So being in Indiana without the shelter of the wonderful mountains of Utah, puts us in Tornado Country. It's not Tornado Alley, although with a frequency of seven days a year of tornadoes in Indiana, some experts say it should be included in the Tornado Alley.
With the chance of tornadoes, each city is equipped with it's own warning sirens. I heard this the first Friday I was here. The banshee siren went off and made it sound as though there was an air raid about to happen. I soon found out that Indiana tests it's warning sirens statewide each Friday at 11 a.m. Today I went to Ball State near it's student housing area to do a special recording of the siren for your enjoyment. Be sure to listen at the end for other sirens in the city winding down. And just FYI, it's a lot louder than it sounds on this video.
Whenever I see dark clouds rolling in and crazy thunder, it makes me wonder what's going to happen with the weather. When this happens I always check the National Weather Service reports to know if we should take shelter under our bed, or park the car in the garage to prevent hail damage.
Muncie-area historical tornado activity is above Indiana state average. It is 210% greater than the overall U.S. average...YIKES!
Ball State University here in Muncie has it's own Storm Chase Team. Maybe we should be a little crazy and join it. We could be like the people in the movie "Twister."
Well Toto, looks like we're not in Utah anymore.
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