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This was several years ago now but I was visiting my mother in law in Kansas and a huge tornado was bearing down towards us (a few blocks from us). She has no cellar or basement or anything, so I got her, me and our cat into her tiny bedroom closet and we braced for impact. The air becomes eerily still right before a tornado hits. (been near a few of 'em).

Anyways, we didn't get hit, but when we emerged from our fraidy hole and walked around outside....less than a block from our house a huge Motorhome was lying upside down in a parking lot!

Another time, one was also due to hit us, and we were near a cellar this time..hubby and I stood outside tho watching the clouds closely. Everything glows an eerie, dark yellowish tinge during storms like this....and again the deep calm and stillness. But nothing formed (again it was a few blocks away from us, but was a smaller one and did little damage).

I grew up in Fla tho and had been through several major Hurricanes, they have eerie calms right before they hit, too.

When she was a teen, my mom was picked up by a tornado (this in Michigan, I think) while in her car and spun around, then the car slammed back down on the ground right side up. She was not hurt, thank god!

<blockquote data-quote="Bixyboo" data-source="post: 60780" data-attributes="member: 459">This was several years ago now but I was visiting my mother in law in Kansas and a huge tornado was bearing down towards us (a few blocks from us). She has no cellar or basement or anything, so I got her, me and our cat into her tiny bedroom closet and we braced for impact. The air becomes eerily still right before a tornado hits. (been near a few of &#039;em). Anyways, we didn&#039;t get hit, but when we emerged from our fraidy hole and walked around outside....less than a block from our house a huge Motorhome was lying upside down in a parking lot! <img src="/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!&nbsp; &nbsp; :eek:" data-shortname=":eek:" /> Another time, one was also due to hit us, and we were near a cellar this time..hubby and I stood outside tho watching the clouds closely. Everything glows an eerie, dark yellowish tinge during storms like this....and again the deep calm and stillness. But nothing formed (again it was a few blocks away from us, but was a smaller one and did little damage). I grew up in Fla tho and had been through several major Hurricanes, they have eerie calms right before they hit, too.When she was a teen, my mom was picked up by a tornado (this in Michigan, I think) while in her car and spun around, then the car slammed back down on the ground right side up. She was not hurt, thank god!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bixyboo, post: 60780, member: 459"] This was several years ago now but I was visiting my mother in law in Kansas and a huge tornado was bearing down towards us (a few blocks from us). She has no cellar or basement or anything, so I got her, me and our cat into her tiny bedroom closet and we braced for impact. The air becomes eerily still right before a tornado hits. (been near a few of 'em). Anyways, we didn't get hit, but when we emerged from our fraidy hole and walked around outside....less than a block from our house a huge Motorhome was lying [I]upside down[/I] in a parking lot! :eek: Another time, one was also due to hit us, and we were near a cellar this time..hubby and I stood outside tho watching the clouds closely. Everything glows an eerie, dark yellowish tinge during storms like this....and again the deep calm and stillness. But nothing formed (again it was a few blocks away from us, but was a smaller one and did little damage). I grew up in Fla tho and had been through several major Hurricanes, they have eerie calms right before they hit, too. When she was a teen, my mom was picked up by a tornado (this in Michigan, I think) while in her car and spun around, then the car slammed back down on the ground right side up. She was not hurt, thank god! [/QUOTE]

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