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[–] Wrench 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I live in Southern California, and we were having crazy weather for the region. I think Hawaii had a hurricane or something iirc, and we were getting the tail end of it.

I was at work, and suddenly everyone phone started screeching alerts.

⚠️ Tornado Warning ⚠️

Everyone froze for a couple seconds, then crowded the floor to ceiling office windows, then ran down stairs to go outside for a better look.

We all laughed at how incredibly stupid we were being, but hell, a Tornado in Cali was too rare to miss.

No Tornado ever materialized.

[–] Anticorp 5 points 9 months ago

It's not like you have a basement or storm shelter to flee to. Might as well have front row seats to your destruction.

[–] Xanis 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I used to live in Wisconsin. I remember a tornado warning and people, including me, were standing in the intersections and streets to get a better view. I had spotted something odd in the clouds and to this day swear I saw a tornado second guess itself. I heard the next day that one had touched down a few miles North in a field.

"Why were you running back to the house last night? haha"

"I, uh...don't like heights..."