I think that may have been the scariest storm I have ever witnessed. Poor John...he was hiding in our hall closet. Why did we move to Romeoville/Plainfield (a.k.a. tornado alley) again?
Why did we move to Romeoville/Plainfield (a.k.a. tornado alley) again?
Because I don't live there -- remember? :: laugh ::
Unfortunately, living in that area means tornado warnings are a fact of life. I remember each summer hearing the sirens going off at least two or three times.
by saying 'that area' you mean the midwest right? Because Plainfield is not more prone to tornado's than Peoria, and actually Peoria is closer to the center of tornado alley.
One bad storm and for some reason everyone starts thinking one town is a tornado magnet for some reason.
Yes, any place can be hit by a tornado but because there are so many more rural places than urban ones, the odds of hitting a rural place are larger than hitting an urban one...so we perceive that tornadoes = rural since that is what happens most of the time and thus we THINK that we are more prone to them when in fact we actually aren't.
It's like airplanes...Everyone KNOWS they're the safest way to travel but when one goes down and everyone perishes with it, all of a sudden we're scared as hell.
you know about 5 years ago there was a tornado in down town Salt Lake City which defied two assumptions: tornado's don't happen west of the divide and tornado's don't happen in urban areas.
There's been some research as to whether because of wind flow tornado's can't happen in urban areas. This might be true for areas like the center of the loop but seriously, tornado's happen in the mountains and they're much bigger than our sky scrapers.
But ya, people get these ideas in their minds till they become fact, oh well.
It's simply experience, Chris. I've lived in Peoria three years, and have heard the tornado alarm go off (when it wasn't a Tuesday morning drill) exactly one time. While living in Romeoville, in three years we had the warnings and sirens an average of nine times. I don't know what rhyme or reason exists, but was just FAR more frequent by Plainfield, than it's been here.
I'm not saying it's impossible for Peoria to get hit by a tornado -- I'm not that gullible and very much acknowledge that I still live in tornado alley -- but I also can't ignore what I've experienced or just chalk it up to happenstance. Ne?
Because I don't live there -- remember? :: laugh ::
Unfortunately, living in that area means tornado warnings are a fact of life. I remember each summer hearing the sirens going off at least two or three times.
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One bad storm and for some reason everyone starts thinking one town is a tornado magnet for some reason.
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It's like airplanes...Everyone KNOWS they're the safest way to travel but when one goes down and everyone perishes with it, all of a sudden we're scared as hell.
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There's been some research as to whether because of wind flow tornado's can't happen in urban areas. This might be true for areas like the center of the loop but seriously, tornado's happen in the mountains and they're much bigger than our sky scrapers.
But ya, people get these ideas in their minds till they become fact, oh well.
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I'm not saying it's impossible for Peoria to get hit by a tornado -- I'm not that gullible and very much acknowledge that I still live in tornado alley -- but I also can't ignore what I've experienced or just chalk it up to happenstance. Ne?
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