AmmoniumChloride106 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thanks for the tip.

winston5610 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I was caught in the open during a grapefruit-sized hail-fall in Columbia, TN during the super-outbreak on 3 April, 1974. I used a large bundle of laundry to protect my head until I could get into shelter. My clothes were saoked but my skull was intact.

winston5610 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Tornadoes have stripped asphalt pavement from the road beds and tossed railroad cars. I saw a 1958 Buick sixty feet above the ground in a mangled high-tension powerline pylon after a tornado in 1974. One could easily rip the deck off a bridge. Given the choice, I'd go as fast as I could at a right angle to the storm's path if possible. Tornadoes can move over 70 MPH, and most cars top out around 100 or less.

Tjikkie24 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Don't you mean a water spout?? A twister is a tornado, a water spout is a water tornado

AmmoniumChloride106 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Isn't that a twister? Twister is water tornado.

gotanesp (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This "baby" tornado killed 24 people and was estimated to be between f4 and f5 with wind speeds of over 286 mph,...it was also on the ground for over 66 miles. This was filmed about 4 miles from my house. I'm not sure why he said baby twister.

Skylash1st (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Sad...that its only a baby twister dude... when he said that it makes you think the power of nature.

GonzoJam (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that is correct. I saw an animation about it on a Nat. Geo. documentary and they would've been blown since the underpass wull act as a wind tunnel

Greg00015 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

It would have sucked them out but it wouldn't have crushed the bridge.

musicmastamatt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

that was dumb, he shoulda known, dont matter if it was weaker, the winds in those narrows spaces are much much stronger.....