Living in the midwest can be both the best and worst of mother nature. The threat of a tornado is something that every midwesterner takes seriously and also has a gallows humor towards.
If you have never seen a tornado or how massive they can be, this drone footage from a storm chaser from the Greenfield Iowa Tornado on May 21st is pretty damn immpressive.
A tornado struck northeast Iowa a week ago, and seven people were killed. About 220 homes were destroyed, and much of the downtown of Parkersburg, Iowa, (pop.: 1,800) was leveled.
We see these stories in the news an awful lot this time of year, and we feel sad for those who have been affected, but for the most part we move on. This one piqued my interest because four NFL players — Green Bay defensive end Aaron Kampman, Detroit defensive end Jared DeVries, Jacksonville center Brad Meester and Denver offensive lineman Casey Wiegmann — come from there, and I read where Kampman had sent out an urgent appeal for help.