sarges46 Posted January 8, 2008 #1 Posted January 8, 2008 Dang I was just reading bout some tornados already down south. I know for sure Boo is in the area that one or two touched down along the Ill Wis border. Boo,Jane are you guys ok? Any body else....hope you are all ok! This is early to be chatting about these things!
cowpuc Posted January 8, 2008 #2 Posted January 8, 2008 Dang I was just reading bout some tornados already down south. I know for sure Boo is in the area that one or two touched down along the Ill Wis border. Boo,Jane are you guys ok? Any body else....hope you are all ok! This is early to be chatting about these things! yEP!! In West Michigan right on the shoreline. My wife and I were snowmobiling Friday night with GREAT snow and trail,, Today the snow is gone and its 60 out!!! Bout 8 tonight a twister was spotted about 12 miles from our home!!! Ummmmm folks,,, this aint the south baby this is the SNOW BELT!!!! Jan 7th and we ar e have tornados"???? 'P
BOO Posted January 8, 2008 #3 Posted January 8, 2008 Dang I was just reading bout some tornados already down south. I know for sure Boo is in the area that one or two touched down along the Ill Wis border. Boo,Jane are you guys ok? Any body else....hope you are all ok! This is early to be chatting about these things! Yeah, Rick we are fine. I have two nieces that live side by side and one hit their houses. Not to bad though I don't think but it happen just at sundown last evening and I haven't had a chance to go over to their homes yet but I don't think it is to bad. Did destroy a house about 1/2 a block away and also derailed a couple of train cars as well as the engine. One of the cars had some kind of chemical in it so they evacuated the whole town, pop about 200, so I don't know if they will let me in there this morning or not. Need to make sure their houses are waterproof. Oh yeah the important part they are fine, no injuries at all. Jerry
Eck Posted January 8, 2008 #4 Posted January 8, 2008 Sure glad to see a post by you...was wondering if you and Jane were ok.. Hope the others are ok also, and the home is not in to bad a shape and easy to repair. Thanks for letting us know your OK.........
pegscraper Posted January 8, 2008 #5 Posted January 8, 2008 We had a tornado watch here last night too. Nothing happened though.
Eck Posted January 8, 2008 #6 Posted January 8, 2008 We had a tornado watch here last night too. Nothing happened though Sure glad your ok too then.......... I am happy anyone who has been visited by a tornado is able to tell us about it.....
RustyRecycledToy Posted January 8, 2008 #7 Posted January 8, 2008 Glad I left work early Yesterday and hauled butt home. Springfield,MO got hammered. They were sounding the sirens just as I got onto Hwy. 65 to head back to Arkansas. Twisters,High winds,and baseball sized hail. Ought to be interesting going in to work this morning. They were showing pictures on the news just now of the damage caused by a twister that hit just a few blocks from where I work. There were just storms after storms folowing the same track from NW Arkansas into Missouri and on into Illinois. This just aint supposed to happen in January. But then again...it isn't supposed to be 70* either.
sarges46 Posted January 8, 2008 Author #8 Posted January 8, 2008 Good news so far except for the neices. Hope not much was damaged there Boo. Good thing they got a talented uncle nearby! What crazy weather eh!
Cinderella Posted January 8, 2008 #9 Posted January 8, 2008 weather has been really crazy......seems we go from 1 extreme to the other......yesterday we hit 70 and it was like a warm damp spring day and today they are calling for snow and rain mixed...... no tornados here.......but come spring????? don't know why I would live here in this part of the country when im terrified of tornados.....
sarges46 Posted January 8, 2008 Author #10 Posted January 8, 2008 I hear ya Cindi! They are scary and we get more than ever up here than ever before.
86er Posted January 8, 2008 #11 Posted January 8, 2008 Glad I left work early Yesterday and hauled butt home. Springfield,MO got hammered. They were sounding the sirens just as I got onto Hwy. 65 to head back to Arkansas. Twisters,High winds,and baseball sized hail. Ought to be interesting going in to work this morning. They were showing pictures on the news just now of the damage caused by a twister that hit just a few blocks from where I work. There were just storms after storms folowing the same track from NW Arkansas into Missouri and on into Illinois. This just aint supposed to happen in January. But then again...it isn't supposed to be 70* either. My brother is an OBGyn in Springfield and I just saw on TWC that it got hit. Guess I ought to give him a call. Where, in Springfield, do you work, ED? I grew up there.
Guest Popeye Posted January 8, 2008 #12 Posted January 8, 2008 I saw my 1st tornado about 1960 in Michigan. I stood at the window & watched it take the neighbor's roof off & send a 3 foot thick tree somewhere. Very loud. Never saw one again until I came to KS in '99. Wife was wathing warnings on TV, in the basement [she is terrified of tornados]. I stood on front porch & watched lightning, & noticed a big dip in some clouds during lightning flashes......at almost the same time, I heard a sound like 20 locomotives going full speed a few feet from me. Wife made me come downstairs & I didn't argue never heard noise that loud. That tornado was called an F5, but is one of the reasons we now have the new scale, since it was an F6+ if scale was proportionate. Only later did I learn it was 1500 feet from me & porch and removed much of the city. One of the strongest ever recorded & hit a city. Saw empty lots where brick buildings used to be. Oddly, not many people hurt, which is typical. It seems it still didn't affect me since I worry more about hail damage to roof & $1000. deductible on insurance. Someday I'll die , but it won't be because of a tornado...even if I tried. I'll probably get hail damage someday & have to replace shingles, though.
Red Ryder Posted January 8, 2008 #13 Posted January 8, 2008 Don't feel bad about down south. Last night we had thunder, lightning and tornado sirens go off here in Northern Michigan. Really weird for up here in January. I hear you Popeye-I still remember in 1968 we hurried down to our basement as a tornado hit and distroyed two homes, each home was just three down on each side of ours. It was like a bomb just leveled each house but hardly did any damage to the other ones. The farmer down the road lost most of his cattle, found some a couple miles away. I don't like tornado's much. Later-
BOO Posted January 8, 2008 #14 Posted January 8, 2008 Little update. Still haven't been able to get over the houses, there are several train cars derailed and one of the has some sort of chemical leaking so the town is still evacuated. Have talked to the relatives and it seems the houses are probably waterproof. Guess that's what you have insurance for. Jerry
RustyRecycledToy Posted January 9, 2008 #15 Posted January 9, 2008 My brother is an OBGyn in Springfield and I just saw on TWC that it got hit. Guess I ought to give him a call. Where, in Springfield, do you work, ED? I grew up there. www.dentsunlimitedusa.com Corner of National & St. Louis right next to the Steak and Shake.The buiding itself has been many things over the years. An indoor tennis court,Liquor distributor,body shop. I've talked to a couple of people who have told me that they attended their senior prom in that building. Crazy! There was damage all over the place. Driving in there were billboards shreaded. Looked like they exploded at the gound. Huge Hwy signs ripped apart and their concrete footings ripped from the ground. http://ozarksfirst.com/media_player.php?media_id=25780 Boo, hope all works out well for your nieces.
86er Posted January 10, 2008 #16 Posted January 10, 2008 Thanks for the links. I talked to my bro yesterday and he lost power for a few hours but that was the worst of it.
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