Second try: "Look, that is neat. Cool... Wait, HOLY CRAP !!!"

[Pluvious]

As Dr. Who would say...

RUN !!!!

The vortex cometh

[Pluvious]

1. Note to self (and anyone else trying to share a gifv link) ...

DU doesn't appear to have a way to link a gifv, but there is a tiny link at the page's bottom left that goes to a non-gifv link which will work

[petronius]

2. Cthulhu is awakened!

I thought the first post was scary enough; this one is definitely in "holy crap!" territory...

[TheSmarterDog]

3. Ah, admiring nature in all it's majestic, awesome beauty - until it tries to kill you.

[rsdsharp]

4. That's what we in Tornado Alley

call a funnel cloud.

It doesn't become a tornado until it touches ground (at which point you can kiss your ass goodbye if you're that close to it).

[ChazInAz]

5. Shudder!

I'm a reformed Illinoisan. Fled the hideous weather of Northern Illinois for the Sonoran Desert forty years ago. That sort of thing and snow were my prime motivators!

[rsdsharp]

6. So did my older brother.

Next month will be the 50th anniversary of me (and my family) surviving an F5. As Jimmy Buffett said: "Take it from me -- pass it by."

[GETPLANING]

7. "Were gonna need a bigger camera."

[lunatica]

8. LOL