Took the wife and youngest son on a day trip to the Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park located in west central Georgia. We had a great time enjoying the beautiful outdoors and even got in a short 4.3 mile hike. The last time I hiked in this area was before the tornado's. Amazing what the wind can do.
A good view
A twisted tree
Path of the tornado
Wife, youngest son and an old man
> Thank you for sharing.
Agreed. Nothings better than time with family and friends, and spending time out with them in nature makes it extra special. :-$ :snarky: B-)
Crazy, though, how the tornado did that wind pattern through the trees and such!! Tornadoes scare the crapola out of me!!! :-O I'd rather have an earthquake...probably because I grew up with them and learned how to prepare.
Wow, very nice. Thanks.
I'll take a tornado any day over an earthquake.
First, the weather guys are getting out watches and warnings long before anything is likely to occur. Second, if you are outside, you can see it and determine which way to go to get away from it, including down a rabbit hole. Today's technology allows you to become quite aware of the threat ahead of time.
The one that missed our house by about one-quarter mile a few years ago was a little one. We knew about it when it was still 10 miles away. We knew the direction it was headed shortly after that. We drove perpendicular to that path about two miles and waited for it to be past where it could have done damage to us, then headed towards home. It was off the ground, about treetop high, so there was minimal damage to everything firmly attached to terra firma. Mainly, we spent time picking up roofing materials and tree limbs and general "fluff" that had been dropped out of the funnel as it passed us. We didn't add anything to the funnel.
On the other hand, I have witnessed the power of tornadoes many times. My nephew's house, for example, was turned into an oversized blender/mixer by one. When the windows blew in, everything was stirred and shaken horribly and bits of glass where embedded in EVERYTHING. The house had minimal damage compared to others down the street but the possessions inside were virtually a total loss. In that same tornado, a few miles to the southwest, the roof structure was temporarily lifted and a large bale of hay someone was tossed inside the house, then the roof sat back down a bit skewed. As the owners drove up to the house a few hours later, they thought they had not been hit. Then they noticed the roof didn't look quite right. Then they found 1500 pounds of hay inside the house.
I grew up in "Tornado Alley" and except for about 20 years of my life have lived there.
Tornadoes do strange things.
B-)
> I'll take a tornado any day over an earthquake.
Yea, I'm sure if I lived where tornadoes occurred, I'd probably say the same thing too, because at least you know when they are coming and can kind of predict their paths.
But, growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles, all I got were earthquakes and the occasional flood. Oregon has given me the same. Arizona, on the other hand, was relatively quiet sans a few flash floods and crazy monsoons. :snarky:
looks beautiful. No green here yet except a few isolated patches of grass. Peepers should start up any day.
