+ Tornado | Little Singapore

tornado off Jurong Island

Received an email from a friend and was surprised to see something that is very rare to hit our Island.

Or at least not recorded or highlighted enough that people like me are oblivious to such natural phenomenon to hit our shores.

The massive earth quakes that created the giant waves that hit and devastated parts of Asia's coastal areas were "almost" felt in certain parts of Singapore.

Other than that, our island is very shielded from natural disasters with Malaysia and Indonesia buffering and protecting it from coming to our shores.

Not being near the fault lines is a blessing from the Almighty.

Not sure who took the photos but this is the first "large enough" tornado I have ever seen hitting our shores.

It was taken off Jurong Island.

With the tornado touching the sea and coming towards land.

It broke its contact off the sea once near land and dissipated into thin air.

The only time I saw such natural phenomenon was when we were having a family picnic at Changi Beach Park, but it was puny and disappeared before it ever could gather enough strength to be visible enough.

The second one was sighted by my son first while we were on a plane, barely 30 minutes after take-off enroute to Mauritius last year.

The sight was awesome. A dark funnel from a dark grey swirly cloud. Excited but at the same time scary.

These are definitely nothing as compared to the photos and scenes seen on National Geographics, especially in the open planes in the US.

From the same friend, the email received with photos of the tornado in the US before Hurricane Katrina.

Not sure if this description of the photo is correct, but WOW!

The sight reminds you that God is the ultimate who can move heaven and earth at His will.