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Not a typical Florida Christmas

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Just lovely weather this Christmas. Not a hurricane to speak of this year, then this hits. Two F2 tornados hit the area, one devastated a huge flight school/university in Daytona. They're saying 50 of 60-65 airplanes are destroyed. Their administration building will probably be condemned due to damage, a huge hangar was destroyed, etc. An apartment complex just east of the airport was also destroyed (most of the tenants are students).

Typical tornado stuff, airplanes a couple of hundred feet away are fine. Just across the runway to the west (from where the storm came) is the airport terminal, shops, ticket counters, etc. Untouched.

10 miles to the west another tornado hit, destroying 50-100 mobile and manufactured homes in 4 different developments.

Video:
https://www.wesh.com/video/10610503/index.html
(the school/airport video is near the end, it's worth waiting for).
 
Pasco County took a real hit. Not typical, indeed. And now the temps are dropping again. Sheesh.
 
How'd your airplane fare?
 
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The airplanes are based north of Daytona, and I'm about 12 miles or so north. We had a lot of really heavy rain and it was breezy all day, but hardly even had a rumble of thunder when it rolled through.

The Daytona tornado was investigated by NWS, officially it touched down just west of the Embry Riddle flight line and traveled 2.7 miles west and was appx 200 yards wide at its widest point.
 
Certainly not typical. Had to wear long sleeves and long pants today. Downright chilly, it must have gone down to 60 somthing!!Too much wind, clouds and drizzle for the Sunshine state! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nopity.gif
 
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