April 26 1991 Andover Tornado footage F-5 rating (the highest then)

[demtenjeep]

http://www.photoblog.com/lifeisgood/2009/04/26


This is not my blog, just one I found with great photos.

[demtenjeep]

1. I absolutely hate tornadoes. They are terrifying

especially at night.


My thoughts and prayers go out to those affected today.



I lived through this one.

[MADem]

2. Remarkable footage. nt

[demtenjeep]

3. They are dangerously magnificent

I hate them in person, but they fascinate me to see on TV

[MADem]

13. I've seen some serious typhoons and hurricanes, but never a tornado.

I've been in earthquakes, too, that were not fun--but never one of those damn twisters.

I could probably go a lifetime with just seeing 'em on the tee vee!!!

[MuseRider]

4. The day after that tornado

I found pieces of the Wichita Eagle in my back yard way up near Topeka. The pieces were not connectable but there were a lot of them scattered all over the yard. That is a very long way for pieces of paper to travel.

[demtenjeep]

5. pieces of my friend's home furnace were found several counties away

for some strange reason, the furnace was labeled...maybe for shipping.... she got a notice in the mail. Quite incredible.

[longship]

6. I was a Wichita resident at the time

I knew two people whose families lost their houses, fortunately no one injured. However, people died in that storm.

There's another video from KAKE that shows a family huddling under an overpass on the KS turnpike while a funnel goes directly over them. A KAKE news camera team happened to take shelter under the same overpass and documented it all. Totally amazing footage. I'm not sure it was the same day.

Wichita's always exciting during tornado season.

[MuseRider]

7. I think that was the same tornado

but like you not totally certain but who could ever forget seeing that? Since that was made they have now told people not to do that. That was incredible wasn't it? Watching that tornado as it came closer and closer then passing over them and hearing it was quite amazing.

[longship]

9. I can't forget the two young girls huddling their father

as the tornado went over the overpass. It's etched in my memory. Certainly somebody could post a link to a YouTube of that. (I have low BW here.)

It's an incredible document of the power of nature.

[XemaSab]

11. This one?

[MuseRider]

14. That is the one.

Same say, different tornado. Probably from the same system though.

[The Genealogist]

8. I've seen this footage and footage of other monster tornadoes

Tornadoes are terrifying. And monsters like this one just boggle the mind in their power. With Joplin a mere 80 miles to my west, that devastating event of less than one year ago still haunts me. It seems every year, small towns are wiped off the map, or nearly wiped off the map. Tornado season in my area has started; April and May can be nerve-racking months in bad tornado years. I can only hope that this year, we have a mild season.

[demtenjeep]

15. Greensburg was literally wiped off the map

but they are coming back and doing it Green. What they have done looks amazing

[XemaSab]

10. I am SO THANKFUL we don't have those in California

(Yeah, technically we get them, but it's always like 5 almond trees and the roof of a farm shed get hit and there's no "real" damage.)

But I can't imagine living with the threat of that.

God, that girl who was JUST HYSTERICAL saying "Where are we going to GO?" That would so be me.

[AsahinaKimi]

12. Seems like no place is truly safe...

I would rather put up with a few shakers, now and then than a season of tornadoes or hurricanes. What scares me most are Tsunami. You can avoid a Tornado, but where do you go when a wall of water comes?



Imagine this being San Francisco..it could happen one day...