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>Interesting that the trees seem to have simply been pulled out of the
>ground. My experience also as a small tornado passed a short distance
>behind my house in Florida about 20 years ago. A large ficus was just
>pulled out of the ground and laid on its side with its roots flailing in
>the air. Had the soil been softened by recent rain?
>
Others who have experienced microbursts tell me that the interior is full
of small twisters. I have my own experience with one, and all I can remember
is the sensation that the entire sky was coming straight down. Videos shown
after this storm show that they are pretty much the result of a mature storm
suddenly dropping its core downwards due to lack of sufficient upward draught.
I also have a first-hand experience with straight-line winds. You have no
idea what it's like to have 1/2" hail hitting you in the back in an 80 MPH
wind. It's like being hit with rock salt from a 12ga (no first-hand
expeerience with that).
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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