<![CDATA[Jalopnik: leighton, alabama]]> http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: leighton, alabama]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/leightonalabama http://jalopnik.com/tag/leightonalabama <![CDATA[Here's Why Staying In Your Car During A Tornado Is Bad]]> The tornado that touched down in Leighton, Alabama yesterday over a year ago (Ed: Bad Internet, way to fib to us) was captured on this security footage and shows cars being tossed like toys from a parking lot. This looks to be a relatively small twister and only a glancing blow to the cars, so imagine if it had been a big one and a direct hit, those cars would be gone. Remember kids, if you see an approaching funnel cloud, find a ditch or culvert to hide in (assuming you can't find a building or a shelter), because you might be accompanying your car to another part of the county. [Youtube]

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