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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2835104, member: 56859&quot;]I&#039;m not sure where I&#039;d rank earthquakes in these three, but I definitely prefer the long advanced warning of hurricanes to the moment&#039;s notice (or less) for tornados!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tornados also have the classic freight train sound, something I&#039;d forgotten when I awoke that Saturday morning in San Antonio.&nbsp; My parents, who were visiting that weekend and staying in the third (top) floor of a guest apartment in my complex, did not forget.&nbsp; They&#039;re from Waco and have been through a few.&nbsp; The heard the &quot;freight train&quot; and hunkered down in the bathtub.&nbsp; Good thing-- when it was over there was no roof above them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was looking out the window, early in the morning and not fully awake, just before it touched down.&nbsp; The sky was a weird green-gray.&nbsp; Suddenly the air was very still and my ears felt like they were going to pop, and then cars started blowing by.&nbsp; I dove down and into a corner and the windows imploded into shards which stuck like daggers into the opposite walls.&nbsp; The building shook and the sound was like a train or a jet.&nbsp; Surreal.&nbsp; Half of the buildings in that complex were condemned due to damage, including mine.&nbsp; Amazingly, no one was injured!&nbsp; The complex was mostly students and we&#039;d finished a week of tests the day before.&nbsp; Many people were out of town, fortunately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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