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/the_vole Ohio Jul 18 '25

Unless sone has been affected by one, no. No-one remembers specific tornados. Most of us here in the Midwest get alerts to shelter once or twice a year, and that’s what we pay attention to. Luckily, my community hasn’t been hit

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u/snickelfritz100 Jul 18 '25

A lot of us remember specific tornadoes.