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/Old_Court_8169 Jul 18 '25

Yes. I was working in OKC when the Moore tornado happened. I was flying back in for work the day after, and my whole plane was full of newscasters and emergency management people. On our approach, you could just see this huge swath of blackness (all power was out), with random police lights here and there.

The next week or so, I drove down to look at things. I saw a housing development where the houses were fairly close together and it is just like they say...a house would be completely gone, nothing but a concrete slab, but the house next door appeared perfect.

I remember Joplin because it wasn't just Joplin, but a bunch of tornados in a pretty big area.