Cape Coral Tornado
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:32 am
I was riding my bike on the Sanibel Causeway yesterday when I saw a weird fog cylinder on the surface of the Gulf and knew right away it was a waterspout forming. In minutes it became a midwest rope twister and faded just as quickly. I learned later that this same thunderstorm complex sent a waterspout into Fort Myers Beach. The squall line made me get off my bike and try to head for some portable outhouses. When I approached them for shelter all three blew over right in front of me from strong gusts. Good thing I wasn't inside. Some kind people with an SUV got me off the causeway. My left side was coated in sand. This same squall then went into Cape Coral with an F-2 tornado piling cars on top of each other and taking off roofs.
