Are you scared of tornadoes?

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Are you scared of tornadoes?

I live in Kansas. As a kid I’d freak out every time the tornado sirens went off, but now I know that even that doesn’t often mean we’re that likely to get hit. I still take the dog, cat, flashlight, and weather radio down to the basement until we’re given the all-clear, but I don’t freak out like I used to. I would probably still be afraid if I actually saw a tornado, though. I saw a wall cloud forming off to our side on a semi-long-distance trip once, and that was unnerving but not terrifying for me (my mom, who was with me at the time, didn’t think that’s what it was, but when we got home we saw that weather stations had confirmed a wall cloud in that area). So I guess my answer is, it depends what the situation is.

Never seen one before. I'd want to see one.

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We don't really have them here so no, but if I lived somewhere where they were an actual problem then I'm pretty sure I would be scared of them.

Probably not enough but probably much more than other people living in an area where they are very rare. I was driving on route 95 in CT once and I start getting tornado warnings on my phone and I was shocked that no one seemed to be taking the slightest precaution. I kept driving at first but in a short while I'm on an elevated highway in a urban area, the wind is rapidly increasing and increasing large tree branches are blowing across the road from distant trees. It is evening rush hour and people are leaving work are getting on the highway oblivious to the stormy weather. It all seemed like contagious stupidity to me. They must thinking "everyone else is ignoring the danger, so I will too". I got off and got under a bridge. The only other vehicle doing the same under that bridge was a minibus. Later I read there were confirmed tornadoes in CT but not in an urban area. The damage was only to houses and trees.

if you mean "if I saw one coming at me would I be scared?" then the answer is "yes".

If you mean "do you lie awake at nights worried about tornadoes?" then the answer is "no".

During most of my lifetime tornadoes were unheard of our area, but with climate change we now do do get the occasional tornado within an hours drive of where I live. Usually a modest one that might tear up a Home Depot, but one time we had a town get rather badly torn up with fatalities.

Oddly enough my Dad, who grew up in central Kansas in the Thirties, never talked about tornadoes much.

So I asked if they ever had one. He said they had a bad thunderstorm one time, and a tool shed in his uncle's back yard disappeared, and reappeared in a neighbor's back yard. So they all figured that it must have been a small tornado within the storm that no one saw that must have transported it. But that's about it.

Best ask. People livin in Joplin Missouri about. Tornadoes , one year not too long ago , abig portion of that city
Got. Wiped off the face of the earth . A serious situation caused the local. Hospital to get wiped out too .
That was something Am never hope to see or hear of again.

I don’t think we are in Kansas anymore Toto.

A friend and I were driving down 95 to Lauderdale. A lightening bolt struck the shoulder of the very road we were driving. And then in distance we could see the the main storm approaching. The clouds were darker than dark, and even had an ominous purplish look. I suggested to my friend that that could be a tornado coming. She dismissed the idea by saying "they dont have tornoado in Florida". Later we heard on the radio that there was funnel cloud that touched down briefly in that general area.

interesting fact , from a old dear friend .. if the sky starts to turn green.. get under cover quickly.
Immediately .