Reply #12: Tornado's are common around Denver [View All]

[HiddenCSLib]

I grew up in Bennett (30 miles east of Denver) and loved to watch them ripping thru the wheat fields right by town. Also there was a big tornado the tore thru Thornton on June 3, 1981. The house I was in at the time lost 1 pane in the bathroom window, the next house lost the roof and the 3 houses past that were gone. About 5 blocks from my house was my GF house and about 75% of it was leveled but on the back patio was a small table with the mail on it and nothing moved. Hearing a tornado go over you is something you will not forget ever but the scariest part was the national guard posted to prevent looting. I cooked up some frozen chicken legs in the fireplace, no gas or electricity, and went to give some out and thought I was gonna be shot. Violent weather around Denver is very common, I am surprised that DIA is still there as I remember watching tornadoes in that area when I was out harvesting wheat in the early 80's