One Year Ago Today

Kinja'd!!! "Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt)
01/21/2018 at 18:48 • Filed to: None

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An EF-3 tornado cut a path through the southern part of Hattiesburg, MS during the early hours of the morning. The tornado passed within a mile of where I live. We were lucky, but some weren’t.

If you watch The Weather Channel, you may have heard of Hattiesburg. We were on an episode of Real Time Tornado for an EF-4 that past right through the middle of the city in 2013. The path of the EF-3 from last year was only a few miles south of that one and actually crossed the path of the 2013 storm at one point.

I have been an amateur storm chaser for several years, but nothing prepares you for when a tornado strikes your hometown.

It may be Winter, but that doesn’t mean anything when it comes to the weather.

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DISCUSSION (6)


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > Matt Nichelson
01/21/2018 at 19:02

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I’ve driven thought Hattiesburg before.


Kinja'd!!! Matt Nichelson > E90M3
01/21/2018 at 19:14

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Cool. How long ago?


Kinja'd!!! E90M3 > Matt Nichelson
01/21/2018 at 19:18

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I drove through in July 2016.


Kinja'd!!! Racin'Jason001 > Matt Nichelson
01/21/2018 at 20:06

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I remember talking to you about that. Still glad you are ok!


Kinja'd!!! Matt Nichelson > Racin'Jason001
01/21/2018 at 21:14

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Thank ya good sir.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Matt Nichelson
01/22/2018 at 04:56

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much damage still visible?