Tornado

[Jason1]

I was just wondering if anyone here has ever seen a Tornado in person. I did on Sunday and it was pretty incredible. I was home at my parents house for the weekend and it was about 11 AM and I heard the Sirens go off signaling severe weather. I didn't think much of it as it seemed sunny outside and they are usually false alarms. Then a few minutes later I heard it...just this loud noise that is really un describeable, people are saying it sounded like a freight train but I don't know if that's what I would use. So upon hearing this noise I looked out the window and saw a HUGE tornado off not very far in the distance kicking up all sorts of debris. I stared at it mesmerized for probably a lot longer than I should have then I hauled my ass to the basement. The noise got louder until it eventually passed and all was silent. My dad and I went back upstairs to find that one side of our Garage wall was torn off the foundation and foundation bricks were scattered everywhere, there were numerous holes in the siding from debris and the yard was just a complete mess. A 2x4 was sticking straight up in the middle of our roof, I wish Id gotten a picture of that actually. My dad started getting pissed about the damage until I looked down the street and saw maybe 5 houses down there were houses that were completely destroyed. I mean just gone. Anyways as it turns out this Tornado basically wiped out half the town and destroyed hundreds of homes. Attached are just a few photos I took after walking maybe 2 blocks down the street. Turns out it was an F4 tornado w/ 190 MPH winds. If you want to see more google or youtube Washington IL tornado.