Nice timing: we are just coming up for the main tornado season
In April 2000 a T3 went through the center of my town, doing some major damage, but amazingly not killing anyone and only a couple of dozen with minor injuries. It completely took out a building back of my house, dumping a lot of it on my roof. It tipped a big tree onto the front of the house too, but I got away lightly compared to many.
The noise of a 160+ mph wind going by is like an express train. That one tornado did about $35 million worth of damage, even in a largely rural area.
A short but impressive video-clip here:
http://www.stormproductionsinc.com/p...0highlight.htm