@chienfou@Kidsandliz Wow. Are either of you in the direct path of the storm?
My friend told me that both her brother and sister in Alabama had trees come down in their yards this week - luckily AWAY from the houses! We’ve had another dump of snow but it’s already melting - we’ve now reached an all-time record for snow in this area!
@chienfou@Kyeh The worst of the easter one was north of me and south of me with respect to tornadoes and hail. We just got heavy rain and high winds.
The one that is to hit Sunday is a maybe for direct path. This morning they said the worst of it will be at and south of a highway that is 5ish miles south of me. Supposed to start around midnight tonight with rain and then getting a lot worse Sunday afternoon. Haven’t seen an updated report though. Hopefully it will veer south rather than north.
@chienfou@Kyeh Weather now says rain starting at 7am, system has shifted a bit north so now we will be in the middle of the “severe” area. Tornadoes, hail, etc. supposed to start at noon. I guess I’ll park the car in the parking garage at the hospital again. Hope anyone else in the path of this rerun misses the worst of it.
@chienfou@Kyeh I really liked living in northern ID. No hail, almost no thunderstorms, no tornadoes… Having moved there from the OK tornado alley I didn’t realize how much I watched the sky when there was rain/thunder storms, tensed up and how that was always on the back of my mind in OK. The 1999 big Moore tornado was about 5 miles from where I lived. Then there was one, after I left the area, that touched down there. According to a map someone had drawn it took out houses 2 houses down the street from where I lived.
And actually here too it is a concern as I saw the one that tore through here in 2011 or 2012 (can’t remember which year). I was working in a totally glass building and since it was near us and headed our way I decided it would be safer to make an exit from there (a bunch of us left) than try to find a place to hide where the only totally enclosed rooms were the bathrooms and there was no basement.
On the way home I saw it from my car window. It was only slightly behind me and barely to the north (about 4 tenths of a mile north). I had no place to turn south due to a golf course in the way. Fortunately for me it lifted off the ground shortly after the edge of the high wind started blowing branches off the trees on the road I was driving on (I was paralleling it and it was a long block north of me).
It didn’t touch down again until it was over the reservoir (which was beyond my house maybe .5 miles away) and so only sucked up water. Had it touched down earlier it would have gone straight through my neighborhood. I had carried on home (I was almost there anyway) and saw it attempt to lower, twice, just ahead of me and over the little housing development I lived in. Fortunately for everyone it did relatively little damage. In a detached sort of way I found it really interesting to see it spinning and attempt to lower, go back up and then do that again.
@chienfou@Kidsandliz@Kyeh
While living in Florida for a short time after high school I saw my first and only twister or possibly just a wind tunnle, still one of the most coolest things I ever did see!!
When watching the weather the other night I actuly cried. How much more gloom and doom can people take? I’m praying for all of you a little extra these days.
@chienfou@Kyeh@Lynnerizer I agree that tornadoes are cool to look at. From a safe distance or retrospectively when it has missed you that is.
The thing is when you live in places that get this kind of weather, at least for me, we know it is what it is. Just like the folks do in other “natural disaster” zones. So as much as I’d love to live with my yard backing up to the beach as that is so beautiful, when I lived where I could have done that (and was even tempted by a cute little beach house to rent that was right on the beach) I lived up a hill 6 blocks away (where that water spout turned tornado on land missed me by 50’ and the house was hit by lightening - tree in the front yard had been hit in the past several times before my time there which was good from being high up to miss floods but I forgot to think about the lightening implications - good thing the owner had put in a lightening rod). I’ve missed a number of floods that way, including where I live now where the one the other month that made a big lake where the “shore” was 3 blocks away (and down the hill) from me.
I think I read that the state least likely to experience any of this is Vermont and New Hampshire would be right there with them were it not for their little strip of coast line. Personally, were I to have to pick, I prefer natural disasters you have warning of and can run away from (eg most floods, hurricanes…). Yes you could lose everything, but at least you will live to tell the tale if you choose to leave.
As an undergrad I took an environmental geology course and that class left its mark. I guess you could say that course changed my life, although not in ways one usually uses that phrase. LOL. At least when it comes to looking at things from the point of view of where I live, presuming I have a choice. Living in areas where there is risk I can’t completely mitigate by a location choice, I know I make just in case plans (eg moving my car to a parking garage, to the extent possible living outside of flood zones within a city…). And then hope I don’t have to use them. And if I do that these plans are “good enough”.
@chienfou@Kyeh@Lynnerizer So far the weather is not as bad as predicted. A huge ton of lightening right now. Cats ran off to hide. Dark as 7pm at night with really heavy rain, but winds aren’t high and so far no hail here (although penny size apparently elsewhere). They are saying so far no tornadoes anywhere.
I hope everyone who is in the path with this get as lucky as we have, so far anyway, gotten here. Still about 6 hours to go.
@chienfou@Kyeh@Lynnerizer Right now most of the bad crap is south of me. So far the worst of it has missed me with maybe about 3 hours to go, although I think some warnings have been extended until midnight (instead of 10pm) south of me.
All we have locally at the moment is a thunderstorm with a ton of lightening. I don’t think any tornadoes have hit this state so far anyway despite all the tornado warnings. Hopefully that will continue to be the case, including as this storm hits other states.
EDIT - on TV they claim the radar looks like there might be a tornado on the ground and hour and a half or so southwest of here.
@Kidsandliz@Kyeh@Lynnerizer Mid Alabama is doing OK (at least my part of it is). About 5+ inches of rain so far today (just had to empty the gauge since it was totally full), standing water in much of the backyard, but the pool needed filling so, it’s all good. Maybe I can plant rice this year.
Weatherbug says the closest strike was less than 1.7 miles away in the past 30 minutes. Radar looks like shit is fixing to hit the fan with rain/storms, but so far still no wind.
@chienfou@Kyeh@Lynnerizer Some parts of MS has had high winds but where I live not so much so although rain has been really heavy at times and there has been a ton of lightening. They have said for hours tornadoes warnings for most of the last zillion hours, but until that one just now way south of me, that the storms just aren’t creating them. Waves of hail though have been created. Hopefully this will be the case for you too.
/giphy nothing behind door #1
So this is about my life?
/giphy luser
@Kyeh thanks for that… tomorrow may be different…
@chienfou @Kyeh Maybe. Although that would only be because we will get them in MS again and this time might use them all up before they hit AL.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz Wow.
Are either of you in the direct path of the storm?
My friend told me that both her brother and sister in Alabama had trees come down in their yards this week - luckily AWAY from the houses! We’ve had another dump of snow but it’s already melting - we’ve now reached an all-time record for snow in this area!
@chienfou @Kyeh The worst of the easter one was north of me and south of me with respect to tornadoes and hail. We just got heavy rain and high winds.
The one that is to hit Sunday is a maybe for direct path. This morning they said the worst of it will be at and south of a highway that is 5ish miles south of me. Supposed to start around midnight tonight with rain and then getting a lot worse Sunday afternoon. Haven’t seen an updated report though. Hopefully it will veer south rather than north.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz Ulp. I hope you’re (relatively) lucky again this time … !!!
@chienfou @Kyeh Weather now says rain starting at 7am, system has shifted a bit north so now we will be in the middle of the “severe” area. Tornadoes, hail, etc. supposed to start at noon. I guess I’ll park the car in the parking garage at the hospital again. Hope anyone else in the path of this rerun misses the worst of it.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz I hope so too!
@chienfou @Kyeh I really liked living in northern ID. No hail, almost no thunderstorms, no tornadoes… Having moved there from the OK tornado alley I didn’t realize how much I watched the sky when there was rain/thunder storms, tensed up and how that was always on the back of my mind in OK. The 1999 big Moore tornado was about 5 miles from where I lived. Then there was one, after I left the area, that touched down there. According to a map someone had drawn it took out houses 2 houses down the street from where I lived.
And actually here too it is a concern as I saw the one that tore through here in 2011 or 2012 (can’t remember which year). I was working in a totally glass building and since it was near us and headed our way I decided it would be safer to make an exit from there (a bunch of us left) than try to find a place to hide where the only totally enclosed rooms were the bathrooms and there was no basement.
On the way home I saw it from my car window. It was only slightly behind me and barely to the north (about 4 tenths of a mile north). I had no place to turn south due to a golf course in the way. Fortunately for me it lifted off the ground shortly after the edge of the high wind started blowing branches off the trees on the road I was driving on (I was paralleling it and it was a long block north of me).
It didn’t touch down again until it was over the reservoir (which was beyond my house maybe .5 miles away) and so only sucked up water. Had it touched down earlier it would have gone straight through my neighborhood. I had carried on home (I was almost there anyway) and saw it attempt to lower, twice, just ahead of me and over the little housing development I lived in. Fortunately for everyone it did relatively little damage. In a detached sort of way I found it really interesting to see it spinning and attempt to lower, go back up and then do that again.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz Yeah, it sounds like a fascinating experience to be able to look back on … terrifying while you’re in it though, I’m sure.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @Kyeh
While living in Florida for a short time after high school I saw my first and only twister or possibly just a wind tunnle, still one of the most coolest things I ever did see!!
When watching the weather the other night I actuly cried. How much more gloom and doom can people take? I’m praying for all of you a little extra these days.
@chienfou @Kyeh @Lynnerizer I agree that tornadoes are cool to look at. From a safe distance or retrospectively when it has missed you that is.
The thing is when you live in places that get this kind of weather, at least for me, we know it is what it is. Just like the folks do in other “natural disaster” zones. So as much as I’d love to live with my yard backing up to the beach as that is so beautiful, when I lived where I could have done that (and was even tempted by a cute little beach house to rent that was right on the beach) I lived up a hill 6 blocks away (where that water spout turned tornado on land missed me by 50’ and the house was hit by lightening - tree in the front yard had been hit in the past several times before my time there which was good from being high up to miss floods but I forgot to think about the lightening implications - good thing the owner had put in a lightening rod). I’ve missed a number of floods that way, including where I live now where the one the other month that made a big lake where the “shore” was 3 blocks away (and down the hill) from me.
I think I read that the state least likely to experience any of this is Vermont and New Hampshire would be right there with them were it not for their little strip of coast line. Personally, were I to have to pick, I prefer natural disasters you have warning of and can run away from (eg most floods, hurricanes…). Yes you could lose everything, but at least you will live to tell the tale if you choose to leave.
As an undergrad I took an environmental geology course and that class left its mark. I guess you could say that course changed my life, although not in ways one usually uses that phrase. LOL. At least when it comes to looking at things from the point of view of where I live, presuming I have a choice. Living in areas where there is risk I can’t completely mitigate by a location choice, I know I make just in case plans (eg moving my car to a parking garage, to the extent possible living outside of flood zones within a city…). And then hope I don’t have to use them. And if I do that these plans are “good enough”.
@chienfou @Kyeh @Lynnerizer So far the weather is not as bad as predicted. A huge ton of lightening right now. Cats ran off to hide. Dark as 7pm at night with really heavy rain, but winds aren’t high and so far no hail here (although penny size apparently elsewhere). They are saying so far no tornadoes anywhere.
I hope everyone who is in the path with this get as lucky as we have, so far anyway, gotten here. Still about 6 hours to go.
@chienfou @Kidsandliz @Lynnerizer How are things currently?
@chienfou @Kyeh @Lynnerizer Right now most of the bad crap is south of me. So far the worst of it has missed me with maybe about 3 hours to go, although I think some warnings have been extended until midnight (instead of 10pm) south of me.
All we have locally at the moment is a thunderstorm with a ton of lightening. I don’t think any tornadoes have hit this state so far anyway despite all the tornado warnings. Hopefully that will continue to be the case, including as this storm hits other states.
EDIT - on TV they claim the radar looks like there might be a tornado on the ground and hour and a half or so southwest of here.
@Kidsandliz @Kyeh @Lynnerizer Mid Alabama is doing OK (at least my part of it is). About 5+ inches of rain so far today (just had to empty the gauge since it was totally full), standing water in much of the backyard, but the pool needed filling so, it’s all good. Maybe I can plant rice this year.
Weatherbug says the closest strike was less than 1.7 miles away in the past 30 minutes. Radar looks like shit is fixing to hit the fan with rain/storms, but so far still no wind.
@chienfou @Kyeh @Lynnerizer Some parts of MS has had high winds but where I live not so much so although rain has been really heavy at times and there has been a ton of lightening. They have said for hours tornadoes warnings for most of the last zillion hours, but until that one just now way south of me, that the storms just aren’t creating them. Waves of hail though have been created. Hopefully this will be the case for you too.
We’ve been missing you so much @jst1ofknd!