Escaping the Faribault tornado
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Brad Nelson, who posted this video on YouTube, was only about a mile south of the Faribault airport Thursday evening in southern Minnesota when a likely tornado came through.
From the sound of the commentary, he knows tornadoes.
Over at the airport, things are bleak. An airplane hangar is no match for a tornado; they're just a few steel beams and a bunch of tin.
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About 60 aircraft are based at the airport. The main business at the airport -- the fixed based operator -- was wiped out.
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