An article by a weather channel that I subscribe to in my email posted the odd events that some people went through with the weather. This is interesting. (Copy and pasted.)
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 | By Chris DeWeeseSenior Editorial Writer |
Good Morning. Last week, I invited you to write in and share the “weirdest weather” you’ve ever experienced. And one main takeaway I have from your responses is: watch out for microbursts!
Reader Crystal B. was working at Florida’s Kennedy Space Center in 2015 when she witnessed an explosive microburst that devastated an entire construction site within the complex. As she writes: “In an area with safety bells and alarms everywhere … there was absolutely no time for a warning. The metal chain link fence poles around the site became violently twisted, and construction what-not was tossed everywhere, but only within the fence. And then in moments, it became calm again, as if nothing had happened.”
KM G., meanwhile, was impacted by a shocking microburst in Glendale, Arizona. She recounts: “I was alone with my two young children when, through my sliding glass door, I noticed birds flying backwards. Suddenly our outside shed lifted off the ground and flew away like something out of the Wizard of Oz! That’s when we moved to the inside hall. My young daughter was crying, so my son put my husband’s old fire helmet on her to make her feel safe. After the storm passed, our shed was down the street about an eighth of a mile, demolished, and our wood fence was gone. Water was pouring in through the fixtures of our ceiling, and a river of water was pouring down our split level.”
If you, like me, have a renewed (or just new) appreciation for the threat posed by microbursts, you might find yourself wondering exactly how they happen. Here’s the 411. Have a great (and hopefully microburst-free) weekend.
Blessings!