Eric Flescher
EF5
Many of us have seen Tornado/Storm Oddities photos like the grass/hay spiking into trees, a record flung into the inside and standing up in wood etc. But Steve posted this ooddity from CNN last night that I never heard of before. I am sure there are other oddities beside the well known ones.
If you know of more , post with time, date etc etc
:
From: Steve Sponsler <[email protected]>
Subject: Tornado oddities: Toilet paper unwinds and rewinds
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hugo_tornado_oddities
HUGO, Minn. - As residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's
tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage.
Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his
bathroom - draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink. The
toilet paper didn't even rip.
"All I could say was, 'You have got to be kidding me,'" Akins recalled.
He also said that winds overturned sofas and ripped away his roof, but
dishes of cat food and water were untouched. The cat food was actually still
in the bowl.
While hurricanes, floods and blizzards create broad swaths of damage,
tornados seem to have tiny fingers that can reach in to small areas and
cause some weird mischief. Some say tornados have their own personalities.
Terry Clarkin said the Hugo tornado stuck four steak knives in the yard -
and they landed in a perfect square, with the blades in the dirt about three
inches.
Across the street, a tree had been stripped of leaves, and instead was
filled with pink wads of insulation - looking much like a tree from a
cartoon.
Some residents made interesting findings amid the wreckage.
Five-year-old Lauren Ford found a red Spider-Man T-shirt in her back yard.
One neighbor found a fishing boat against the remains of a front porch.
Others found canoes, checkbooks or toys.
Jeff Janus said the tornado protected him.
He was in his front yard when the storm hit, and he ran inside and grabbed
his dog and cat.
"I saw people's houses flying by," he said. He didn't make it to the
basement, but instead crouched down in the hallway, with one animal in each
arm. He said the storm tore off the bedroom doors and placed them almost
gently on top of him - shielding him from falling debris.
When the storm passed, he said, he spit shreds of insulation from his mouth,
but he felt the doors saved him.
"I find it hard to believe I am actually here," said Janus.
If you know of more , post with time, date etc etc
:
From: Steve Sponsler <[email protected]>
Subject: Tornado oddities: Toilet paper unwinds and rewinds
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hugo_tornado_oddities
HUGO, Minn. - As residents in Hugo begin to move on from last week's
tornado, some say they noticed a few bizarre things amid all the damage.
Jason Akins said the twister unwound a roll of toilet paper in his
bathroom - draped it across the countertop, then rewound it in the sink. The
toilet paper didn't even rip.
"All I could say was, 'You have got to be kidding me,'" Akins recalled.
He also said that winds overturned sofas and ripped away his roof, but
dishes of cat food and water were untouched. The cat food was actually still
in the bowl.
While hurricanes, floods and blizzards create broad swaths of damage,
tornados seem to have tiny fingers that can reach in to small areas and
cause some weird mischief. Some say tornados have their own personalities.
Terry Clarkin said the Hugo tornado stuck four steak knives in the yard -
and they landed in a perfect square, with the blades in the dirt about three
inches.
Across the street, a tree had been stripped of leaves, and instead was
filled with pink wads of insulation - looking much like a tree from a
cartoon.
Some residents made interesting findings amid the wreckage.
Five-year-old Lauren Ford found a red Spider-Man T-shirt in her back yard.
One neighbor found a fishing boat against the remains of a front porch.
Others found canoes, checkbooks or toys.
Jeff Janus said the tornado protected him.
He was in his front yard when the storm hit, and he ran inside and grabbed
his dog and cat.
"I saw people's houses flying by," he said. He didn't make it to the
basement, but instead crouched down in the hallway, with one animal in each
arm. He said the storm tore off the bedroom doors and placed them almost
gently on top of him - shielding him from falling debris.
When the storm passed, he said, he spit shreds of insulation from his mouth,
but he felt the doors saved him.
"I find it hard to believe I am actually here," said Janus.
