my mom is in a diff part of the city today, at her friends house.. she called me not long ago telling me that she saw a tornado forming (actually 3) and told me to get the animals downstairs. i was ok.. uhhuh..

turned on the weather network, and sure enough... its pretty black over here, and you can see how the clouds are split, its pretty neat, ive never seen that in real life before. just thought id share, im gonna go check it out some more

A Tornado in Canada? Never heard of that... lol.

yeah its pretty rare.. they arent like what you guys get in the states. ehh, it ended up being nothing.. at least over here. but it looks like a good thunderstorm brewing now.

Ehh, Corey's from BC. Actually this year there were quite a few destructive tornados up here this year, nothing like the US type, a couple not too far from where I live. I'll see if I can find a news story about it. LOL, small potatos in the larger scheme of things.
The main season for tornadoes is from April to October, and every province is subject to the risk of tornadoes.

Environment Canada

In Canada, during an average year, approximately 80 tornadoes occur and, on average, cause two deaths and 20 injuries, plus tens of millions of dollars in property damage. These are the reported numbers, many more tornadoes strike unpopulated areas and go undetected.

The averages are also deceiving because the majority of twisters do little more than bend TV antennae, break windows, uproot trees, or damage weak structures such as barns and sheds. With wind speeds of less than 160 km/h, and a path 100 m wide by 2 km long, these small tornadoes cause less than three percent of all deaths.

Tornados are pretty common all over Canada. I for one wont ever forget this one! I had a pet bird at the vets that day, and no way could I get there to pick him up.

Clips
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-1713-11760/disasters_tragedies/tornadoes/clip8

i stand corrected

freeagent wrote:

i stand corrected

At least you didn't get to see one real close and personal.

My family and I had a tornado "chase" us down the highway in Michigan on the way back from my grandmother's house. We had to get under and overpass cause the hail was so bad, then we saw the tornado touchdown behind us and we put the pedal to the metal and got out of there.

mnemonicj wrote:

My family and I had a tornado "chase" us down the highway in Michigan on the way back from my grandmother's house. We had to get under and overpass cause the hail was so bad, then we saw the tornado touchdown behind us and we put the pedal to the metal and got out of there.

Wow, it's lucky that you didn't get to 'OZ'.

jojo wrote:

Tornados are pretty common all over Canada. I for one wont ever forget this one! I had a pet bird at the vets that day, and no way could I get there to pick him up. Clips http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-70-1713-11760/disasters_tragedies/tornadoes/clip8

I thought they were too. When we drove through BC and Alberta to Alaska in 2000, some tornadoes hit Edmonton (or right south of it) right after we left. That was one of the first times I'd also heard of tornado's in CA. But I guess it makes sense. The entire region north (and north west) of the gulf of Mexico is prone to such storms.