[giardini]

I've passed through neighboring regions only a handful of times in my life and rarely failed to see at least a funnel. Spookiest was a funnel at the edge of a dust storm: it dipped up and down like a spring toy and looked almost alive.

I've also witnessed two waterspouts: one large, thankfully at a distance, and another at about a half-mile.

[taeric]

I'd hazard that, with cars, you are traveling far farther from your local area than most people could ever do in the past.

[hotnfresh]

Dust devils are also another thing. I’ve spent tens of hours driving in the southwest and mountain west and have seen several. Years and years living in, and hundreds of hours on long drives through, tornado ally and adjacent still-tornado-heavy areas, and I’ve never seen a tornado.