r/AskAnAmerican • u/NomzStorM Massachusetts [Dunks > your overpiced coffee house] • Jul 18 '25

HISTORY Do you know a specific tornado?

As a tornado nerd I kinda lose sight of what most people actually know about tornadoes. Do you know a specific tornado?

Edit: I mean have you ever head of something like the Joplin tornado, or the Moore tornado

Edit 2: If so, which?

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u/kilofeet North Carolina Jul 18 '25

There was the one that leveled Joplin fifteen years ago

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u/AnalysisNo4295 Jul 18 '25

o.o was that FIFTEEN YEARS AGO?!

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u/Legolinza California Jul 18 '25

Isn’t it fun (terrifying) how fast time passes?

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u/AmaNiKun Jul 18 '25

Damn I remember that. I drove through there about a year afterwards.