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Archaea · 05-05-2007, 11:46 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270153,00.html

Having come from Kansas, now I'm glad I left. I was from the Northeast, but if one stands on a hill, one can see the southwest from the northeast as Kansas is about the flattest damn land in the world.

Nice people. Not much to do when you are famous for the diameter of your well.

BarbaraGordon · 05-06-2007, 01:38 AM

Yeah, there are tornadoes and there are TORNADOES. Gerdy can correct me if I'm wrong, but that one was a beast. You don't see them very often.

Weatherguy here said there've already been 50 tornado touchdowns today. I love this time of year!

Archaea · 05-06-2007, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

Yeah, there are tornadoes and there are TORNADOES. Gerdy can correct me if I'm wrong, but that one was a beast. You don't see them very often.

Weatherguy here said there've already been 50 tornado touchdowns today. I love this time of year!

That was a five if I'm not mistaken.

BarbaraGordon · 05-06-2007, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Archaea

That was a five if I'm not mistaken.

I'm not sure if you were suggesting a five instead of my fifty. I meant fifty (actually forty-five at last count).

Or perhaps you meant the tornado was an EF-5, in which case I agree with you, the clean-swept foundations are indicative of an EF-5.

il Padrino Ute · 05-06-2007, 02:24 AM

After seeing photos of the damage an EF-5 causes, it's a bit of a relief that the the tornado that touched down here in SLC was "just" an EF-2.

BarbaraGordon · 05-06-2007, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

After seeing photos of the damage an EF-5 causes, it's a bit of a relief that the the tornado that touched down here in SLC was "just" an EF-2.

You have tornadoes in Utah?? Shows you what I know...I really had no idea.

All-American · 05-06-2007, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

You have tornadoes in Utah?? Shows you what I know...I really had no idea.

We really don't. This freak tornado just happened to rip through downtown Salt Lake a few years ago and did a bit of damage. Tornadoes NEVER happen in Utah.

Cali Coug · 05-07-2007, 12:32 AM

What a crazy picture:

I can't imagine having my house taken away in a tornado, but losing your entire city is incomprehensible.

il Padrino Ute · 05-07-2007, 04:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Cali Coug

What a crazy picture:

I can't imagine having my house taken away in a tornado, but losing your entire city is incomprehensible.

The only word that comes to mind while viewing that photo is:

Wow.

05-05-2007, 11:46 PM	#1
Archaea Assistant to the Regional Manager Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: The Orgasmatron Posts: 24,338	Tornado wipes Kansas Town from Earth http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270153,00.html Having come from Kansas, now I'm glad I left. I was from the Northeast, but if one stands on a hill, one can see the southwest from the northeast as Kansas is about the flattest damn land in the world. Nice people. Not much to do when you are famous for the diameter of your well. __________________ Ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα

05-06-2007, 02:24 AM	#5
il Padrino Ute Board Pinhead Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: In the basement of my house, Murray, Utah. Posts: 15,941	After seeing photos of the damage an EF-5 causes, it's a bit of a relief that the the tornado that touched down here in SLC was "just" an EF-2. __________________ "The beauty of baseball is not having to explain it." - Chuck Shriver "This is now the joke that stupid people laugh at." - Christopher Hitchens on IQ jokes about GWB.

05-07-2007, 12:32 AM	#8
Cali Coug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,996	What a crazy picture: I can't imagine having my house taken away in a tornado, but losing your entire city is incomprehensible. Last edited by Cali Coug; 05-07-2007 at 12:36 AM.

05-06-2007, 01:38 AM	#2
BarbaraGordon Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Gotham City Posts: 7,157	Yeah, there are tornadoes and there are TORNADOES. Gerdy can correct me if I'm wrong, but that one was a beast. You don't see them very often. Weatherguy here said there've already been 50 tornado touchdowns today. I love this time of year!