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QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS I think the "It sounded like a Freight Train" thing really caught on in the early 90's after the Kansas Turnpike video made its rounds (Remember the bridge girder movie?...by the way, most experts now advise that hiding next to bridge girders is a bad idea...just for reference). After the tornado passed, the "narrator" made a comment that it "Sounded like a Freight Train." Shortly thereafter, and around the time of the Plainfield, IL F5 (which struck within about 5-10 miles of my house), Tom Skilling (well known weatherman to the Chicago folks) ran a special called "It Sounded Like a Freight Train." So I guess the real question is, what was the sound comparison before the 1990's? I don't remember that era that well, as I was born in 1980, and didn't really start getting interested in tornadoes til I was 11 or so (the time of the Plainfield tornado).
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Facts are documented that tornadoes have actually hit Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York State. We don't hear of it often since the occurences are rare, but it does happen when conditions are right. One of the "creepiest" videos I saw on TV was the view of a high, grassy green hill in Pennsylvania. Sky was gray, but the sun was shining. A few seconds later at the top of the hill grass could be seen churning up in the air. Then a huge black tornado comes into view as it apparently had climbed the steep hill! Almost seemed like it was alive! This sounds corny, but I actually had thought that tornadoes could not climb hills or mountains. I learned something new! BTW: As a kid in the early 70s, I remember reading about witnesses comparing the rumbling sound of a tornado to that of a freight train.
QUOTE: Originally posted by upchuck WHAT DID TORNADOS SOUND LIKE?...
QUOTE: Originally posted by dldance I have only seen 7 or 8 tornados. Mostly the sound of the pouring rain drowned everything else out (pun intended). We got 4 inches in 20 minutes once. dd
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QUOTE: Originally posted by CopCarSS QUOTE: Originally posted by dldance I have only seen 7 or 8 tornados. Mostly the sound of the pouring rain drowned everything else out (pun intended). We got 4 inches in 20 minutes once. dd Only 7 or 8?!?!?!?!?! I've been chasing the things for 10 years, and the closest I've gotten was this Meso: That bugger went on to produce an F2/F3, but sadly, I didn't have time to chase it very far. Seen some huge Supercells with some really cool downbursts, softball sized hail, and hail 3+ feet deep, abut still have yet to see live tornado. Sigh...I guess spring is only 6 months away...
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QUOTE: Originally posted by AntonioFP45 Facts are documented that tornadoes have actually hit Pennsylvania...
QUOTE: Originally posted by upchuck IN PENNSYLVANIA?
QUOTE: Originally posted by upchuck I IMAGINE A TORNADO IS QUIETER IN AREAS OF FREIGHT TRAINS RIDING ON WELDED RAIL
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