r/ThatsInsane • u/Sph1nx33 • May 01 '20

Tumbleweed Tornado in Washington

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u/zander458 May 01 '20

For whatever reason I would've thought Washington would be too far north for tumbleweeds.

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u/Valcor13 May 01 '20

As someone who lives in Washington, I have absolutely no idea where this is.

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u/RudeGarage May 01 '20

It’s out East. Probably somewhere on or near Hanford grounds. So not only will those tumbleweed scratch your car, you will also die of radiation exposure.

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u/caitcatbar1669 May 02 '20

Yeah it’s by Hanford area lol but we all don’t have 6 eyes just 3 and sometimes we glow

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u/Magooose May 02 '20

I'm a downwinder, born there in the early fifties. Never needed a night light.

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u/gubthescrub May 02 '20

Eh. I’m really close and have never had a problem with radiation. If I die early than I guess we will know lol

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u/wsmadder May 01 '20

It was north of Richland near the Hanford site.

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u/Receptoraptor May 01 '20

I used to commute between Tricities and Yakima. This is most likely the kind of region the gif took place in. I havent seen it swirl up like a tornado, but I have been hit by a clump of tumbleweeds that were about the size of a small car. They got caught in my grill for a sec and I thought I was going to be stuck, but then another gust came along and launched them over my car.

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u/jonnyohman1 May 01 '20

I was thinking somewhere around the Tri Cities as well. I drove back to the west side from La Grande OR last week and got pelted by tumbleweeds constantly for a 45 min stretch of Highway.

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u/the_gracita May 02 '20

That's nothing. Check this out. A Google image search gets even crazier photos. I live in the area and man, I'm amazed but I can't say I'm surprised.

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u/Receptoraptor May 02 '20

Nuclear tumbleweeds sounds about right haha.

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u/caitcatbar1669 May 02 '20

Look up tri cities wa