Author: micdave (---.knology.net)
Date: 01-26-10 04:29
Well, guys, I'm going to disagree about the sound. I've waited a long time to hear this in person (never being close enough during my Texas/Oklahoma chase years or subsequent intercepts here in the South).
To me, it was more like a huge fan. I heard none of the texture I experience from a train, and none of the harsh edge that I hear from a jet engine. It was a smooth, steady midrange frequency band that came through the trees at ground level. First, it was a single-source, one point sound that I thought might be related to vehicle traffic. As it grew in volume, the field spread out into a stereo image without gaining any rumble or shriek. I was standing in the street listening intently; as I said, I've waited thirty years or more to hear this in person.
As it grew louder, it began to supercede the stereo image and was growing into a surround sound. At that point, I went into the house, where I could hear it emanating all around and it became quite loud, but not as much as I'd expected.
It faded quickly, and I stepped out after being inside only a minute to see the funnel over the next street (thanks to the tree knocked down in front), blowing up two transformers, one of which sent yellow sparks into the clear part of the small vortex cone just above ground level, an amazing sight.
We were very fortunate that it didn't come an hour or two earlier, when local conditions would have caused a much more violent rotation.
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