Reply #44: The only time I ever had a tornado chasing me was in West Texas [View All]

[Jed Dilligan]

There isn't a single building along the ten sturdy enough to qualify as shelter. I just drove balls out, perfectly straight highway with my wheel cranked about thirty degrees against the wind. When I stopped to get gas the wind had taken the nozzles off their cradles and they were whipping around like water snakes on the ground. Damn, it was scary, but there was no way I was staying in that gas station. I remember when the wind finally stopped I was in New Mexico and the sky was the clearest I've ever seen. Milky way in full view and shooting stars everywhere. Man what a trip.