The tornadoes are coming O.O

[Woodinator]

So the Chicagoland area just got nailed by tornado-spawning storms. I was at a friends house when the power went out and we heard a swirling, howling noise outside and we were told to go in the basement. We thought it was a tornado siren, but apparently it was the wind O.o Turns out the clouds were circulating above us and tornadoes touched down in nearby towns.

So how do you feel about bad storms? Have any good experiences? Personally I love them and I really want to see a tornado sometime...so I was a little dissapointed there wasn't one tonight (Yeah I know I'm nuts), but I'm glad at the same time since no one around me got hurt or had property destroyed. Last one that hit my town hit when I was 2, so obviously I don't remember it. Came within a two blocks of my house too XD

[Jessweeee♪]

Whenever I move to another town, a tornado damages the house I used to live in >.>


Last time it was a house that was right next to Pizza Hut! And across the street from KFC and Hardees and La Gondola. And next to some kind of shop. I forget the kind. All of the windows in the house and Pizza Hut broke.


Storms are neat, but they're prettier up north 'cause of that eerie yellow that's everywhere.

[Momiji]

I live in northeastern Indiana, and I've been seeing a lot of lightning and hearing a lot of thunder... maybe I should wake everyone up if everything takes a turn for the worse.

As for me, I like thunderstorms, but I'm not so fond of tornadoes, though I'm never really concerned when we get watches and warnings for them.

[bipper]

Storms rock. I always stand out in them.

We had one in New Richmond when I was living there and I had to stand out in it. The winds picked up to 79 miles per hour which was strong enough to pick me up and whip me into the side of the house, resulting in some siding cracking in the shape of a bipper. It was pretty much awesome.

Aside from that, I have yet to see a tornado

[rubah]

it's storming nicely right now; steady rain and lightning arcing across the sky. hsu and I sat out on the porch for a while just listening, smelling, watching

[Initial Fantasy]

I love it when the power goes out and you can hear the sound of rain slamming against the windows and the thunder outside. I love to light a few candles and just sit curled under a blanket reading some book.

[Yar]

Damn storms knocked out the power during my playing of XI. I was effectively disconnected.

[rubah]

okay so it THUNDERED AND LIGHTNINGED REALLY LOUDLY ALL THE TIME FROM ABOUT 6AM TO 9AM IT WAS REALLY LOUD AT SOME POINTS

but I wasn't scared! I just was sleepy xD

hsu on the other hand~~~~~~

[Yar]

Last night I heard a real big crash. Our tree fell to the road, which makes me believe it was hit by lightning. It's not the first time it's happened to us.

[Roogle]

I am fond of weather like thunderstorms, tornadoes, tropical storms, and hurricanes. I dislike the fact that it destroys and interrupts daily life, but, at the same time, it is good to know that there are some things that we, as society, cannot schedule and control.

[Goldenboko]

Lightning hit our house the other day. It blew out some batteries attached to the Alarm and Thermostat and stuff, but no major damage.

[Quindiana Jones]

Tornadoes? In the Windy City? Stop messing us about!

I love storms. I think it's well worth keeping storms, even with the chances of death and damage to property and animals. Y'know...because if we wanted to! We could totally boot storms out of Earth! xD

[Lawr]

Hooray for Midwestern storms! I didn't lose my power, but the station I was watching interrupted the program to tell us to hide in shelter.

[Quindiana Jones]

Hooray for Midwestern storms! I didn't lose my power, but the station I was watching interrupted the program to tell us to hide in shelter.

I laughed surprisingly hard at that.

[Lawr]

What's so surprisingly funny?