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dizzy, kinds, longer, sure, already, good, across, back, blow, cause, damage, dangerous, different, everywhere, face, forgive |
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I'm Tommy, American Midwest |
1 Hi. I hope you're having a good day. I'm sure you already know me. I'm Tommy the Tornado. I'm a little dizzy right now, so forgive me if my message is hard to read!
2 Of all the different kinds of storms, many people are afraid of me most. I'm hard to predict, strong, and very dangerous. I can cause lots of damage and can hurt and kill many people.
3 I'm a very special kind of storm. I'm a column of swirling winds that reaches all the way from the ground up to the clouds in the sky. It's only when I touch the ground and the sky that I'm called a tornado. You can find me most everywhere in the world, but I most frequently visit the American Midwest.
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