[Mgs] OT - tornado

Rick Brown mgrick at mgcars.org.uk
Mon Jun 21 09:10:05 MDT 2010


David

Good to hear no damage to your property or to your MGs or for that matter to 
you and yours. Great pics btw.

Rick
 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Councill, David" <dcouncill at msubillings.edu>
To: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:40
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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