but this one caught us off guard. We were about to head to the basement only as the storm hit, about three miles south of us.
Madison, Wisconsin, June 2004. This was the view near where Mr. Irene's Parents live.
*UPDATE: A meteorologist discusses the lake myth here.
November 2, 2013
May 4, 2013
April 22, 2013
Tornado season approaches.
I grew up in the Midwest, and I was accustomed to the dangers of the spring tornado season. Our grade school teachers taught the history of the 1920
tornado that devastated the parish and town. I feared tornadoes more than monsters. The siren sounds sent me bolting to the basement. As an adult, I've kept a list of items to grab when the warnings approach. Among those items are three leashes: I don't want the dogs loose if the outcome is grave.
My Parents expressed surprise about how common tornadoes are in this part of the country. They didn't recall hearing about tornadoes in Lithuania. Tornadoes, they explained, are rare in Europe—although there was a tornado last year in Venice.
Here is a photo of a funnel cloud in Lithuania. My Dad's cousin, Henry, likely captured the image:
Near Kaunas, Lithuania, 1925. Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this image available to us.
My Parents expressed surprise about how common tornadoes are in this part of the country. They didn't recall hearing about tornadoes in Lithuania. Tornadoes, they explained, are rare in Europe—although there was a tornado last year in Venice.
Here is a photo of a funnel cloud in Lithuania. My Dad's cousin, Henry, likely captured the image:
Near Kaunas, Lithuania, 1925. Thanks to my Kaunas Cousin for making this image available to us.
July 20, 2012
Storm-Clouds Reunion
Verona, Wisconsin, June 2008. It looks threatening, but there's no rain in sight.
June 12, 2012
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