Thread: Tornado territory..

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I hope all you guys n gals in that neck of the woods are safe.. We have this report from our newspaper today.. Scary stuff.. Our prays go out to the folk in that area..

Tornadoes tear through US Midwest - World - NZ Herald News

I've been on the phone a couple times today with my son who's a freshman at Michigan State (Go Spartans! Go Green!) in East Lansing. So far they're just getting torrential rain and high winds. Just in case things escalate, the students have been issued instructions to take shelter. I don't suppose you need a college education to know to take shelter during a tornado.

Pro70Z28 lives down in Coal City---they had some damage around town/country but maybe he'll be on here with some words---My Mother in law lives there also but she was at out house a little (60 miles)north--waiting for daylight tomorrow to go see damage-------








our house not out house!!!!!!!!!!!

Couple guys from work posted a vid on facebook from Coal City.
They were at some work out place.

Hope all well for your families in the area!!

We were in Morris (15 miles away) at the time, but our house didn't get hit, came within about a mile though. Because of downed power lines we couldn't see much last night. Here's a few from the perimeter.

2 miles south of us


1 mile south


1 mile south on our street


3 miles east. Golf course. Hey the water tower I lettered is still there.


From our driveway


Sign I did for the golf course last year will need a little work, I don't warranty for tornados.

Out by the golf course



A lot of trees uprooted at the golf course



I'll see if I can get a few more shots now that it's light out.

Lots of damage even just after a quick look!!!!

Thanks for the pics, Pro.. glad to hear you and the family is safe.

Originally Posted by 34_40

Thanks for the pics, Pro.. glad to hear you and the family is safe.

I can only echo those sentiments.

There's a lot more damage than I have shots of. I used the long lens to stay out of the way.

Anyone who's never been in an area when a tornado hits can't really fathom the extent of damage they can do!!! Thanks for the shots, Pro! Been awhile since we've had on around here, and I hope it's a long time before one shows up!!!!!

Glad everyones safe up there,Pro.. Scary looking animal,,I saw a clip on fb ,of one of them approaching a building.. N thanks.. Sorry,,but i'm glad we don't get those things down here..

Ummm . . . we do Robin.
Not as large or as powerful as that thank God.
But there was one hit around Urunui either last year or the year before that created a fair amount of damage, they also strike fairly regularly around the Oaonui area, and some ten years or so ago one hit at Opunake and killed some poor fella . . .

Originally Posted by johnboy

Ummm . . . we do Robin.
Not as large or as powerful as that thank God.
But there was one hit around Urunui either last year or the year before that created a fair amount of damage, they also strike fairly regularly around the Oaonui area, and some ten years or so ago one hit at Opunake and killed some poor fella . . .

Yup,,what I meant was,,ones of that magnitude..

Man, I'm glad all of you in that area are alright! One of the most eery feelings to me is at night after a tornado has passed. You have that feeling like there could be another right behind it............ I saw on the noon news today that in Illinois there was only one death and they found the man a block I think from his house dead unfortunately. His house was leveled. Those things aren't anything to mess with. It seems really odd to be having naders in November. Crazy weather lately..........