What did tornadoes sound like before there...
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 β10 million beesβ or β1,000 cannons.β Perhaps listeners on the Great Plains were reminded of buffalo stampedes.
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