It's a rather uncommon event for tornadoes to occur in Italy. Maybe that explains why the person that shot the video of this tornado footage ignored one of the biggest no-nos when it comes to being safe in a tornado.
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We had some crazy Christmas Day weather move across the South. An EF-3 tornado touched down in Trinity County near Pennington, plus a white Christmas became a reality for areas from Henderson and northward.
It seemed to me that the people of East Texas were a bit more excited by the recent "earthquakes" than say, someone from California might be. That makes sense right?
As we discussed with Jimmy Carter on the Merrell in the Morning Show, the severe storms that plagued the Plains over the weekend also caused some tense moments at a Miranda Lambert show in Wichita, KS.
Saturday night, venue officials at the Intrust Bank Arena knew that severe storms were expected to move through the area so they had a plan in place.
The tornado that slammed Joplin, MO on May 22, like the others around the country recently, has resulted in stunning first-person video accounts. With the popularity of video capability on smartphones (not to mention digital cameras) we are now not only seeing the damage closer than ever, but we are also seeing what it's like to wait for the storm, then experience it.
I have always been fascinated by weather, in fact, meteorology was my major in college. So, I'd like to think that I would be reasonably collected when confronted by severe weather.
However, Steven Hoag of Wilson, North Carolina -- you are beyond having ice water in your veins.