Let the evacuations begin

[Lizzard[MPE]]

ive seen three tornados up close. believe me its something you dont want to see up close.


and as for Ivan, my friends were talking about flying to my mothers in indiana for the weekend.... we'll see

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Lizzard[MPE]
ive seen three tornados up close. believe me its something you dont want to see up close.


and as for Ivan, my friends were talking about flying to my mothers in indiana for the weekend.... we'll see

By "up close" I mean, in person. Guess I should have said that instead. M'eh.

But yeah, I do want to see one with my own eyes, but from a safe enough distance.

[cjolley]

Originally posted by ZokesPro
I'd love to see a tornado up close, those things are amazing.

Come to Oklahoma City.
We are the bull's eye.
Chuck

[Lizzard[MPE]]

thats better zokes.. but still no matter where yo uare standing a tornado can change positions on you at any moment. so you are always at risk. they are a lot scarier than any hurricane imho.

[Jessterw]

I've been through both hurricanes and tornados (and water spouts), and I'd much rather deal with a hurricane. Something about seeing it coming a few days ahead makes me feel a bit better about being able to get the hell out of the way.

Tornados on the other hand have a nasty habit of forming in the early morning and evening hours when they are hard to make out.

Of course, I'm one of those fools who stands outside with a camcorder filming the tornado as it whips around.

On topic, glad to see the normally laid back folks in Key West have decided that evacuation is probably best this time around. Though I'm a bit more worried about Tampa being hit.

[Greebe]

I'll concur tornado's are scarier... and being a bit of a weather nut since a young age when Pops helped me up onto the roof so we could watch them. Remember the night the Xenia Tornado super outbreak... the worst of 148 that night in 13 states.

But with Tornados they're relatively isolated, localized events whereas a Hurricane on the Cat 4-5 scale are massive behemoths... sure you've forsight it coming, but that AHHH SHIT, we're doomed! feeling when you can't leave.

It's also not a "I can hop in the car, drive to a friends place a few miles away" kinda thing if it gets bad. If it's that bad, you ARE screwed.

[The PIT]

In this country if we had a proper Hurricane we'd still go to work as normal then wonder why so many got killed.

Theres little common sense. Heavy lorries/coaches are sent out regardless of the Weather. They really they should be kept in the dept for their safety and other peoples saftey.

[Brian Ellis]

Originally posted by The PIT
In this country if we had a proper Hurricane we'd still go to work as normal then wonder why so many got killed.

Theres little common sense. Heavy lorries/coaches are sent out regardless of the Weather. They really they should be kept in the dept for their safety and other peoples saftey.

Except when there's 1 mm of snow, when everybody panics, the rail services close down because of frozen points and police tell everyone not to go to work.

I went to a seminar in Maidstone one February (from Switzerland). Three people turned up, all from the Continent. The locals did not, except for the organiser who motored down from London, as the rail services were at a standstill. Many of the attendees were supposed to be from a Maidstone company: none turned up. Why? because there was a sprinkling of snow. When I got back to Geneva, 40 cm of snow had fallen, all the rail and road services were operating normally and everybody was at work. England dies when it sees snow.

[cjolley]

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503/index.html

Poke around, there's a picture of a roofing nail that went through a truck winshield and stuck in the stearing wheel.

This was our aniversary in 1999 10 miles south of our house.

Max wind speed of tornado A9- 318 MPH

Chuck

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by cjolley
Come to Oklahoma City.
We are the bull's eye.
Chuck

Your in "tornado alley" right? Heard that in one year you guys can get close to 400 tornadoes, crazy! Although storm chasers still say that the chances of seeing one are still slim.

Originally posted by Lizzard[MPE]
thats better zokes.. but still no matter where yo uare standing a tornado can change positions on you at any moment. so you are always at risk. they are a lot scarier than any hurricane imho.

You've already seen one up close. What was that like? I've heard so many stories. (on tv)

I would imagine that it gives you this kinda rush inside, or at least makes you feel small and helpless. Just seeing one drop to the ground right before my eyes would be enough to leave me in awe for quite a while. Your lucky in a sense, not many people get to see tornadoes.

[SpiralDragon]

er.. this might be a stupid question... but what is the diffrence between a Typhoon and a Hurican?

[Nowhere]

I think they're basically the same thing, just in different parts of the world... (not sure though)

[Lizzard[MPE]]

Originally posted by ZokesPro

You've already seen one up close. What was that like? I've heard so many stories. (on tv)

I would imagine that it gives you this kinda rush inside, or at least makes you feel small and helpless. Just seeing one drop to the ground right before my eyes would be enough to leave me in awe for quite a while. Your lucky in a sense, not many people get to see tornadoes.

when you live in tornado alley you see them. my mom sent me pictures of the last one they had and it devastated their town.

the first one i saw i was around 8 or 9 years old staying at a friends house. it was the tornados of 89 or 91 or something. we watched one come straight for us. it picked up the neighbor and carried him for 300 yards or something crazy like that. he lived and had to be in surgery for hours to get the mud out of his ears. he was like 2 or three years old. it was very very scary. there was about 10 of us crammed into a closet. i thought we werent going to live.


i used to want to be a storm chaser. but now iveseen enough of storms.

its an amazing thing. but when they are huge you just want to get the hell outta there and you have no time to do so

[Lizzard[MPE]]

http://www.greatdreams.com/weather-deaths.htm

"One storm destroyed 50 homes and killed a man Sunday in Marengo, Ind., a town of 800 people about 35 miles northwest of Louisville, Ky. About 100 people took shelter at a high school when the storm struck."

thats where my mom lives.

http://atlas.ulib.iupui.edu/tornado/tornado_plate.html

Table 7t-2: Ten deadliest tornado events in the United States.
DATE
LOCATION(S)

March 18, 1925
Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
DEATHS:689


May 6, 1840
Natchez, Mississippi
DEATHS:317


May 27, 1896
St. Louis, Missouri
DEATHS:255


April 5, 1936
Tupelo, Mississippi
DEATHS:216


April 6, 1936
Gainesville, Georgia
DEATHS:203


April 9, 1947
Woodward, Oklahoma
DEATHS:181


April 24, 1908
Amite, Louisiana and Purvis, Mississippi
DEATHS:143


June 12, 1899
New Richmond, Wisconsin
DEATHS:117


June 8, 1953
Flint, Michigan
DEATHS:115


May 11, 1953
Waco, Texas
DEATHS:114

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Lizzard[MPE]
when you live in tornado alley you see them. my mom sent me pictures of the last one they had and it devastated their town.

the first one i saw i was around 8 or 9 years old staying at a friends house. it was the tornados of 89 or 91 or something. we watched one come straight for us. it picked up the neighbor and carried him for 300 yards or something crazy like that. he lived and had to be in surgery for hours to get the mud out of his ears. he was like 2 or three years old. it was very very scary. there was about 10 of us crammed into a closet. i thought we werent going to live.


i used to want to be a storm chaser. but now iveseen enough of storms.

its an amazing thing. but when they are huge you just want to get the hell outta there and you have no time to do so

Whoa, that CRAZY!!! So you've prolly seen a bunch of em, or at least a few. Wow, that's just insane. Did you actually SEE him get thrown??