It is so sad to see the devastion that an F3 can produce up here in the northeast. We never see that around here. I am glad that youand your wife were able to share the beautiful day today. The tornado touched down lees than a mile as the crow flys from my house. I saw it developing behind my house.

Riding around 'Bama the destruction still amazes me.  I keep finding places that had been hit. One of my favorite neighborhoods just got leveled.  
This was a mile from my house and just veered and went nw or my house could have been a casualty.

Its not so much the sirens but the sound of the wind.
The way it sounds and blows, then will suddenly still and when it restarts its usualy blowing a different direction.
Then the sound, the vibration in the air, your very bones and the rumble that just goes on and on.
Watching chit fly through the air that aint meant to fly through the air is....different.
Anything from frightening to awe inspireing.
And sometimes the hail. It just pours down in buckets....sometimes the size of a pea and other times the size of a softball.

Its scarey how fast and efficent they can be moveing structures and trees that would take us days/weeks with heavy equipment. And they do it in seconds. Then theres the long minutes when watching ones track in a storm. Knowing chances are youll never see 'IT' before it gets to you. Only warning is the wind, rain and hail.
Thats a waiting he11 repeated numerous times every spring n summer in the mid-west.
Wondering if your going to get it this time.
And the weird things a twister will do will keep you scratching your head sometimes.