Florida USA - Tornado with Lightning


	Florida USA - Tornado with Lightning

Marcariel

10-24-2007 11:23 PM

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florida, wetlands, tornados, lightning, storms, rain

Marcariel says:

Incredible photo from a storm in 1991.

While the rest of the South is in a severe drought, it is pouring down rain here in Florida. I wish I could send some of this water to my children in Atlanta, Georgia. (see this article on the drought in Georgia: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/22/eveningnews/main3395094.shtml?source=mostpop_story)
Video and photos of the extent of the drought in north Georgia, USA.

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