A tornado just blew right next to my house!

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

:Q:Q Holy crap I'm still shaking. Thunder and lightning woke me up about a half hour ago. I was in the kitchen looking outside when the rain temporarily stopped. This is when all hell broke loose. The trees bent over and logs/sticks and patio furniture was flying everywhere. Car alarms were going off, trees were snapping. I couldn't believe my eyes. By the time I got downstairs it was all over.

I went back upstairs to see if there was any damage. There are felled trees and shingles are all over the place. Now comes the clean up.

This tornado hasn't been confirmed by the weather people yet - not that I'd trust their opinion anyway.

Weather.com

 

[Zorro]

Glad you are safe.

 

[UberDave]

pics?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< pics? >>


Edit: See my comments below.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Do you live near a trailer park?

 

[apoppin]

I'm glad it blue bayou.

 

[Random Variable]

It sounds like it was quite a "blow job." :Q

 

[BlueApple]

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service

...TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 216 PM EDT SUN APR 28 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN OHIO

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 17 MILES WEST OF LISBON...MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE... NEAR LISBON AT 230 PM... NEAR NEW WATERFORD AT 235 PM...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. EVACUATE MOBILE HOMES AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER....

 

[oLLie]

I hope you were in a safe place and not just standing there lookin out your window, hehe. Stay safe people,

Ollie

 

[SociallyChallenged]

Man, I think I can speak for all by saying: I'm glad you're safe

 

[StinkyMeat]

:Q

 

[Azraele]

It's getting ready to get really ugly here. The sky is yellow and black, and thunder is rumbling. :Q

 

[Cougar]

No tornado came near my place but the wind was blowin like a mofo. I've got the window in my room open and lets just say that I got quite a nice breeze The thunder did scare my dog half to death though.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

Ok, sorry for not posting/updating (not that anybody cares). They shut the power off around 2:30 to clean up the power lines that were on the streets. But anyhoo.

The tornado was confirmed by the news/weather this evening. I was watching the 10:00 news and there was helipcopter footage of my neighborhood. There was a new house being built at the next street over. The winds picked up the house and timber and blew it about 50 yards into the yard across the street. This house was shown on tv along with several eye witness accounts and interviews. There's been local news people all over the place trying to get "live" video footage of all the damage.

The damage is much worse than I initially thought. Just driving around, I saw a few houses completly demolished, along with several garages and fallen walls - not to mention the hundreds of trees. What a horrible day.

By the way I found my camera and took some pictures of the neighborhood. The sun came out pretty much right after the storm. You'll notice this in some of the pics. What a cruel joke.

 

[bunker]

I'm north of Atlanta and we were just under a tornado watch about half an hour ago. There's another system on it's way from Alabama/Tennessee in about 45 minutes.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I need to get the pics developed and scanned, first. I'll post them tomorrow evening when I get home from work.

 

[Adul]

:Q

 

[RONType1]

tornados hehe... can't say that i know what its like.. but i can describe a couple 5.0 earthquakes..

so what do people do if there's an earthquake? i don't think very many people have those underground bunkers do they??

 

[LongCoolMother]

my friend called yesterday, he told me a tornado just passed by. in missouri... i dont live there anymore...

 

[fatalbert]

:Q

 

[FSUpaintball]

When I was a kid, a tornado made a tight circle around our house, but didn't touch anything. We were very lucky, and it was thankfully a very small tornado.

 

[Piano Man]

Glad to hear you are ok.

 

[ScottyB]

I love tornadoes, I have been in like 10 storms where one was within a few miles of me and a couple where the wen through our yard. "Allright everyone grap a flashlight, a book, your blanket and pillow and head downstairs."

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

<< Glad to hear you are ok. >>


Thanks. Me too!

 

[DukeOfAnandTech]

I wish i had my S330 already so I can stop by your place and take pictures of tornados.