At the very beginning of the summer, my small township was struck by a tornado. I remember seeing it go across the street right outside my living room window. It was truly a horrifying site. Mind you, it was only an F-0, but it still caused a good amount of damage to the houses nearby (nothing bad at my house thankfully...the house behind us though had two massive trees uprooted). It was really one of the scariest things I've ever seen. The strangest thing is, we had no warning whatsoever. I was watching a movie while my Mom was in the kitchen. I heard a lot of wind outside, so I curiously took to the window. My mom didn't believe me when I started announcing the tornado's arrival for there were clear skies in the rear of the house...really weird!

Last year, Kennywood (an amusement park not far from my place) got hammered by what meteorologists call a "microbusrt". One person was actually killed when one of the rides' roofs collapsed.

Speaking of microbursts, Cranberry (a town near mine) got hit by a microbusrt only a few weeks ago, and it caused a lot of damage to their mall and nearby homes.

And we had another tornado in 1996 I believe...maybe 1997. This one was an F-1 which hit closer to the city (Pittsburgh).

I've also been witness to two other tornadoes, on in Ohio (on the way to Cedar Point) and one near Erie, Pennsylvania.

I live in a very hill area, so large storms are kind of strange, I suppose. I blame some of it on recent rennovations to the west of us (the direction from which the storms come). Tons of trees have been removed in order for malls and the like, and I think the trees helped stop some of the worse stuff (slowing down winds and all).

Oh, and we had a blizzard in 1993, which was pretty sweet because snow rocks.

So there's my weather happenings over the years.