how many tornados have u been in an where at???
535926
I live in Missouri...seen 10 + tornadoes in my lifetime in this area.  Tried chasing storms for a while a few years ago...went into Kansas and Oklahoma and seen most of them when I did that.  As a kid, I think I was 8, there was one that traveled about 1/4 mile from my house and we watched it.  Wild stuff....I love storms, the more destructive, the better.  My apologies to those of you who disagree with that statement, but it's just my opinion.  Don't like it?  Sorry 'bout your luck.
108148
We have 2 in our city....anyone have more than that? lol
466630
try this site http://www.howstuffworks.com/tornado.htm
577383
Having been in the path of a direct hit by Hurricane Claudette on July 15, 2003, I have to say that I'm not so sure about hanging around for something like that again.  The house I live in made it through Hurricane Carla in 1961 packing winds (COMING ASHORE) of 165 mph.  I now figure if it's barely a hurricane of say 74-80 mph, a category one, I will probably stay.  That doesn't mean I won't be scared as hell, but something of that size going North or South of here isn't going to cause me to leave.  We were blindsided by Hurricane Claudette sneaking up the coast overnight and caught EVERYBODY "with their pants down" so to say.  That was probably the scariest thing I've ever been witness to in my 43 years on this planet.  The wind was screaming past my front door right at 100 mph.  Had I known that was on the way we would have got the hell out of here.  One tornado took out huge trees right next door, while I only had to replace about five shingles.  That tornado went right over the house while I was putting all 240 pounds of me on the front door trying to close it.  The whistling was like screaming banshees.  The wind was howling.  I mean literally howling.  It still scares me to think about it. For most of my life I wondered what it would be like to ride out a hurricane.  Now I know.  Will I leave or ride it out?  Chances are pretty good I'm outta here.  Many "old-timers" and idiots thought they could ride out another hurricane.  Many of those "old-timers" and idiots didn't make through to tell us all about it.  Don't be an idiot.  Listen to your common sense and watch the advisories.  If this message helps to save your life or someone else's, then I haven't typed this in vain.  Good luck.
89520
been thru two in kansas.pretty scary and tears stuff up.\nenough info?
506547
You can thank the upper-air weather pattern for all the rain. I'm a storm chaser from Texas and these blocked patterns (upper ridge over the Rockies and upper trough over the Atlantic states) spell disaster for us looking for tornadoes across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas. We constantly stay dry, and you guys constantly stay wet. Until the pattern changes to a more traditional West to East flow and can kick these blocked troughs / ridges out of here, we're in for more of the same.
1005973
When I was a student pilot, my flight instructor and I were flying from McAllen, TX back to Harlingen,TX. We spotted a small tornado below and to the right of us about five miles. We watched it for several minutes and reported it to the Flight Service Station in the area. It even made the news that night. That was in 1967.
307821
I have been through Lafeyett,La. Not much their. La. Got hit so hard by Katrina Hurricane, they all have not recovered yet, I would wait another 1-2 before moving their.
317789
According to the all knowing Wikipedia: "Tornadoes form in storms all over the world, and though they have been recorded in all fifty U.S. states, they form most famously in a broad area of the American Great Plains, Midwest, as well as South known colloquially as Tornado Alley. In pure number of incidences, the United States reports more tornadoes than any other country, however, the Netherlands is the most tornado-prone country relative to land area."\n\n"The United States experiences by far the most tornadoes of any country, and has also suffered the most intense ones. Tornadoes are common in most states in spring and summer, especially those east of the Rocky Mountains. There is a secondary peak in autumn, especially in the southeastern U.S. where tornadoes also occur more frequently during winter there than in other areas.\n\nTornadoes can occur in the West as well, although they are usually very small and relatively weak. Recently tornadoes have struck the Pacific coast town of Lincoln City, Oregon, in 1996 and downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1999 (see Salt Lake City Tornado). The California Central Valley is an area of some frequency for tornados, albeit of weak intensity. More tornadoes occur in Texas than in any other US state. The state which has the highest number of tornadoes per unit area is Florida, although most of the tornadoes in Florida are weak tornadoes of F0 or F1 intensity. A number of Florida's tornadoes occur along the edge of Hurricanes. The state with the highest number of stronger tornadoes per unit area is Oklahoma. The neighboring state of Kansas is another particularly notorious tornado state. It should be mentioned that states such as Oklahoma and Kansas have much lower population densities than Florida and that tornadoes may go unreported.\n\nOn average, the United States experiences 100,000 thunderstorms each year, resulting in more than 1,200 tornadoes and approximately 50 deaths per year. The deadliest U.S. tornado on record is the March 18, 1925, Tri-State Tornado that went across southeastern Missouri, southern Illinois and southern Indiana, killing 695 people. More than six tornadoes in one day is considered a tornado outbreak. The biggest tornado outbreak on record—with 148 tornadoes, including six F5 and 24 F4 tornadoes—occurred on April 3, 1974. It is dubbed the Super Outbreak. Another such significant storm system was the Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak, which affected the United States Midwest on April 11, 1965. A series of continuous tornado outbreaks is known as a tornado outbreak sequence, with significant occurrences in May 1917, 1930, 1949, and 2003.\n\nCanada also experiences numerous tornadoes, although fewer than the United States. In Canada, an average of 80 tornadoes occurs annually, killing 2, injuring 20 and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage. The last killer tornado in Canada struck Pine Lake, Alberta, on July 14, 2000, killing 11.\n\nTornadoes do occur throughout the world as well; the most tornado-prone region of the world (outside North America), as measured by number of reported tornadoes per unit area, is the Netherlands, followed by the United Kingdom (especially England). Bangladesh, India, Argentina, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Estonia, and portions of Uruguay also have pockets of high tornadic activity. Occasional strong tornadoes occur in Russia, France, Spain, Japan, and portions of Paraguay and Brazil. Tornadoes have recently hit South Africa and parts of Pakistan in 2001 as well. Approximately 170 tornadoes are reported per year on land in Europe. Perhaps the most notorious tornado of recent years was that which struck Birmingham, England in July 2005 which destroyed a row of houses though - amazingly - without fatalities."
847338
i read in a tornado book that i bought, tornado alley in the U.S. gets the most tornadoes in the whole world.  Conditions are just right for it here.  There is nowhere else that tornadoes are common, but tornadoes can happen anywhere
881749
Earthquake any day!  I used to live in California - they are not so bad but Tornados scare the bejesus out me!
657105
Ever heard of May 3rd? The F5 tornado that damaged much of Oklahoma was the most awesome and yet most frightening storm I have ever seen.  Total devastation as far as you could see.
410200
Oklahoma has more real tornados per square mile than anywhere else in the world.  Florida has more per square mile, but most are F0 and F1, not enough to do anything.  Texas has more overall, but it's a bigger state.  According to the NOAA, Oklahoma City has had more tornados than any other city.
439914
I think I have seen three to four at one time. I just depends on the conditions after a storm.
824688
I don't think my little tornado survival kit would cut this one !!!\n\nWhat would be the first thing I'd do ??\nFind a clean pair of pants !!!\nThen I would ask God if I should be thankful or \ntake this as a challenge --I wouldn't expect an answer--
515568
Yep it all depends on if the  warm air current is rising up to meet a cold one that is coming down and they clash enough to make a vortex. Tornado's can happen pretty much anywhere.
220416
I've lived through two blizzards and one hurricane, not, obviously, in the same location. The blizzards occurred while I was living in Buffalo, NY, where I was raised though not born (ironically, I was born in California; and yes, my parents were criminally insane!). The hurricane struck here in Annapolis, MD.\n\nThe first and most notorious was the infamous Blizzard of '77 which struck while I was in grade school. The good part was that my siblings and I were stranded safely at home with neither parent able to make it back for several days. Fun and anarchy defined! We also had one full week off school. Thank you, Jesus!\n\nThe bad part was that 29 people died amidst sub-freezing temperatures, 70 mph sustained winds (not gusts, kids) and snow drifts as high as 30 feet (not inches, kids). In short, it was an event. Alas, it also established Buffalo's (mostly) undeserved national reputation as a frozen wasteland and made it fodder for (lame-ass) weather jokes to the present day. My response? Buffalonians are survivors, folks! We're made of far sterner stuff than most of the rest of you and we never hesitate to help people in need. If I had a dollar for every time I shoveled someone's driveway, sidewalk, porch steps, et al, or for every time I pushed someone's car out of a snowbank, or every time someone assisted me or mine in doing same, I would be a very rich man indeed. God bless you Buffalo!\n\nThe second was the Blizzard of '85, from which I barely (to say nothing of bravely, boldly and rather stupidly) escaped being stranded in the city. It wasn't nearly as bad as its more famous predecessor ("only" 33 inches of snow and sustained winds of 60 mph) but I was fortunate to have left work at just the right time to safely deliver two co-workers, who were afraid to drive but even more afraid to be stranded downtown, to their respective homes. I pulled into my driveway just before the sheriff's order was issued banning all unnecessary vehicular traffic. Nice.\n\nThere was also a '93 "Superstorm" that fell just short of blizzard status because the winds were not sustained at over 30mph, though it was plenty bad. Anyone detecting a pattern here ('77, '85, '93)? Oddly enough, 2001 wasn't too bad, or so my friends tell me, as I'd departed for good in 1996.\n\nThe hurricane occurred here in Annapolis, MD, within a fortnight of my triumphant return from two years in Japan as an English language teacher. Hurricane Isabel did what no hurricane had done in nearly 50 years: it tracked its merry way right up the Chesapeake Bay and seemingly targeted poor, wee, historic Annapolis, which was decidedly NOT prepared for such an unwelcome visitor. In the process, Isabel, packing sustained winds of 100 mph, created the largest storm surge in Annapolis history (7.6 feet), flooding much of downtown Annapolis and surrounding neighbourhoods. Sadly, several businesses never recovered, including one owned by a family friend. I believe the final death toll was 43 but most of them were in Virginia, not Maryland.\n\nAs for myself, I was lucky enough to have left work early (again) and made it safely home before it got really nasty. We lost a lot of trees in my neighbourhood but emerged almost completely unscathed in terms of home damage. Even more amazingly, although 350,000 neighbours were without electricity for days after the storm, I literally lost power for a split second during its peak but otherwise remained intact for the duration. Surveying the landscape with a neighbour the following morning was, I confess, surreal. At one point I turned to him and said, tongue firmly planted in cheek, "Crikey, Bill, it looks as if a hurricane hit this place, doesn't it?" ;)\n\nP.S. I also endured at least two earthquakes while living in Japan, but neither was very serious. Mind you, that was the first time in my life I felt the bed moving independent of any assistance o