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Old 03-May-2002, 04:57 PM
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Swath of Deadly Maryland Tornado Visible From Space

Kind of pushing the relevancy here, but I thought the photos were interesting and impressive. (La Plata is probably about an hour's drive from my house.)
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And here I was gonna say, "Hey, it's relevant to ME, as I live in Tornado Alley"--but then I saw that YOU live in Maryland. Holy Fujita, Batman! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

For some reason that is the CREEPIEST photo of tornado damage I have ever seen, bar none. "Visible from space", egad, now that's a BIG 'un. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]

[Where were you, BTW, when it hit? Just curious.]



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La Plata is probably about an hour's drive from my house.

I have to ask... was this before or after the tornado?
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Right, but where was he? Under the kitchen table? Down in the basement? Outside with a video camera, scanning the horizon?

Or at work, and didn't know nothing about it until he saw it on the news? C'mon, we want a war story! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

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My brother is a weatherman on Channel 4 in Washington, DC. He showed this space picture last week. cool.
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Or at work, and didn't know nothing about it until he saw it on the news? C'mon, we want a war story! [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
No war story, sorry. We got some thunderstorms coming through at about the same time, but nothing like that. I learned about it from the news just like everyone else.
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My brother is a weatherman on Channel 4 in Washington, DC. He showed this space picture last week. cool.
Oh, right, Tom Kierein.
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I just want to know where the comet is that heralded/caused the tornado.
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I just want to know where the comet is that heralded/caused the tornado.
No, no, it's the approach of the planet Niburu that caused it. Don't you know anything about celestial electrodynamics?

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