Tornado!!!!!!!!!!

SugarBaby · August 26th, 2008, 12:32 PM

With all the lovely rain we are finally getting comes the threat of tornados. One has been spotted and is heading my way. Guess I'll gather the kitties and go to the main bathroom. Bye!

baidaho · August 26th, 2008, 01:23 PM

Nice knowing ya..........

Seriously, I hope you and your kitties get through this fine.

jtur88 · August 26th, 2008, 01:30 PM

I hope you're not in a mobile home park. Ive often wonered, with cars paing so much attention to safe, if the best place to be might be seatbelted into your car.

SugarBaby · August 26th, 2008, 01:35 PM

Passed us by for the moment, but was very close. Tornado watch here through the evening. But the rain is wonderful and it's only 74 degrees.

SugarBaby · August 26th, 2008, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

I hope you're not in a mobile home park. Ive often wonered, with cars paing so much attention to safe, if the best place to be might be seatbelted into your car.

No, no mobile home parks for me. A tree can smush your car and a tornado can pick up your car and toss you around. A basement is best or a cellar.

bigheadache · August 26th, 2008, 02:50 PM

Q. Do you know what a tornado and a red neck lawyer have in common?

bigheadache · August 26th, 2008, 02:51 PM

Someone is losing a trailer house.

perfectstormhits · August 26th, 2008, 02:57 PM

It's raining cats and dogs in Raleigh right now.

canesfan68 · August 26th, 2008, 03:03 PM

Thanks Sugar!! Now it's headed my way!!! Grrr!

SugarBaby · August 26th, 2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by canesfan68

Thanks Sugar!! Now it's headed my way!!! Grrr!

Yep. More than one by the looks of it. Be safe!

jtur88 · August 26th, 2008, 09:18 PM

Seatbelts are designed to save you in a rollover, or even an end-over-end, and there are also airbags in there. Park your car where there are no trees big enough to crush it, and wait it out. Bring your videocam.

Cochise22 · August 26th, 2008, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Seatbelts are designed to save you in a rollover, or even an end-over-end, and there are also airbags in there. Park your car where there are no trees big enough to crush it, and wait it out. Bring your videocam.

Yes they are tested for those things, but I don't think they quite usually test the safety of a car being picked up 30 feet into the air and then thrown another 50 feet. A tornado hitting a car causes what one would call catastrophic failure in the car's design. A tornando right next door to my town two years ago killed only two people. The two people killed were in a truck when the tornado touched down.

TheFlyingBomb · August 27th, 2008, 06:11 PM

Two funnel clouds spotted in my town today, neither touched down and no damage or injuries reported.

dlb, I seem to remember seeing reports of tornado warnings up your way. Any news?

perfectstormhits · August 27th, 2008, 06:15 PM

Well, I'm not dlb, but we live in the same neighborhood.

Fay brings flooding, tornado threat :: WRAL.com

bigheadache · August 27th, 2008, 07:22 PM

Have any of you been in an F5 tornado?

May 11th 1970, I was visiting my Grandparents in Lubbock, Tx when an F5 tornado tore thorugh the city. I remember it being one of those nasty thunderstorms you see on the plains. It was pouring down rain, the wind was howling and the lights went out. One of those nights where it is impossible to sleep and we sat around telling ghost stories (I was 11 at the time). The next morning we got up and found out half the city was gone. My Grandparents were lucky. They had some damage to the roof and downed tree limbs in the back yard, but nothing major. Several houses on their block were severly damaged. The real distruction started about 5 blocks awy. The tornado store a path a mile wide and 10 miles long. It skirted the Texas Tech campus and went though downtown. There is a 20 story building downtown that is twisted a couple of feet from bottom to top. You can stand at the base of it and see that it isn't straight. The building is still in use today. I remember driving around and seeing the damage for blocks and blocks. I think it had winds clocked at 200 MPH. I think it is the only F5 tornado to hit a city.

August 26th, 2008, 12:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
SugarBaby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,116	Tornado!!!!!!!!!! With all the lovely rain we are finally getting comes the threat of tornados. One has been spotted and is heading my way. Guess I'll gather the kitties and go to the main bathroom. Bye!

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jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	I hope you're not in a mobile home park. Ive often wonered, with cars paing so much attention to safe, if the best place to be might be seatbelted into your car. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

August 26th, 2008, 09:18 PM	#11 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Seatbelts are designed to save you in a rollover, or even an end-over-end, and there are also airbags in there. Park your car where there are no trees big enough to crush it, and wait it out. Bring your videocam. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

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TheFlyingBomb Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 779	Two funnel clouds spotted in my town today, neither touched down and no damage or injuries reported. dlb, I seem to remember seeing reports of tornado warnings up your way. Any news? __________________ Oh, whatever.

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baidaho Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 300	Nice knowing ya.......... Seriously, I hope you and your kitties get through this fine.

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SugarBaby Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: South Carolina Posts: 3,116	Passed us by for the moment, but was very close. Tornado watch here through the evening. But the rain is wonderful and it's only 74 degrees.

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perfectstormhits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,380	It's raining cats and dogs in Raleigh right now.

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canesfan68 Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 80	Thanks Sugar!! Now it's headed my way!!! Grrr!

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perfectstormhits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,380	Well, I'm not dlb, but we live in the same neighborhood. Fay brings flooding, tornado threat :: WRAL.com

August 27th, 2008, 07:22 PM	#15 (permalink)
bigheadache Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roswell, NM Posts: 948	Have any of you been in an F5 tornado? May 11th 1970, I was visiting my Grandparents in Lubbock, Tx when an F5 tornado tore thorugh the city. I remember it being one of those nasty thunderstorms you see on the plains. It was pouring down rain, the wind was howling and the lights went out. One of those nights where it is impossible to sleep and we sat around telling ghost stories (I was 11 at the time). The next morning we got up and found out half the city was gone. My Grandparents were lucky. They had some damage to the roof and downed tree limbs in the back yard, but nothing major. Several houses on their block were severly damaged. The real distruction started about 5 blocks awy. The tornado store a path a mile wide and 10 miles long. It skirted the Texas Tech campus and went though downtown. There is a 20 story building downtown that is twisted a couple of feet from bottom to top. You can stand at the base of it and see that it isn't straight. The building is still in use today. I remember driving around and seeing the damage for blocks and blocks. I think it had winds clocked at 200 MPH. I think it is the only F5 tornado to hit a city.