Awesome tornado picture!

[Joanne98]

Here's a picture of the tornado that devastated Yazoo City, MS - such a beautiful picture for something so devastating .

http://twitpic.com/1i6915

[babylonsister]

1. That IS awesome. nt

[JerseygirlCT]

13. Awesome is exactly the right word. Wow. nt

[uppityperson]

19. Here's a link to the video of the tornado, pict in OP isn't it.

http://www.wapt.com/video/23255285/index.html

Edited to add, tornado siren sound still creeps me out.

[Joanne98]

42. It isn't? I was wondering about that. The person that posted said it was but

I thought it was too pretty to have been gotten today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

51. That pic has been on the Google page under tornado for years.

long long before today.

I have seen it many times when I google for tornado news after each storm.

HERE, LOOK:

http://www.google.com/search?q=tornado&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

[proteus_lives]

62. I grew up in Indiana. Very familiar with that siren.

Very creepy!

[Oceansaway]

2. wowser !!...ty...n/t

[MuseRider]

3. I think I have seen that picture before

and it was, in fact, not a tornado. Looks like one and I could be wrong but I have either seen that picture or one much like it. If I have time before I go I will post it for you.

Still, that does not change a thing about what happened. They are in my thoughts and my heart having been close enough to an F5 to witness it move through my city I know the unreal feeling they are feeling tonight. It is devastating.

[Karenina]

7. Yes, you did. That IS an old picture.

[MuseRider]

Thanks

I just found it. I do think this one was a tornado although it is often hard to tell but it was in Iowa if I recall. I can't get your link for some reason but it is out there on other sites. Gotta run or I would keep looking.

Thanks

[Robb]

41. Yep, Orchard City, Iowa (link)

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/photography2004476023/

"A huge tornado funnel cloud touches down in Orchard, Iowa, Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 9:04 p.m. The Globe Gazette and Mitchell County Press News reported that Lori Mehmen of Orchard, took the photo from outside her front door. Mehmen said the funnel cloud came near the ground and then went back up into the clouds. Besides tree and crop damage, no human injuries were reported."

[Joanne98]

43. Thanks.

[KittyWampus]

71. Good find and thanks. I've never been is a real full-on tornado. We mainly get water spouts

offshore.

[pinboy3niner]

4. Wow--looks like coton candy! nt

[TK421]

12. cotton candy of doom n/t

[virgogal]

5. I said "Oh my God" out loud when I saw that pic,and I'm here all by myself.

Tornados frighten me to death.

[Motown_Johnny]

6. shouldn't the trees be bending or something? Even the flag seems to not be getting much wind

are we sure this is real?


If so it is an astounding picture

[JHB]

8. I think it picked up reeaaally quick after the photo was taken...

It's a tornado, not a hurricaine, so the "tree-bending" winds are close in. Though I strongly suspect that just after taking those pics the photographer got the hell out of Dodge.

[uppityperson]

23. That is a wall cloud, not a tornado. Still beautiful, but thanks snopes.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iowatornado.asp
Still beautiful, but thanks snopes.

[MattBaggins]

11. the picture was time lapse as well...Look at the lights around the telephone pole

[Motown_Johnny]

66. that could just be a slow shutter speed because it was dark, not actually time lapse

[Shell Beau]

32. Not sur if this is actually the real photo. I have seen the video

of the storm chasers following the tornado. It was mighty. People were killed, and the town is in devastation. I have many friends there. I am so saddened by this. It is not too far from me.

[cornermouse]

9. That's not beautiful.

It is one of the more ugly things you might ever be unlucky enough to see. Something that can pick up a fence post and ram it through a child's abdomen as did the one here is not beautiful. It is a killer and it is repulsive.

[TK421]

14. a subtle reminder of how fragile humans really are....

I had one pass over a Walgreens store I worked at in Florida back in 1999...I remember a guy running into the store screaming for everyone to get away from any windows. Turns out, he was one of these tornado chasers and covering ( bounty ) this story for a local news station since he called one of the directors from the managers office phone.....

[tammywammy]

16. Mother Nature even in full fury is still a beautiful site to behold

While you feel for those that are hurt or killed in the storms, it's still an awesome sight to see. And while a tornado or hurricane or anything may kill, it's not set with the intentions to kill, a tornado just does what a tornado does.

[cornermouse]

20. No. It is not awesome.

I lived in the area and saw both of these. Also had a couple of close calls in the years since. They are ugly, deadly and nothing to be oo'ed and ah'ed over.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966_Topeka_tornado
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/top/events/june1974.php

[uppityperson]

24. Mine. I ooo and cringe when I hear the sirens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Fargo_tornado

http://www.digitalhorizonsonline.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=Looking&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=all&CISOBOX2=tornadoes&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOROOT=/fpl&t=s

My neighborhood

[cornermouse]

28. I can't sleep when they put out tornado

watches or warnings in the area any more. I wasn't afraid of them till after the Emporia tornado. To me, they literally are death and destruction and there is nothing beautiful or awesome about them.

[uppityperson]

34. I moved away, was @ a friend's house yrs back, had on pbs show on weather

suddenly the sirens came on and I made her turn it down. I am awestruck by them, by how much damage debris in huge winds can cause, but also terrified gut level when winds pick up where I live now. Best wishes to you and all in tornado-land

[Shell Beau]

35. Unfortunately, I am very used to them. I live in tornado alley, and

I really thought my town would be getting this weather. Instead it chose Yazoo City and others around it. I am thankful my town was skipped over, but I am so devastated for those in the areas hit. I have many friends there. They are all ok, but have lots of damage to their homes.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

26. yes...they are...as beautiful to me as they might be ugly to you

just because you see no beauty in it doesn't mean others don't and shouldn't...

sP

[proud2BlibKansan]

40. I was living in Emporia in 1974

I was in KC for a wedding when the tornado hit. It was horrific. I was gone for just a weekend and couldn't believe the damage when I got home.

[cornermouse]

46. I had a sibling who was going to school and

working at a gas station on the west side of town. He was very lucky. He persuaded some customers to take shelter with him and the other employees. The station was damaged but they survived. At the gas station about a block or two away, people took shelter in the restroom. According to the paper at the time, the tornado took everything down except the walls of the restroom they were hiding in.

I lived about 7 miles away, supposedly in the path but it lifted back up before it got to us. I stuffed my kids under the stairs till it was over.

[Shell Beau]

44. That is a beautiful picture.

[Shell Beau]

33. I differ with your opinion there. What it does and did is ugly and repulsive.

But Mother Nature is beautiful and magnificent even when it is horrific.

I am right down the road from this btw. I have friends who suffered this today. It wasn't pretty what it did. The town is in ruins right now.

[cornermouse]

36. 40 miles from it?

Try living in the path of one of these monsters.

[Shell Beau]

37. I have. I've been through many tornadoes.

I can't even count how many. One I remember strongly as a child. We were hunkered down in the tub with a mattress over our heads. I remember my fence being lifted up and thrown across the neighborhood. Just a couple of years ago, I had 3 trees uprooted in my yard. I've been there. Many times. I live in tornado alley. They are a regular here in the spring and fall.


And 40 miles from it, we still had terrible weather today. It was scary. I am used to it, but it is always scary. I also lived throuh Katrina. I wasn't on the coast, but even when it reached my area, it was still a category 1 with 90+ mph winds. Devastation. But I can still find mother nature beautiful.

[cornermouse]

50. Try 1/8 of a mile from one on the ground twice in a span of less than 5 years. n/t

[Shell Beau]

52. I didn't realize we were in competition. Put it this way, I go through

them yearly. They yearly hit my neighborhood. When I watch the weather, they, more often than not, have my neighborhood highlighted for the area that will be hit. Just last year, a bus pulled over in my neighborhood, got all of the kids out, and hunkered down in a ditch. I go through tornadoes every year. Twice. Spring and Fall. It is just how it is where I live. I still find tornadoes awesome. In every way. They are magnificent. I hate what they do though.


Sometimes they bounce around. Sometimes they stay on the ground and destroy everything in the way, like they did today. Sometimes, the across the street neighbor will have damage, and I won't. Torndadoes are weird like that, but a sight to behold if you aren't too scared and have enough sanity about you to take cover.

[cornermouse]

59. Yeah, I'm sure Mississippi is much worse than Kansas, Arkansas or Missouri.

:eyes:

[Shell Beau]

61. Why is it a competition? Goodness.

I am just stating my personal experience. What is your problem?

[cornermouse]

63. Well, let's see Shell...

Who used the terminology "tornado alley" on this page?
Answer: Not me.

Those of you who got such a thrill out of what has turned out in the end to be death for 10, including 3 children, and pain for others? You might want to ask yourselves "why" and then you might want to think about the answer you get from yourselves.

[Shell Beau]

69. I do live in tornado alley. I certainly wasn't saying

other places didn't get hellacious tornadoes. You are disturbed. NO ONE got a thrill out the the death of anyone or the devastation this has caused. I have friends in these areas. You might want to ask yourself what your problem is.

[tammywammy]

45. Exactly

I used to have a picture a satellite picture of Katrina or Rita on my old computer, it was a closer up photo of this lovely white clouds. There's no doubt the wreckage left behind from a hurricane or tornado are awful, but at the same point, there's a magnificent creation of nature.

I too have been scared pretty much shitless from a tornado, I've seen the damage they can do, but still respect what nature can do and that man has no control over certain aspects of our lives.

[Shell Beau]

47. I can't see how someone can look at a tornado and not think it is

an awesome sight. It doesn't mean the devastation it causes is awesome. Of course the devastation is, well, devastating. Lightening can be devastating, but it is a sight to behold.

[tammywammy]

48. I think the only part of nature that I'll never think is awesome

are hail storms. lol

[Shell Beau]

49. I am always inside when those happen. I've stayed outside to witness

dime sized hail, but when it gets golf-ball size or bigger, I am indoors!!

[tammywammy]

53. I think the biggest I've ever seen are baseball sized

:wow:

[Shell Beau]

54. Try softball?? We get that from time to time, but I never see it.

I am inside!!!

[jmondine]

65. I disagree with ugly and repulsive

Horrifying and tragic, yes. But a tornado isn't malicious or cruel. It is totally, utterly dispassionate. It is a physical reaction to nature's ongoing dance. It is destructive, terrifying, devastating, and a reminder that no matter how much we kid ourselves, we are never, ever in "control" of nature.

[Touchdown]

55. So these are repulsive too? They're all killers as well.

[Shell Beau]

70. Strange that someone can't see the difference in finding beauty

in mother nature but not liking the destruction it causes. And you so had me... Up until the last pic! :P

[malaise]

10. WOW

Stunning indeed

[bbinacan]

15. Not Yazoo City

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iowatornado.asp

[uppityperson]

18. Thanks for the SNOPES link of the mesocyclone wall cloud, not a true tornado

impressive, but let's call it what it is, where it is, with accuracy.

[bbinacan]

21. You're welcome and I agree. n/t

[uppityperson]

17. NO it isn't. That picture has been around a while.

[stray cat]

22. Thats an old picture - nice but definitely not one in 2010

[proud2BlibKansan]

25. How can you tell?

[uppityperson]

29. It's been posted before and here is the snopes link

http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/iowatornado.asp

[CoffeeCat]

27. This is a picture from 2008...

I remember when this happened. I live in Iowa, and this picture was taken
in Orchard, Iowa. Apparently, it's not a funnel cloud or a tornado. It's
some strange weather phenomena--a downdraft, I'm I'm remembering correctly. It
can cause great destruction, but apparently it's not a tornado. Whew!

Link to pic:
http://visualstreak.com/2008/06/18/iowa-tornado-funnel-cloud/

[Liberal_in_LA]

64. still a cool pic

[Shell Beau]

30. Very devastating. Last I checked, 10 were dead.

I was about 40 miles from this, and I am thankful it skipped my town. I have many friends in that town. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

Children are included among the dead. So sad.

[leeloo]

31. Wow the power of nature.....

[KonaKane]

38. That looks like the entire mezocyclone just dipped earthward

you don't see that very often. The only other pic I saw of this sort of tornadic activity was the devastating Edmonton CA twister several years ago.

[Shell Beau]

39. This one wasn't from the devastation today.

10 are dead though. At least 10 that we know of now. 2 are children. :cry:

[redqueen]

56. Wow.

:wow:

[Shell Beau]

57. That wasn't the one that hit around here. It is an awesome sight though.

Beautiful.

The one that hit MS wasn't that pretty. It was a mile wide and just looked like a mess of things. It was hard to even distinguish it as a tornado because it was wrapped in rain. Nonetheless, 10 are confirmed dead. 2 of those are children. :( Many more injured.

[redqueen]

58. That's awful...

they are an awesome and beautiful (and terrible) sight, and thankfully not often that deadly. :(

[Shell Beau]

60. AFter seeing the devastion it did to the town, I am shocked more weren't

killed. So many homes (30 in one neighborhood) and businesses are gone. Tragic.

[jmondine]

67. Nature is beautiful, dangerous, humbling and tragic all at the same time

The most beautiful place I have ever seen is Yosemite Valley, a place which claims a dozen lives each year.

[Rocknrule]

68. Wow, I thought all the alien ships in Independence Day were destroyed

[calimary]

72. Looks like some monstrous mouth opening, its tongue dipping down to lick up

everything on the ground in front of it.

:scared: