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Tornado Videos: This Should Make You Respect Their Power

Tornado season is right around the corner.

Tornado season has been coming earlier than the traditional spring storm season. This video was shared with me. Some of the video content looks like movie footage, and other pieces are "very real" in my opinion. Even if some of it isn't factual in content, I think the combination of images shows the tremendous power of nature and how these tornadoes can form in an instant. 

We need to respect their power and remember, all that debris circling in the air creates flying missiles waiting to impact you and your body.  

The multiple funnels is troubling to me. I figure that in most cases, if you can see the funnel cloud, you can outrun one in a car. However, with multiple funnels in the air, which way do you go?

Eric Holdeman is a contributing writer for Emergency Management magazine and is the former director of the King County, Wash., Office of Emergency Management.
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