Thanks to all for the kind words!
A follow-up:
What I didn't know last night is that apparently there was yet
another tornado touchdown about 27 miles south of where we live.
Driving to Houston this morning, first, I've noticed some large uprooted
trees. Then I saw several houses with damaged roofs and walls, and then a
few industrial-type, 2-stories buildings with the second floor mostly
missing. Then I saw a trailer portion of an 18-wheeler turned over (it was
parked in the yard of one of the businesses.
And those damages were on both sides of the highway, spread over at least
1 mile. That means that tornado was either moving along the highway or
crossing it in a diagonal function.
This is a major, heavily traveled, divided freeway with two lanes in each
direction and 75 mph speed limit. I wonder what was going on with the cars
that were on it when the tornado went through...
Unfortunately, I had no time to even slow down for taking any photos, -
had to be in Houston for an appointment. IF the weather will not be too
bad, I'll try to take a few shots on the way back.
Yet another observation this morning: lots of areas are severely flooded.
There was a large plot of land next to the 290 freeway on the outskirts of
Houston with a sign "Land for sale". I thought that a good joke would be
if someone attached across that a temporary sign: "Water for sale".
Darren Addy Fri, 27 May 2016 06:38:40 -0700 wrote:
Thanks for the report Igor. 8 miles is plenty close for a tornado to
one's home.
Darren: I've mentioned this ones last year, - 20 years and 1 month ago,
I've had tornado touching down and levelling some houses just 3 city
blocks away, - in Urbana, IL:
http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2015-September/404215.html
Cheers,
Igor
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