Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Another tornado

Maybe this is becoming a habit? I sure hope not! About two weeks ago I posted pictures from the tail end of a tornadic storm. Today, I got lucky (although I was scared)! I was driving into town to seek shelter (we have none at our house) and kept seeing these wall clouds and little

tails going up and down until, yes, a tornado! I don't really know how many there were or of any damage. I heard at one point, there had been as many as 7 sited. We also got major amounts of rain and quarter size hail. A couple of yrs. back we had baseball size hail and A LOT of damage, so I was glad we didn't get that this time. Yes, I admit as you can tell, I took these photographs

from inside the car (and yes) bad me, I was driving! I was sure glad I had taken my camera with me. I would have liked to have had my zoom lens to get a closer one of the tornado, but at

least I got one! Again, technically, not great pictures because they were taken from the car while I was driving! CC welcome and appreciated.

13 comments:

Jen said...

OMG I would've peed my pants! These are great shots! I can't believe you were driving while getting them. That's awesome!

~JustJulie~ said...

WOW! I would have been totally freaked out! I've never seen a tornado and with my huge fear of thunderstorms, I don't think I could have handled it.

Me said...

holy smokes, girly!!! Are you nuts? It looks like you were driving right towards the tornadoes? CRAZY!!!! LOL You got some great photos.

Mom2Drew said...

ARE YOU CRAZY? Are you a tornado chaser or something? I've NEVER seen one this close or for that matter, at all...it's all a little creepy for me. However, great shots and the color seems to capture that ominous feeling to it.

Trisha said...

Yikes! That's scary! I live in tornadoe alley, so these things aren't new to me, but they scare me still! I've seen too many with my eyes to be comfortable when they announce a severe storm coming our way! Scares me to death! Props to you for capturing a picture! I always haul my camera and computer to the basement LoL-

Heather said...

WOW! You sure did get great shots....although I must wonder what the guy in the car next to you thought..........anyway, I think I would have gone AWAY from them:) LOL but what do I know:)

bprincephoto said...

OMG I would have been so scared. I thought the top shots were awesome until I came to that bottom shot. It does look like you were driving right for it!! Great shots.

Jan said...

I live in the tip of tornado alley, so we have them pretty often. But that doesn't diminish the scariness of it all!! I love the pic taken when you're driving down the road--it does look like you are heading right for it!! Glad all turned out ok. You got some great shots to remember it by!!

Michelle said...

these are great! you really captured the feeling of the storm.

Tori said...

OMGosh... I would have been terrified! These are great though!

Dar Kaso said...

How cool are those shots. Very scary that you are that close to a tornado, but I would taken the shots too before hitting the gas and getting far far away. Glad you were safe.

HC said...

Very cool shots. I am glad you and your family were safe!

Carolyn said...

these are so freakin cool....I must admit that I am a bit jealous, one of my dream vacations is to tornado alley to chase storms.