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Tornado in my yard!

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Tornado in my yard!
Posted by Tashtego on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 4:16 PM

 

It just missed us. P.S. No Photoshop. used.

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Posted by Medina1128 on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 5:36 PM

It must have been a doozy! It sucked all the ballast from the track while leaving the locomotive alone!

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Posted by CTValleyRR on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 7:18 PM

Definitely not good!

I had a funnel cloud pass right over my office building earlier this year, but it didn't ever touch down.

No tornadoes in Connecticut for 18 years, then Whammo!  3 in one year.

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Posted by Texas Zepher on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 7:23 PM

I lived in Wichita Kansas almost the heart of tornado alley for 15 years.  I saw exactly one.  Most damage sustained was the shed behind the house was shifted off its foundation about 3 inches.

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Posted by cowman on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 9:02 PM

Not a common thing in VT.  A couple of years ago, half a mile up the road the roof of a 40'x60' shop lifted off and sent across the road and over a high barn.  NWS confirmed it to be a tornado.  Close enough for me thanks.  (too close actually.)

Good luck,

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