Close call! Glad you, your family, and most importantly, your MGs, are all
OK.
Jay Donoghue
72B-GT
66 Mustang
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From: Councill, David <dcouncill@msubillings.edu>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 9:40 am
Subject: [Mgs] OT - tornado
This is a bit off topic but might be of interest. A hail storm hit
yesterday with 2" hail chunks. My Bs are all in the garage except my
67BGT which was in the driveway, exposed. It survived undamaged but as
the hail subsided, my wife tells me to come to the back door as a
tornado was forming in the darkened sky. At first it was just clouds
swirling in an anti-clockwise manner but as soon as the distinct funnel
formed, I ran and grabbed my camera and took pictures as the seven
minute event unfolded. My house is on a side of a hill so I only saw
part of it and it appeared headed our way. My wife and two neighbors
took refuge in our basement while I watched the event unfold into a
narrow funnel and then breaking up. At one point, chunks were swirling
in the air from our convention center about 1/2 mile away which was
destroyed. When the tornado broke up, debris fell over the yard, mostly
lighter insulation. Several businesses were destroyed. Access to that
area was a bit limited so I'll probably walk over and take pictures
later today. But here is the tornado from funnel to end in sequence:
http://www.interback.net/tornado/billings_mt_tornado.htm
David Councill
64 B
67 BGT
72 B
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