Richard Riley wrote in
:

:Flying cars and oak trees! So it takes a hurricane to make our wishes
:come true!

Not at all! Tornadoes do it too.

When I was 9 yr old I was fishing off the bridge about half a mile from the
approach end of rwy 27 at TJIG. I looked up and saw what appeared to be a
huge fire, things going around in circles and debris flying, all at the
other side of the airport. A policeman was coming towards me on the bridge,
I pointed out the fire, his eyes grew big as saucers and he hauled me off,
running, to the nearby marina building. Over the next few minutes, a
"tromba marina" or waterspout hit land, became a tornado and tore up the
place. I saw a Huey and a Cessna 172 flying backwards after trying to land.
I dont know what happened to them. An entire flight line of planes at Isla
Grande Flying school took flight for short distances and was totally
destroyed, and cars were found hundreds of feet where they were parked.
When it was all over, I walked back outside and realized I still had my
fishing line, and it was still in the water. I went to where it went over
the bridge and a large piece of corrugated metal had flown to where I had
been standing.