Tornadoes . . . in Arizona?

[Facetious]

4 tornadoes tear across N. Arizona, damage homes
(AP) –
BELLEMONT, Ariz. — A rare swarm of tornadoes shoved semis off highways and destroyed homes in the pre-dawn darkness Wednesday, leaving startled residents wondering if they were in Arizona anymore or had woken up in the twister-prone Midwest.
After one tornado rumbled through Bellemont around 5:30 with wind speeds of up to 110 miles per hour, residents armed with flashlights emerged from their homes to check on the damage — a house splintered, windows smashed, garage doors twisted, but no major injuries.

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[roronoa3000]

The curse of the gypsy hispanics they've wronged.

 

[Chica]

we had some crazy weather the other day! i never saw hail that big before and it was fun to watch it splash down in our pool.

 

[LukeEl]

When do we get our tornado in Massachusetts huh?

 

[Chica]

When do we get our tornado in Massachusetts huh?

did you see "The Town" yet? we saw it the other night and it was really good!

 

[pete rose]

Even God hates Arizona.

 

[Chica]

i never saw the tornado but the winds were crazy. it's late in the year to be getting monsoons...

 

[Bearded_Menace]

Even God hates Arizona.

No, no, no! That tornado was clearly the work of the devil....errr, I meant the Super Devil.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Well they have dust devils out there. These just had enough oomph to become a real tornado.

 

[YumiYumi_1988]

Shit was crazy. At least it's cooled down finally.

 

[ForumModeregulator]

FIRE tornados in Brazil? Wayyy cooler...

 

[HELLRAISER]

Christine O'Donnell predicted that this would happen

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

First hockey, then tornadoes? Crazy!

 

[Jane Burgess]

Arizona gets tornado's. Phoenix has had them a few times.

 

[Galactic]

And there was a MASSIVE thunderstorm here last night that lasted for an hour....put to shame ANY we had during the summer....and it's October 7th. Methinks the gods are angry....and a wee bit confused maybe?

 

[tartanterrier]

The only storms I ever saw in Arizona were the sandstorms which
looked pretty cool

 

[Ulysses31]

Arizona struck by FOUR tornados in a single day, wrecking homes and vehicles

Can't help but think the government was somehow involved

Arizona struck by FOUR tornados in a single day, wrecking homes and destroying vehicles


Arizona was hit by a rare swarm of tornados on Wednesday with four twisters ripping through parts of the state causing considerable damage.

The region usually experiences only four tornados during the entire year but an extraordinary 22 extreme weather warnings were issued yesterday.

There have been no reports of any casualties as a result of the freak weather but numerous homes and vehicles were destroyed.

Menacing: The extreme weather system was the result of a low-pressure system which had been parked over central and southern California

Freak weather: Numerous homes were damages after four tornados ripped through Bellemont in Arizona

Destroyed: Vehicles were wrecked by the extreme weather on Wednesday as Arizona experienced its usual annual quota of tornados in a single day

Mobile homes: Camper vans were also damaged at a trailer park along the Interstate 40


'The hammering that northern Arizona is getting right now is exceptional,' Ken Waters, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Phoenix, said.

'It's not uncommon this time of year to have one or two tornado reports or a warning, but this is quite an outbreak.'

Around 30 houses in Bellemont are reported to have been severely damaged with residents evacuated and moved to temporary shelters.

A camper van park off the Interstate 40 was also struck, with dozens of vans blown over. The resulting debris was strewn across local roads causing traffic chaos.

Chaos: Debris from the damaged trailers at Camping World littered the local roads disrupting traffic in Bellemont

Meteorologists described the weather in Arizona as 'exceptional' with the storm system now moving northwards


Several train carriages were also derailed as a result of the tornado.

The tornados were the result of a low-pressure system which had been parked over central and southern California but is now drifting northwards.

Earlier in the week the weather system moved across the west of the U.S. dropping a record amount of rain in northern Nevada.

In Utah on Tuesday two teenagers were hospitalised after being struck by lightning outside their school.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...a-day-wrecking-homes-destroying-vehicles.html

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Re: Arizona struck by FOUR tornados in a single day, wrecking homes and vehicles

Ummmm....
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=446619

I still love you though. Including all your flaws and mistakes. :shy:

 

[Ulysses31]

Re: Arizona struck by FOUR tornados in a single day, wrecking homes and vehicles

Ummmm....
http://board.freeones.com/showthread.php?t=446619

I still love you though. Including all your flaws and mistakes. :shy:

 

[~~whimsy~~]

Re: Arizona struck by FOUR tornados in a single day, wrecking homes and vehicles

It's ok. We all do it time to time. You just want to be number one in something so you do it more than anyone else! You're number ONE in this, Ulysses! And no one will dare try and compete with you! They no better.

:lovecoupl