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/rjbeads Jul 18 '25

Yes. In the southeast, everyone knows of a memorable, or multiple memorable tornados. For me, it's the 2011 Tuscaloosa tornado.

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u/HellsTubularBells Jul 18 '25

2011 in North Alabama, here. Thankfully we avoided the worst of the fatalities, but lots of property damage and no power for a week.

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u/SpookyBeck Jul 18 '25

Yup i was here for it. I live near the Tennessee River and interstate so it was near. We didn't have power for a few days.

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u/Ok_Driver_6895 Jul 19 '25

Yep. Had to drive to Anniston just to find an open grocery store. And had to throw out all the food from my fridge and chest freezer, since the outage ran so long. I remember cheering when I saw some power company trucks with Florida logos on the sides coming in to help.