Union University Destruction - Page 3

Ron · #21 02-08-2008, 04:18 PM

What really shows the magnitude of the storms is seeing cars & trucks weighing a couple thousand pounds being tossed around like Toys!

rgcraig · #22 02-08-2008, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

What really shows the magnitude of the storms is seeing cars & trucks weighing a couple thousand pounds being tossed around like Toys!

I wish I could copy one picture I got,but it's in a slide show and I can't.

It's a round metal base that a sign would stand in 20 inch diameter lodged into a tree trunk like the tree was made of butter. Unbelievable.

rgcraig · #23 02-08-2008, 04:22 PM

Here's the link - - http://www.flickr.com/photos/41208530@N00/show/

Third picture.

Ron · #24 02-08-2008, 05:14 PM

I heard that one night 18 twisters wreaked destruction over 5 States!!

Ron · #25 02-08-2008, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

Here's the link - - http://www.flickr.com/photos/41208530@N00/show/

Third picture.

I have heard that a twister can take a two by four and send it right through a tree!!!

Imagine the force it took to ram that piece of metal into a tree!

rgcraig · #26 02-08-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

I heard that one night 18 twisters wreaked destruction over 5 States!!

There were 68 tornadoes.............over 5 states - not all touched down.

rgcraig · #27 02-08-2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron

I have heard that a twister can take a two by four and send it right through a tree!!!

Imagine the force it took to ram that piece of metal into a tree!

105 - 120 mph wind was recorded.

Pressing-On · #28 02-08-2008, 05:56 PM

WOW, what a mess! My goodness!

dizzyde · #29 02-08-2008, 06:18 PM

These pictures are just unreal, it is a true miracle that no was killed!!

HeavenlyOne · #30 02-08-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

This is what is so amazing about a tornado - complete utter destruction of brick, metal, wood, BUT a little piece of paper stays pinned to the wall or a small light weight bucket isn't touched.

Just amazing!

I just noticed that myself!

A friend of mine had his boat blown two blocks away when a tornado came through his neighborhood years ago, but the empty Pepsi can he'd left on his picnic table in the same backyard the boat was in was still in the upright position where he'd put it before heading for shelter!