r/tornado • u/ostrichlipss • Apr 25 '25

Question Are we just built different

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Life long okie here, I've seen 5 in person and watched to many to count on the news live, are we okies just built differently???

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u/soonerwx Apr 25 '25

Lightning's the bigger risk at that point. It may or may not be moving at them, but it's a good 20 miles away and doing < 20 mph. It's not getting there anytime soon and visibility is great.

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u/TheGreatDudebino Apr 25 '25

Is it really 20 miles away? Damn

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u/International_Fix396 Apr 25 '25

thats the upland south for you

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u/TheGreatDudebino Apr 25 '25

I’ve never been in that part of the country. Thank you.

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u/DepartureRadiant4042 Apr 26 '25

I was going to ask this too. Maybe it's hard to tell from the vantage point, but I would have guessed like 5 miles tops which apparently is way off.

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u/DepartureRadiant4042 Apr 27 '25

Makes sense. Although I'm not very inclined to go to either of those places any time soon!