TORNADO!

[admin]

well, a mini-tornado anyway,  a mini-mini-torndado :)

this was taken this afternoon somewhere outside of Corpus Christi on my way back from austin.




i was going to stop and get a better pic, but it happened to fast and there was traffic behind me, plus i had crap in the bed of the truck....

--Sal-  8)

[admin]

that damned Ford! i wasnt looking out at what the camera was seeing, i just aimed and shot, i was driving!!

[Weave]

Interesting  - I have heard these small ones called "Dust Devils".

I have only seen the aftermath of a big tornado once - a place I parse going to work all the time. It parseed through about 30 to 40 minutes before I normally do. When I tried to get to work that night the fire trucks and rescue squad had everything blocked off and I had to take a detour. I saw later that two houses got messed up bad and a crapload of trees were hacked appart about 20 feet from the ground - like someone had whacked them with a big machetti or something.

They repaired both of the houses, so it wasn't that bad, I guess, but it must have been something to see.

[admin]

how odd, last nite i had a dream there was a tornado whilst i was driving, and all i could think about was stopping and getting a picture! i dont remember if i did though...