Tornado Argentina Dec 8

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That's awesome!! Finally we're seeing great footage from the other supercell hot spot of the world... Argentina.
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Good footage.
Had to turn the volumne off because of idle chatter.
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yes, Argentina and Uruguay is the one other region in the world where the geography mirrors tornado alley allowing extreme storms to occur.
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I thought they were getting a bit close to it with kids in the car though.
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Richard wrote: Sun 10/12/2017 18:27 I thought they were getting a bit close to it with kids in the car though.
My thoughts also :-k
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Richard wrote: Sun 10/12/2017 18:27 I thought they were getting a bit close to it with kids in the car though.
In USA a lot of people get killed by tornadoes in their cars, perhaps because they have a false sense of safety in a vehicle.
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