Supposedly on March 30, 2008 there was a tornado next to one of the Sand Ridge Rigs (on the ranch about 25 miles south of Fort Stockton). That day and night we had some very fierce winds that did damage some trees around town but no word of any tornado. However,
Kevin Gafford took this picture south of Ft. Stockton Drilling for Sandridge.
"Man it was quite a sight last night",
Kevin.
"Man it was quite a sight last night",
Kevin.
The picture is absolutly amazing, yet unbelieveable. There was no tornado reported arround the imidiate area and no reported damage to any of the property. A tornado that size would have produced major damage to something, and trust me if something is damaged, all of us know about it.
This picture has aready circled the globe, I have received it in a subcription email from Joke-R-Uss and have been sent to my inbox several times from friends/family all over the place. To be honest I don't believe this to be real, just photoshoped or something. I have not talked to Kevin yet but will let you know when I do.
What do you think?
4 comments:
I stumbled across your blog while researching the validity of this photo... unfortunately it's a fake, though parts of it do have merit. The funnel cloud/lightning combo is an actual photo, but it was photoshopped into a picture of a drilling rig.
Hi :) We have received a picture of this tornado up here in Canada :)
One person has actually said that their uncle works on that rig and one of the rig workers lost an arm and leg!!
It is definately a fake picture :) Here is a link where you can read up on the history of this picture http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/floridatornado.asp
It is actually a real picture but some people have added their own twist on it :)
I work in the accounting department for SandRidge Energy. This picture has made it to everyone on our floor and pretty much everyone in the entire company. Obviously it is a fake. However it is a really neat picture. A few even thought of framing it.
Hello,
I have gotten this several times as well and people have said it is from lots of different places...well here is a link and where it REALLY came from...the early 90's in Florida.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/natural/sedalia.asp
Check it out!
Thanks! :-)
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