OFF TOPIC We are in Kansas Toto

What an angry sky. Is that what they call “tornado alley”?

Yikes! I hate those Devil Vacs!

tornado alley was the name for a airforce research project in the 50s.

alabama actually gets more tornados and there often more dangerous due to heavier rainfall with them you cant see the storms funnel shape. they also occur anytime of the year.

[quote="trainzkid88" post=228820"]tornado alley was the name for a airforce research project in the 50s.

alabama actually gets more tornados and there often more dangerous due to heavier rainfall with them you cant see the storms funnel shape. they also occur anytime of the year.

Not sure where you get your data for AL but according to NOAA they rank about number nine in tornados per area.  Probably a lot more damage done in AL than KS due to the sparse population here.  NOAA ranks KS number two on the list of F5 tornados. This past week we have had at least 12 tornados touch down within 20 miles of our house.
It is quite amazing to watch a super cell form and if there is going to be a tornado it will be at the base of the super cell.  The moist warm air spiraling upward to a height of 30,000 ft gives the tornado its tremendous energy in a small area. 
Below is a small blurb about a tornado that hit about 15 miles east of us way back in 1942, at the time one of the strongest tornados in the US and thankfully short lived and not all that large. This was before our early tornado warning systems.
http://www.gendisasters.com/kansas/11176/oberlin-ks-tornado-destruction-apr-1942


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