tornade sounds

[Jerome Stanek]

What did tornadoes sound like betore there were freight trains

[Belinda Barfield]

What did tornadoes sound like betore there were freight trains

Wagon trains? You guys are sure asking some interesting questions today.

[Jim O'Dell]

Stampeding herd of Buffalo. But you had to have your ear to the ground to hear it in time to take shelter, otherwise it was too late. Jim.

[Jim Rimmer]

Makes you wonder if the first time someone saw a train they said it sounded like a tornado.

[Belinda Barfield]

Sam, Sam, git yer horse . . . we got to run for cover. There's a tornader a comin'.

Naw Jake, that ain't no tornader, that there's one of them new fangled trains. Ain't no need to run.

But, gosh darn it, Sam. With 'em soundin' so much alike, how we gone know if it a tornader or a danged train on the way?

Well, Jake, tornaders usually don't blow their whistle when they're a comin' into town.

[Tom Winship]

Belinda, you have a sense of humor. Were you a screen writer in a previous life, or did you just hang out at Tara?

[Eddie Watkins]

Having been in a tornado on May 10th, I can tell you my tornado did not sound like a freight train. It's like saying snake tastes like chicken. It just ain't so. It was a very loud noise but I believe it is indescribeable. I was literally in the tornado as I ran to the storm shelter. Part of my neighbors house flew past me and crashed thru my garage door so I got to listen really close, not a train.

[Jim Rimmer]

Having been in a tornado on May 10th, I can tell you my tornado did not sound like a freight train. It's like saying snake tastes like chicken. It just ain't so. It was a very loud noise but I believe it is indescribeable. I was literally in the tornado as I ran to the storm shelter. Part of my neighbors house flew past me and crashed thru my garage door so I got to listen really close, not a train.

OKC has had more than their share in the last few years. I survived a couple in southern Okla. when I was a kid. Glad you made it to the hidey hole in time.

[Eddie Watkins]

OKC has had more than their share in the last few years. I survived a couple in southern Okla. when I was a kid. Glad you made it to the hidey hole in time.

THe funny thing about it: as I was running to the cellar with a bucket over my head and my granddaughters, I was thinking "this doesn't sound like a train", as if that were significant at that time. There is just no explaining stupid.

[Jim Finn]

The only one I was within a block of, was in Wisconsin and it sounded like a train overhead ,for sure.

[Bryan Rocker]

I came up close and personal with an F5 tornado May 3, 1999. Our house got clobbered by the debris from the backside. Having been around jet aircraft, it sounded much more like a jet engine. Having said that, the biggest sensation was the need to pop my eardrum non-stop. The pressure movement was incredible. My biggest fear was when I had one hand on the closet door and one hand on the flashlight and the roof started to go. I was like, Crap, now what am I going to hold on to......The worst 15 seconds of my life.....It didn't go but the house was totaled.....Jet engine for sure.........

[Larry Norton]

This is what our house looked like after an F-4 tornado. It sounded more like a jet engine or a huge street sweeper.

[Rich Engelhardt]

What did tornadoes sound like betore there were freight trains

Same as they do now..

Only the words have changed.

"Umpa kinikkika ha"!!! (ancient Native American)

Rough translation into modern English:

"Ohhhh S***"!!!

BTW - speaking of ancient American,,

"Vegatarian" is old Shawnee for:
"Lousy hunter".

[Jim Rimmer]

Same as they do now..

Only the words have changed.

"Umpa kinikkika ha"!!! (ancient Native American)

Rough translation into modern English:

"Ohhhh S***"!!!

BTW - speaking of ancient American,,

"Vegatarian" is old Shawnee for:
"Lousy hunter".

Great response. LOL

[Cliff McNeill]

Makes you wonder if the first time someone saw a train they said it sounded like a tornado.

Hmmmmm?