That must have been a terrifying thing to see

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• prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  (Europe has tornadoes)

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  • TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, but does Europe have American tornados? Hmmm?

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• HiobsTriops@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You do know that there are tornadoes in Europe, right? Granted, they are much rarer but they have been documented since the Roman Empire

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  • warbond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Isn’t “tornado” even a Spanish word? They probably saw it and thought, “oh shit it’s a tornado”

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    • M137@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      El Tornado 🕺

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• Carrolade@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably. Consider too, it’s actually kinda rare to see one, since the storm they’re happening in often has heavy enough rain that you can’t see very far, especially if it’s in the evening.

  In these cases, you hear them before you see them.

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  • Obituarykidney@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I lived in extremely rural Oklahoma as a kid and saw many tornados. Had friends that had lost their houses to tornados in school.

    They were pretty easy to see, the rain isn’t that thick. We would sit on the porch and watch the storm every time the sky turned green and it was always eerily calm as it touched down. The rain would let up before it happened. When it touched down we would head to the basement to wait it out.

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    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hell even in Ohio most folk’ll see one from time to time. Not as close but you’ll catch a funnel

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  • miseducator@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lived on the edge of tornado alley and in the twenty five years I lived there, I have personally seen two tornadoes touch down and a dozen or so funnel clouds. It’s not as rare as you’d think. Heavy rain isn’t really a symptom of tornadoes.

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    • itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      From what I’ve seen from watching tornado content it depends on the storm, where you are relative to the storm and a lot of other factors. It could be shrouded by rain from where you’re standing at that moment. But not necessarily.

      Pecos Hank btw, great channel on YouTube. Informative.

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    • Carrolade@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      A dozen funnel clouds is pretty easy, those are genuinely common. 2 touchdowns in 25 years also sounds about right for you guys’ conditions, that is not so common. And sure, the heaviness of the rain doesn’t indicate tornadoes or anything, but tornadoes and rain absolutely do show up in the same circumstances and tornadoes absolutely can be obscured by rain.

      You tornado alley folks are also particular in the Great Plains having sightlines that are absolutely huge. The rest of us in the midwest have tornadoes too, we just also have treelines. You cannot expect see a billion miles in every direction from the highway, your line of sight in one direction may only be 100’ or less.

      Anyway, you may have the most, but you guys don’t own tornadoes.

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    • lolrightythen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Hail and heavy winds then sudden calm is when I get spooked

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