I just have to say, that I really like this topic.
Man, that sucks with the thing about the tornadoes...I like big storms though, with lots of lightning and stuff. Those are cool. Once I rode the Gemini at Cedar Point with a big storm nearby, at night. I was surprised (and very glad) that they decided to open it back up with the storm. I got the third to last ride of the night - I'd been waiting about 30 minutes to see if it would reopen (it had rained some earlier) ...MAN am I glad it did. That rain must have done something funky that hadn't been fixed/dried off yet or what not, because we came into the helix at the end really fast, faster than normal, and it was so cool. The lightning made it cool too...which is odd. I should have been very afraid O_o. Best ride on a coaster I've had so far.