News Jun 20, 2010 at 11:01 pm

The Weather Could Be Worse...

Dan Savage
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1
I'm still fucking depressed. I wore a coat I bought this WINTER today.
care bear on June 20, 2010 at 11:55 PM Report this
2
Oh my word!
Grist on June 20, 2010 at 11:58 PM Report this
3
god damn the cold is better then the 100 + shit last year.
CodyBolt on June 21, 2010 at 12:22 AM Report this
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This strikes me as like base jumping. Must be an incredible adrenaline rush, but you're pretty much asking to die. That video was nuts
STJA on June 21, 2010 at 12:46 AM Report this
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That's a total pussy tornado.
eclexia on June 21, 2010 at 1:09 AM Report this
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My question is: does that usually happen in Montana or even at all in Montana?
jnonymous on June 21, 2010 at 4:57 AM Report this
8
Oh my gosh!

Now, quit turning the camera sideways!
gttim on June 21, 2010 at 5:40 AM Report this
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Whoa. Going to hide in my basement now.
Lola, Missing Iowa City on June 21, 2010 at 5:47 AM Report this
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@ 7, sure, in eastern Montana, like anywhere else in the Great Plains. But not nearly as often as in Tornado Alley, and they're usually smaller tornadoes like this one.
Matt from Denver on June 21, 2010 at 5:55 AM Report this
11
So...they can say 'holy shit' but not 'oh my God'? Don't they realize that the holiest shit comes from God?
lordwinter on June 21, 2010 at 6:03 AM Report this
12
These people remind me of that Simpson's line:
"(Sigh). Do you ever have any thoughts that you don't say out loud?"
seeker6079 on June 21, 2010 at 7:09 AM Report this
13
This is why I live in the Northeast. Our thunderstorms don't level towns and the blizzards in the winter don't toss trucks around like toys.
npage148 on June 21, 2010 at 7:36 AM Report this
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Metra is the local arena there in Billings. I used to live about half a mile from it. Saw many hockey games there way back when. Also saw Clapton there.
According to news reports the arena is pretty much a total loss, roof gone, interior smashed and very, very wet.
on June 21, 2010 at 7:48 AM Report this
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One reason the tornado may appear to be less strong than others is that at this particular event has reached its end stage, known as "roping." At this point, the distinctive, twisty funnel cloud begins to lose definitive direction and the dark, wide wall cloud we associate with storms in their stronger stages has lifted. I was a weather girl in high school.

Carry on.
Jubilation T. Cornball on June 21, 2010 at 8:54 AM Report this
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Awesome. I love this video. As tornadoes go, it's fairly mild, possibly an EF1, but it still fondly reminds me of back when I used to storm chase and when I was almost killed by that massive EF3 with a wall cloud about 2km wide. That was . . . horrifying.
Telsa on June 21, 2010 at 9:10 AM Report this
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I put the video on mute and listened to "A Night on Bald Mountain" in the background. Much more fun that way.
Urgutha Forka on June 21, 2010 at 9:37 AM Report this
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@12 - give 'em a break - imagine the adrenaline. Haven't you ever been super amped on adrenaline? It makes you reeeal chatty.

I do think it's funny that - as @11 pointed out - she feels that it's OK to say "holy shit" but "Oh my God" would be blasphemy. :)
pffft on June 21, 2010 at 9:46 AM Report this
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The last thing I would do during such an awesome display of natures fury is call someone to tell them what I was seeing. Seems to me people don't live in the moment anymore; life has been condensed into a Facebook update.
Rotten666 on June 21, 2010 at 10:21 AM Report this
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Fascinating video, but WHY THE FUCK ARE THEY TURNING THE CAMERA SIDEWAYS?!!!!
LimeLemminkäinen on June 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM Report this
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@20, so they can fit the funnel cloud in the frame. She probably didn't realize at the time that the image would turn, too.
starsandgarters on June 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM Report this
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@20, motion sickness FTW!
Cynic Romantic on June 22, 2010 at 5:25 AM Report this
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I think it might be a good thing. Perhaps they'll build something that will be considered a viable venue for music acts. The acoustics in that place were absolutely abysmal. The only thing it was good for was for sports, and that's also debatable.

I think I read it's been 40+ years since they've had one.
NOP_Spinster on June 22, 2010 at 7:23 AM Report this

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