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What did tornadoes sound like before there were freight trains?
Answer
The freight train is the all-purpose simile. Old accounts likened the noise to β€œ10 million bees” or β€œ1,000 cannons.” Perhaps listeners on the Great Plains were reminded of buffalo stampedes.