Thunderstorms/natural disasters

[Swoop]

very true i'd love to go to tornado ally sometime

Hmm, tornado alley? Nah, not my thing.
I spent time in Arizona, and they have INDUSTRIAL sized thunder and lightning there due to the dry climate. Truly amazing!!!

[Dilligaf]

I don't know how many of you would actually really like to be in a large storm.
Have a look especially at the last attachment and tell me if you'd like that to be your house?
Photos are some of what is from our family albums after Cyclone Tracy Darwin 1974.

Number 1 - general destruction around Darwin
Number 2 Naval HQ before Tracy
Number 3 - After
Number 4 - destruction of house close up (no not ours).

[Disco Dan]

Love a good thunderstorm - you know I actually have a tape recording of a thunderstorm thats looped over about three hours - helps me sleep!

[Mikkel]

I would love to have been able to find that video about avalanche clearing on the Milford Sound road - but it doesn't seem to be on Youtube.

While rather local phenomena, they are rather spectacular IMHO. Must be cool being the guy to throw the dynamite bag out of the helicopter

Otherwise pyroclastic clouds are rather nasty as well. Pompei and Martinique being a couple of the most well known examples.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciEUtv9HiIM&feature=related[/youtube]

[avgas]

nah not a big thunderstorm fan, last few tropical cyclones i ridden through have left me drained. The little RG was a trooper when i came to them. You have no time to slow down, no time to turn back. Dangerous.
You have to keep your wits about you as it can turn all bad and you wont be found until the storm has gone - quite often 1-2 days later.
But then again if i was a nana and stayed at home like the rest of you i suppose a storm would be quite amusing....hehe