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Originally Posted by KSig RC
This has to be the largest city ever hit by a tornado, right?
For years, we thought that something about how cities affected the environment made them "tornado-proof" - that wind had trouble gathering in the city. I think Oklahoma City had a tornado in the suburbs, but there's never been one downtown in a major city, as far as i know. Watching the highlights from last night was pretty sick - that's insane, really.
Not only is it scary, but it's groundbreaking, in a bad way.
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A tornado hit not too long ago in a neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. It wasn't too far from my family, I believe in Bay Ridge? (my family is in Bensonhurst for those familiar)
I thought it was a known fact that tornados are attracted to low flat land?
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Originally Posted by BigRedBeta
I find this thread funny...
As someone who grew up in Kansas, tornado drills were probably more common than fire drills at school. For sure the tornado sirens get tested every month from March to October. In my KC suburb hometown (probably most of KC) it was the first wednesday of the month at 10:30am. Same time in Lincoln while I was in college. Omaha for some idiotic reason does it the first saturday of the month at either 10 or 11am...I think it's retarded to do it on a weekend in the first place and then at a time when people are out doing stuff.
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We don't get many tornados in my area, but our sirens are tested every first Saturday of the month.