The Tornado- Jan. 7, 2008 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html About half a dozen homes were damaged- at least one church - Tacos El Rey Restaurant - gas leaks created - etc. This was a powerful storm but it could have been worse. This is the first time I have ever seen a funnel cloud with my own eyes. Once is enough. No chasing for me. The first photos- taken about 4:10. . . http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#0 6a72c4f7-8a28-43ff-a5ef-3f8cef04bbd1 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1675.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1675.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The first photos- taken <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">about 4:10. . . </p></div></div> . . . when I first heard there was a tornado w. http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#1 fbf96eb3-b061-4f1d-aed5-f2e2c506a1f0 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1676.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1676.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">. . . when I first heard <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">there was a tornado w.</p></div></div> The same view, approx. 15 minutes later http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#2 fc14f0ab-cfcc-4ac5-9adb-2ee11b655f4a http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1677.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1677.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The same view, approx.<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">15 minutes later</p></div></div> http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#3 3aa5d965-aac5-4962-9476-a5ac36dc0f7d http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1678.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1678.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#4 32560b55-5e18-4245-ba30-30ed98ce35c7 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1679.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1679.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#5 ddd07600-8e1c-495a-bfa0-273890aeab3b http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1680.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1680.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#6 d466b1f7-be0a-4b85-ae88-c232fa3afa44 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1681.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1681.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#7 d0da8371-c2d8-4135-ae6b-e56192d8c673 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1682.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1682.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Look carefully for the funnel- it’s thin http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#8 4f8b9914-000d-4a69-b18b-429f99672f1b http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1683.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1683.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Look carefully for the funnel- it&#x2019;s thin</p></div></div> Here it is again. http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#9 71fe94a4-947d-4355-9bd5-a3e7a094a703 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1684.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1684.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Here it is again.</p></div></div> Here the funnel is closer but harder to make out http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#10 f2a22767-bc4d-44f2-9bbe-56adf31be9c6 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1685.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1685.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Here the funnel is closer<br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">but harder to make out</p></div></div> Here it is again- from upper right corner http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#11 752184dc-1344-4d04-9cf7-209701966498 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1686.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1686.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Here it is again- from upper right corner </p></div></div> People huddled down in the basement http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#12 52022f60-fbab-4343-a4d8-8d31c2166bf0 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1688.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1688.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">People huddled <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">down in the basement</p></div></div> Looking west - 5:10 pm- absolutely black http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#13 092c8ab4-f90b-49e9-bc93-3c79eda4b517 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1689.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1689.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Looking west&#xA0; - 5:10 pm- <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">absolutely black</p></div></div> Emergency vehicles on the north side http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#14 8bd0fbce-bef5-4084-a6ba-65b14b727bbf http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1693.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1693.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Emergency vehicles on <br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">the north side</p></div></div> Re-routed traffic the day after- 18th Street http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#15 56bd3e56-6e4a-4f59-9c05-8db8ae4f3056 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1713.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1713.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Re-routed traffic the day after- 18th Street</p></div></div> Damage. . . http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#16 d62f727f-17d4-4e97-90c7-4967a7b077ec http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1716.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1716.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Damage. . .</p></div></div> 1 of 25 homes in Kcounty seriously damaged http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado.html#17 43fc1e09-2aa7-4045-8f66-e77e336b1c63 http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1745.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/gregory.berg/Greg_and_Kathy_Bergs_Homepage/The_Tornado_files/Media/100_1745.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">1 of 25 homes in Kcounty<br/></p><p class="Caption">seriously damaged<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p></div></div>