i was in a tent when a tornado occured... it dropped a two foot thick tree branch on me and two friends, shattering my spine... tornados are dangerous...

oOo:

what?.. is that a look of disbelief?..

i was 17 it was 1993, i suffered a near complete burst fracture of my L1 vertebrate... essentially 75% of the bone was reduced to small chunks and dust... they took bone from my hip (similar to a marrow transplant) and were able to make my vertebrat about 75% of what it was originally, it is now shaped like a doorstop... they then affixed 2 steel rods with four steel screws to internally cast the wound, in a 6-8 hour operation... several months later the internal fixation device broke, and i had to have surgery again...

bukdez, it's hard to know if someone's being serious or taking the piss on these forums, hence the oOo: smilie.

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":374ae]bukdez, it's hard to know if someone's being serious or taking the piss on these forums, hence the oOo: smilie.[/quote:374ae]

i believe bukdez, i dont think he would lie about that..

thanks tony... i wish it never happened, so no reason to lie, but i guess my original post is subject to skepticism due to the lack of detail, i just didn't feel like telling the whole story...

i know what you are saying Mr.Buttocks, it is hard to believe everything on these forums, and its probably a good thing for you to be critical...

Well you can console yourself with the fact that if I ever meet you in real life I'll massage that back of yours with some hot oils. happy:

toothing?...

rock:

What bouts ur friends, They musta fucking pissed their pants ina branch just came right ontop of you...

link doesn't seem to work anymore.

Ja its down hes trying to upload it to a new site...

[quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":d9bd4]What bouts ur friends, They musta fucking pissed their pants ina branch just came right ontop of you...[/quote:d9bd4]

one guy was outside the tent, he saw it happen, and was sure we were dead... one guy in the tent was ok, my other friend had a fractured skull, compound fracture of the shoulder/arm and almost 50% blood loss... it was damn sick, i saw the bone just sticking right out of her arm, nasty stuff...

IVe been through earthquakes, weaker hurricans, desert wind storms, nor' easters, complete white out snow storms, fires, and floods. But I have yet to be in a tornado or so much as see one. The closest ive seen was a dust devil outside vegas. it was probably 1,000 feet tall. But it would at most cause some skin irritation.

[quote="Mr.Buttocks":c16a6]Have you guys ever seen the documentaries on the Discovery channel about the "Stormchasers", those crazy guys that hunt down Tornados just to film them? Man....those guys are either stupid or very brave, or both.[/quote:c16a6]

I've seen one...just plain crazy