I feel so honored to be first in this magnificant thread.

We're not in Kansas anymo- wait, we are. fark!

If you pay to see such an exhibit you are a dumbass.

What, no Aflac duck?

Since when did they manage to move past Beta-max?


/Or laserdisc?

What country is Kansas in?

Here's their video intro. (new window) God I love Kansas.

Mmmmm, Twister.

"has anyone ever seen an F5?"

/drops silverware

FTFA: "I think it's ironic that we're opening an exhibit on extreme weather on a day that's so picture-perfect," Chinn said.

No, Alanis, no.

Cue Stephen Stucker saying, "Auntie Em, it's a twister! It's a twister!!!"

Are these those ID people

Cow.

It's all just Dust in the Wind.

dbrian56: "has anyone ever seen an F5?"

/drops silverware

"Finger of god!"

Storm shelters leave me feeling a little under the weather.

buzzvert: Cow.

I think it's the same cow.

BizarreMan: All we are is It's all just Dust in the Wind.


/FTFY
//pet peeve
///not really

The article said it has pictures of various bad weather events, not just tornadoes, throughout history in Kansas, as well as videos, diaries, letters and personal accounts of those events.

Sounds like a regular museum exhibit to me.

No mention of an umbrella and open window. Either Subby's being sarcastic or he didn't read the article.

/lives in Kansas

am happy to have a story for once not about the retarded religious nuts here.

Jeebus sent that tornado because you didn't pray hard enough!!

But no evolution.

Pandora27: Either Subby's being sarcastic or he didn't read the article

Um... this is Fark, where sarcasm is our stock in trade.

Pandora27: The article said it has pictures of various bad weather events, not just tornadoes, throughout history in Kansas, as well as videos, diaries, letters and personal accounts of those events.

Sounds like a regular museum exhibit to me.

No mention of an umbrella and open window. Either Subby's being sarcastic or he didn't read the article.

/lives in Kansas

Ric?

As a lifelong Kansas resident, I can attest to the fact that we have the most widely-varied and unpredictable weather of pretty much anywhere in the continental U.S. I have seen roughly 20 twisters since my childhood (I am 39) and have gathered softball-sized hailstones from vast fields filled with them like snow. I have had to abandon my bicycle and take cover in the face of sandblasting dust devils. I have sweltered through Augusts in which 25 days reached 100+ degrees. I have survived subzero winters in which every morning I woke up with my breath crystallized as frost in my facial hair. I have experienced temperature drops of 40+ degrees within an hour.

I love this farking place. The weather keeps out the weak.

Pandora27: No mention of an umbrella and open window. Either Subby's being sarcastic or he didn't read the article.

That is KS edumication in action there folks!

alonzinator: Pandora27: No mention of an umbrella and open window. Either Subby's being sarcastic or he didn't read the article.

That is KS edumication in action there folks!

Pandora27 actually sounded disappointed....

i just moved from pennsylvania to kansas last year and i don't know which one has the worst weather. sure, kansas has tornados, dust storms and temperature extremes, but pennsylvania has the famed "winter, winter, winter, and construction" seasons.

although i can out-drive anyone in kansas during a snowstorm, i still haven't faced a tornado...yet.

left right YELLOW BLUE GREEN!!!!

the voices in your head: We're not in Kansas anymo- wait, we are. fark!

The original twister (No Rick Roll)

FTFA:other residents of other states are really wimps, right? That we really know how to survive weather here,

Those of us that went through the hurricane seasons of 04 and 05 would like you to suck it, lady.

KellyLockhart:
Um... this is Fark, where sarcasm is our stock in trade.


I am aware of that: lots of people point out when the title is not what was actually in the article, just felt like doing that today.

It's not often that Kansas gets posted on here for something that's not retarded. Like the stupid Westboro Baptist Church that pickets soldiers funerals and such.

Sorry, should say example of retarded stuff from Kansas includes: the stupid Westboro Baptist Church that pickets soldiers funerals and such.

This guy is a storm chaser based in Nebraska but has some beautiful photos of severe weather:

http://www.extremeinstability.com/

I think I found the site on StumbleUpon. Please look he has talent with a camera.

/Angeleno. Our weather is either clear, hazy, smoggy, or brushfire.
// Today it's hazy with a touch of smog.

Interestingly, twister was the first movie ever to be released on the DVD format and the last ever to be released on HD-DVD.

For that alone, it's worth having a copy in a museum.

/nerd

TeddyRoosevelt'sMustache:If you pay to see such an exhibit you are a dumbass.

See, a few people don't bother reading the article and take the title literally, so I just wanted to point it out for those that don't bother reading it.

"We often think - let's admit it - that other residents of other states are really wimps, right? That we really know how to survive weather here," said Jennie Chinn, the society's executive director. "We all have our family folklore that revolves around weather."

Live in Florida for a few decades, beeyotch. Survived countless hurricanes that'd leave you crying.

Hurricane: the tornado as big as a state.

gothelder: Since when did they manage to move past Beta-max?


/Or laserdisc?


Or silent pictures... especially the ones with actors in black face

/maaaammmmmyyyyyy
//hates the perdominant Kansas Bible-thumping, white-is-right racist inclination.
///lived there long enough to know I don't evar want to return

Cosmic Crab: Mmmmm, Twister.

Where can I find an inflatable twister mat?

buckler: Live in Florida for a few decades, beeyotch. Survived countless hurricanes that'd leave you crying.

Hurricane: the tornado as big as a state.

A category 5 hurricane only has wind speeds equivalent to an F3 tornado (around 155 mph). An F5 tornado, while rare, is in the 261-318 mph range.

Plus, tornadoes tend to drop out of the sky unannounced - at most we know about a day ahead of time that's it's *possible* we might have weather that can produce them. When the siren goes off to take cover, it means someone has actually seen it, and it's minutes away.

I am a tornado, and I am getting a kick out of these replies.