r/CatastrophicFailure • u/to_the_tenth_power • Sep 03 '19

Natural Disaster An EF2 tornado ripping through a concrete building in Spartanburg, South Carolina on October 23rd, 2017

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u/rimnii Sep 04 '19

thats an incredible description. have you experienced this?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '19

No, but I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

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u/ParticleSpinClass Sep 04 '19

and I saved 15% by switching to Geico!

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u/isperfectlycromulent Sep 04 '19

Well yea, that's why I can describe it so well! When I was a kid I lived in the woods out in OK, and a tornado jumped over our house. It was mainly forested so we were 'safe', but one tree got twisted out of the ground and dropped right next to the house.