Modeling op****tunities abound!

A small  -probably F0 or F1-  tornado touched down just south of me in 
Perris California this afternoon, crossing both I-215 and the Santa Fe 
branch line that runs parallel to the freeway for circa 10 miles.

It only flipped a single tractor-trailer rig over on the freeway, but it 
also knocked over a string of around ten empty (?) old boxcars that were 
sitting parked on a siding right across the road.

Interestingly, the boxcars were prevented from falling all the way over by
a 
line of power poles next to the tracks that bent, but did not break, and 
held the cars up at about a 45 degree angle.

Last heard from, both Santa Fe crews and the Edison boys were on the
scene, 
and there may not be anything interesting to see by tomorrow afternoon
when 
I plan to motorcycle down there and take a peek.

-Pete

P.S. Tornados in southern California? Isn't that supposed to be one of the

signs of the apocralypse?