I have seen the aftermath ( month later, so much cleaned up) of tornadoes in
Missouri, hope to never personally experience one.
I have been through a number of hurricanes, but never lived right on the coast, and they
are nothing like that, more water damage along the coast, although the very worst
hurricanes get up to the bottom/middle of tornadoes. A bunch of trees down, branches
everywhere and power loss, not just flattened.
Glad it was not around you, Ben. Horrible for the people there. Even if you survived,
your life's accumulation of things, memories, tools, clothes all trashed. A whole lot of folks
are starting over from scratch.
Bill