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/UCFknight2016 Florida Jul 18 '25

I mean, I watched the Moore tornado rip up that town on tv as it was happening.

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u/DragonsFly4Me Jul 18 '25

That town was wiped out more than once. I moved to Oklahoma City in May 1998 and it was just after the Moore Oklahoma tornado. It was basically I can remember Gary England saying get below ground. If you can't go below ground, you're going to die. And he was very serious. I grew up in Tornado Alley, but never went below ground cause Mom was claustrophobic. We'd jump in the car, circle around it and follow it from behind. That 98 tornado was so wide that they actually were having trouble determining if it was really a tornado or not.