User blog comment:AkioTheTwo/Tornado Expieriences/@comment-5617649-20170101020624

I have lived in Southern California all of my life, and tornadoes here are not very common. In fact, if there are ever tornadoes, they are usually very weak (EF0). Been through only 1 warning during my life, and that was back in 5th grade when a very weak tornado touched down near Seal Beach.

During that experience, I was in my elementary school. Soon after lunch, we went to class and sat down in our seats. The class was beginning when at around 1:00 PM or so, the announcements said that a tornado warning was issued for Orange County (I lived in Huntington Beach then, and am now in Victorville). All of us were instructed to take shelter under our desks. This warning lasted about the whole class, from soon after lunch to almost when the bell rang to let class out for the afternoon. We were all frightened, including me.

There was also another time when in middle school P.E. class, we saw a forming waterspout off the coast. I got a little freaked out during that time too, but luckily it stayed out to sea.

Like you (Derp), I haven't been through a real tornado.