The Tornadoes That Ate Dallas/Fort Worth

Multiple tornadoes touched down across the Dallas/Fort Worth area causing extensive damage yesterday. These pictures are pretty insane, especially the ones of the hail and semi-trucks. posted about a day ago. (And NO ONE DIED. How the hell does THAT happen with this many huge tornadoes raking to and fro?--jef)

Those are semi-trucks.

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Another picture of a semi being tossed around.

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More hail.

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Bill Brangers, right, and Benjamin Powell, 5, left, look at the trailer that a tornado lifted from the Powell's driveway to a neighbor's yard two doors down.

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Patricia Daugherty searches for her belongings after her home was destroyed by a tornado n Arlington, Texas.

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A sign is destroyed from a passing storm in South Arlington, Texas.

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Found near Forney, Texas.

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Homes in Lancaster, Texas.

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And one more picture of the 18 wheelers.

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(And I missed the whole thing thanks to the pain meds I took which put me sound asleep through the worst of it.--jef)

Fort Worth Explosions

(Last week--May 10--our local population experienced some pretty brutal storms over about 5 or 6 days--not nearly so brutal as the good folks of Alabama & Mississippi endured last month--but those tornadoes that hit them might have been born here. Check out the two interactive maps linked at the bottom of this post. Thanks to Jason from whom I got the video link.

Here was part of our aftermath, not so dangerous as much as it was cool looking.--jef)

Interactive map showing path and timeline of the tornadoes

And as morbid as it is interesting, an interactive map chronicling the death and destruction of the tornado onslaught from this year, the deadliest year in US weather since 1974.

Saturn Storm

Video of Huge Storm Onslaught of Helsinki, Finland