Print article PALMER — Robert Warren was almost home from the gym Thursday evening when he saw the long, thin funnel cloud extending from the clouds over Palmer just before 7. The funnel dropped so low, it sent dirt swirling beneath it. Alaska’s ample disaster menu includes earthquakes, volcanoes and killer cold. Tornadoes — or weather that resembles them — rarely make the list. “I immediately pulled over so I could get pictures,” said Warren, a 47-year-old nurse practitioner who works at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. By the time he got out his iPhone, the funnel had already withdrawn back up toward the sky.