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Old 01-08-08 | 02:29 PM
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I thought about the chances of being impaled as the tornado passed by. But honestly, almost no one ever dies from that unless the tornado hits them.

The only thing that I got upset about was that my autofocus Nikon camera couldn't focus on a gray swirling mass. So as the tornado passed by, I had to switch it to manual focus, and missed a few good shots.

We had about 5 tornadoes here (within 25 miles of my house) last year, with several more warnings. Almost got to see another one. The sirens were going off and so I ran OUTSIDE to see what I could see. There was a nasty looking swirling mass of clouds going overhead. Turns out that 10 minutes later, this developed into a tornado and hit a town 12 miles from me, causing substantial damage.

There is a non-zero chance that I will be killed by a tornado, as I always move toward them.
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