# Tornado!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado/136390>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado/136390 "2002-11-12T05:32:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado/136390/1 "2002-11-12T05:32:27Z")

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I live in OKC and was eyewitness to the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak which spawned the F5 with 318mph winds, the fastest ever recorded on Earth. I was on a clean up / demo / rebuild crew allowed in the affected areas the day after (and for a couple of weeks)

Any Dopers in this last horrible outburst in KY, AL, etc…? You okay? Want to talk about it?

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tornado/136390/2 "2002-11-12T05:56:52Z")

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oh, just found [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=143799) thread. never mind this one then.