If you’ve never experienced a downburst then count yourself lucky. These insanely powerful gusts of wind can occur during thunderstorms and cause serious destruction out of nowhere.
This particularly destructive downburst can be seen ripping the roof off of a gas station, like it’s made of paper, in Hudson Oaks, Texas, as a couple of men watch the damage unfold.
We think we’d be running for cover and not sticking around to watch it if we wound up in the middle of something like that!
