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Thread #136452 Message #3116320
Posted By: JohnInKansas
18-Mar-11 - 06:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Tornado Season in Kansas
Subject: RE: BS: Tornado Season in Kansas
Frankly, Joe, I've never actually seen one - anywhere.
we never had a cellar when I was a kid here, and I've never gone downstairs for one in the couple of houses I've lived in that had a basement. Not that I'm that bold, but warning systems are pretty good now around here and there's never been a need - or a want - to make the retreat.
I have, a couple of times, chased the tornado chasers who said they had funnels in sight - just out of curiosity; but I never managed to see what they said they saw, even though at least once I found the truck they said they were broadcasting from while I was still listening to 'em. It was sitting in sunshine and the birds were chirping all around it, so I think they were just tryin' to build the listener numbers. (Apparently the cello wrapper off yer donut sounds just like a hail storm if you wrinkle it close to the mic.)