Algarve, Portugal tornado

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NZstorm
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Algarve, Portugal tornado

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A strong tornado hit portugal today, looks pretty impressive on this youtube clip.

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Re: Potugal tornado

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that person is lucky the building they were in stood up...

looks like lots of rain had fallen, soccer field flooded...
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Re: Potugal tornado

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Wow! That guy has bigger gonads than me, I would have sought a safer spot as that intensified.
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Re: Potugal tornado

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I'd say that the stadium building was quite solid if he was game enough to film that.
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Algarve, Portugal tornado

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Jeepers he didn't even make a sound and it was going right over him. Gutsy!
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8-o :eek: :eek: Gees and not a swear word to be heard either
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