April 03, 2012
— Ace A lot of property damage visible in the video. "Tremendous damage," NBC reports.
If you're around there, get to the basement and stay safe.
Corrected: I linked a story about tornadoes in Texas, thinking it was about today's twisters. It wasn't. It was from April last year.
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Thoughts and prayers that all the Horde and their families are safe.
Any word if the tornado hit the Ballpark yet?
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 03, 2012 11:55 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 11:56 AM (+5U+B)
Stay safe, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 11:57 AM (UOM48)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 11:59 AM (RfvTE)
Dude flew right along side that one on the ground in Lancaster for 20 minutes.
Posted by: © Sponge at April 03, 2012 12:00 PM (UK9cE)
Tornadoes terrify me.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:01 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:01 PM (RfvTE)
Wow. The NBC5 chopper pilot is NUTS!!!
Dude flew right along side that one on the ground in Lancaster for 20 minutes
Dude. Dude. That is a suboptimal life choice.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 03, 2012 12:01 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Dr Spank at April 03, 2012 12:01 PM (Sh42X)
You'd think I'd be getting used to this crap after 2.5 years in Tornado Alley, but I'm still the wimpiest wimp about it...while acting brave for the sake of the short people...
Not sure how hard it will hit here later...
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 12:02 PM (XdlcF)
Is Texas Stadium in that same area?
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:02 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Veep Joey Biden [/i] at April 03, 2012 12:02 PM (JEpGb)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 03, 2012 12:02 PM (RD6+t)
Posted by: Barky's FEMA Response Team at April 03, 2012 12:03 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: nickless at April 03, 2012 12:03 PM (MMC8r)
Hope all the North TX Morons are safe and secure. WBAP right seems pretty wigged out right now.
Posted by: MrScribbler at April 03, 2012 12:03 PM (MQc8e)
Posted by: steevy at April 03, 2012 12:04 PM (7W3wI)
I love flying.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:04 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Bob Saget at April 03, 2012 12:04 PM (SDkq3)
Posted by: © Sponge at April 03, 2012 12:05 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: nickless at April 03, 2012 12:05 PM (MMC8r)
Posted by: blogRot at April 03, 2012 12:06 PM (A6JXc)
Posted by: Barky's FEMA Response Team at April 03, 2012 12:06 PM (+5U+B)
Is Texas Stadium in that same area?
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 04:02 PM (Y+DPZ)
Same parking lot.
Posted by: © Sponge at April 03, 2012 12:06 PM (UK9cE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:08 PM (Z9EHQ)
Anyone heard from AllenG? He's in Arlington and there was a LOT of activity there just a bit ago.
He said that he was heading for shelter a bit ago.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at April 03, 2012 12:08 PM (VtjlW)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 03, 2012 12:08 PM (RD7QR)
http://preview.tinyurl.com/8xvft9e
Posted by: WalrusRex at April 03, 2012 12:08 PM (Hx5uv)
Now I live out west. They run the "critical" emergency for days to warn of high winds or unseasonable snow fall possibly happening later that week. Thats because there is no real warning system for earthquakes... so you take your trade offs.
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:09 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:09 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: real joe at April 03, 2012 12:10 PM (aZYcK)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at April 03, 2012 12:10 PM (RD6+t)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:10 PM (RfvTE)
In Houston they were rare because the water table was a foot over floor level. Dallas should be higher up, though.
Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at April 03, 2012 12:11 PM (QTHTd)
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2012 12:11 PM (nj1bB)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:11 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Bill Maher at April 03, 2012 12:11 PM (U/ftZ)
why?
Posted by: Jean at April 03, 2012 04:09 PM (WkuV6)
Could have to do with the water table in the area. You could have a half-basement if you're on a sloping lot.
We don't have one here, because it would be an indoor pool.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:12 PM (UOM48)
"Get with the new technology!"
That's nice if you have an i-Phone. Those who don't can duck
Him and Cantore should die in a tornado
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:12 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 03, 2012 12:12 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:12 PM (Z9EHQ)
Always thought a basement. No?
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2012 04:11 PM (nj1bB)
An interior closet or bath. My husband's closet is our go-to. Then just hunker down and pray. Been there, done that too many times.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:13 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: X at April 03, 2012 12:14 PM (8Yc/9)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at April 03, 2012 12:14 PM (RD7QR)
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:14 PM (orrLR)
@49 "Everyone keeps telling me it has to do with the clay soil and high water tables. "
yeah, it is. Sucks to dig through that clay sh!t just to plant an f'n garden.
Posted by: blogRot at April 03, 2012 12:14 PM (A6JXc)
Posted by: dogfish at April 03, 2012 12:14 PM (NuPNl)
In one photo, Gilbert is seen kissing paper
currency of undetermined denomination. The caption at the bottom of the
photo reads “JEWBAGS.” A comment left on the posting refers to Gilbert
and a coterie of female companions as the “Jew cash money team.” Other
photos depict Gilbert as a bit of a party girl, including one featuring
an assortment of condoms.
Posted by: Democratic National Committee’s Jewish outreach liaison at April 03, 2012 12:15 PM (e8kgV)
Meteors warnings = days-decades ahead of time
Hurricane warnings = 3-5 days ahead of time
Solar Plasma burst warnings =1-5 days
Tsunami warnings = hours
Tornadoes warning = 5-20 minutes
Earthquakes warning = seconds
terrorist attacks = 0
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:16 PM (RfvTE)
All clear in FTW, happy to say. I don't know how many of these near misses I can take.
Last year there was a supercell headed straight for the Aledo / West FTW area. It split at the last minute and one half went down to Benbrook, then over to Arlington. The other half went up to Trophy Club and on to Denton.
Looked for a while like the one that hit Cleburne / Joshua was heading our way again.
We don't do basements here. Basements are great for tornadoes, but misery for houses with our soil type.
Can't wait for My Betters in New England to school me on how this was all due to CAGW.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 12:16 PM (kZVsz)
why?
Posted by: Jean at April 03, 2012 04:09 PM (WkuV6)
.
In some places, the water table is high. In many places, an average rainstorm can dump 4 inches in a couple of hours, so it would flood. In the rest of the state, the soil is not very deep before you hit limestone.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 03, 2012 12:16 PM (WDRA0)
After all, they are mostly white. Not HIS people.
Posted by: Barrysucks at April 03, 2012 12:16 PM (y0VOX)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:16 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:17 PM (UOM48)
41 Basements are kinda rare in TX. ....And OK, too.
why?
Several reasons. ....Bedrock. ...Building on top of a concrete slab is cheaper, quicker, easier to keep cool in 100° summers.
And actually....when you have an 'airspace' underneath a structure, it makes it easier for the suction of a tornado to tear up the above ground part. ....Basements can become death traps in a tornado, buried under debris....which is why a lot of storm shelters are built in an open area, with a door that is slanted.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:17 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at April 03, 2012 12:17 PM (Af3Wg)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:20 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:21 PM (bV8xV)
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2012 12:21 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: X at April 03, 2012 12:21 PM (8Yc/9)
My bad, but I knew it's nicknamed "The House That Jerry Built"
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:23 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Anderson Cooper at April 03, 2012 12:23 PM (SO2Q8)
73....OK, come on basements are Awesome
Yeah they are. ....When I was a kid, living in Arkansas, we had a basement. It was fun to play down there....and after it rained, we could float our toy boats in the 2 feet of water covering the floor.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:24 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:25 PM (Z9EHQ)
I have considered building a storm shelter though. When I covered up my pool I thought real hard on that.
Posted by: Vic at April 03, 2012 12:25 PM (YdQQY)
Posted by: Paul Krugman at April 03, 2012 12:25 PM (SO2Q8)
Sirens going off again and it's pouring rain. Got very, very dark a few minutes ago, but it's lightened up some. I'm on the far north Dallas border near Plano.
They're also worried about flooding.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:26 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: Buzzsaw at April 03, 2012 12:26 PM (tf9Ne)
Always thought a basement. No?
Posted by: ace at April 03, 2012 04:11 PM (nj1bB)
.
Interior bathroom, interior closet, etc. I have a deep closet that runs underneath the stairs, which means it has a nearly solid 2x6 roof.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 03, 2012 12:26 PM (WDRA0)
There is a reason that the words "hail" and "hell" are phonetically interchangable in Texan dialect.
Baseballs in Irving.
Eggs in North Dallas.
Usually with these types of cells, if you get away with golfballs and you "only" need new shingles, you've done well.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 12:26 PM (kZVsz)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:26 PM (bV8xV)
.... and I blame Republicans for the damage in Dallas. If my predecessor had passed the Kyoto Treaty and the current congress had acted on Cap and Trade.... the global warming which precipitated these dangerous storms would have been averted. And.... since this disaster was totally avoidable.... and Texas is a Red State......Im denying Federal Disaster Assistance.
Your decisions have consequences, bitter clingers.
Posted by: Preznit Sir Golfsalot at April 03, 2012 12:27 PM (C8hzL)
Meteors warnings = days-decades ahead of time Barack Obama = 1 year ahead of time
Hurricane warnings = 3-5 days ahead of time
Solar Plasma burst warnings =1-5 days
Tsunami warnings = hours
Tornadoes warning = 5-20 minutes
Earthquakes warning = seconds
terrorist attacks = 0
----- FIFY
Posted by: Ace of Spades HQ at April 03, 2012 12:28 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Shep Smith-Cooper at April 03, 2012 12:28 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: X at April 03, 2012 12:28 PM (8Yc/9)
"Interior bathroom, interior closet, etc. I have a deep closet that runs underneath the stairs, which means it has a nearly solid 2x6 roof."
Nice. You'll live! I took quick stock of my house while it was being built, and the "safe room" is the hallway closet, right in the center of the house. I was pleased, until the HVAC crew came in and suspended the a/c blower directly above that room. Thanks, losers.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 12:28 PM (kZVsz)
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I go to a bathroom on the first floor, which is just a few feet from where I am now.
Arlington has been declared a "state of disaster" (I said emergency earlier).
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:29 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:29 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: phoenixgirl at April 03, 2012 12:30 PM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 04:20 PM
It's a twister! It's a twister!
Posted by: Johnny from Airplane! at April 03, 2012 12:30 PM (Y+DPZ)
It's good to have a bath tub....most houses have them around here. A bath tub is a good place to survive, with a mattress or some quilts on top of you.
Personally, I like to keep an eye on the weather....and if one is headed for my house...I grab the pets and get in my truck and go in the opposite direction until it has passed.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:31 PM (+5U+B)
Yeh, I live in a swamp. Excuse me, "bayou". No basements. We get into the laundry room, which is completely internal and can get under the built-in desk there or in the broom closet.
Strangely enough, soccer for tonight is canceled as that storm heads this way.
Posted by: Mama AJ in NW Louisiana at April 03, 2012 12:31 PM (XdlcF)
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I just read emergency procedures on the weather channel website and they include:
You can cushion yourself with a mattress, but don't cover yourself with one. Cover your head and eyes with a blanket or jacket to protect against flying debris and broken glass. Don't waste time moving mattresses around.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:31 PM (orrLR)
Who has time to drag a mattress into the bathroom? Are we just supposed to keep an extra in the hallway six months out of the year?
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 03, 2012 12:32 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:32 PM (bV8xV)
Master bathroom tub is under a skylight and on an external wall.
So probably not a good option.
Other tub is on an external wall, though close enough to the neighbor's house that it's pretty shielded.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 12:34 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Tami at April 03, 2012 04:21 PM (X6akg)
Tami, I think he moved from LA to TX to be near his family. I could be wrong *husband nods head vigorously*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:34 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:35 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:36 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: Darth Randall at April 03, 2012 12:36 PM (O/onO)
Posted by: texette at April 03, 2012 12:36 PM (zt3lR)
F-4 or F-5, all you'd see is piles of kindling
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (Y+DPZ)
If I lived there now, I would just weld a strong but basic metal table, slap some varnished wood on the outside so it looks normal. Now, you always got a very safe place to hide sitting right there.
Also could tip it on its side in case of firefight. ( I have always wanted to put a metal sheet in the back of a sofa for just that reason)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (bV8xV)
Posted by: PJ at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (DQHjw)
Now....the really scary shit....is night time tornadoes. .....But those don't happen as often as daytime tornadoes.
We sleep in sweat pants and t-shirts, when the forecast has some front lines headed in our direction overnight. ....That way we've got clothes on if we have to jump and run.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (+5U+B)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:37 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (JIDLg)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (Z9EHQ)
Heather, we empty out the broom closet and move stuff out of the laundry room every time there's a tornado warning.
There's usually some warning.
If you're paying attention. If however, you've just moved, don't have the weather radio set up and aren't watching local tv, you might not have time to do anything besides say "wow, the wind is blowing branches down" before the tornado has gone through your neighborhood.
Hypothetically.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (XdlcF)
yourself with one. Cover your head and eyes with a blanket or jacket to
protect against flying debris and broken glass. Don't waste time moving
mattresses around.
-------
Having sheltered in a basement four times in my lifetime..... I'll take my chances in the basement.
True story..... when I was 10 or so.... we took shelter in the basement during a tornado. House was not too badly damaged, but we lost alot of trees. In Iowa, everything taller than 5' has a lightning rod on it. Lightning rods on houses are generally grounded to the water line.
Guess who, while huddled in the basement with his mother and little brothers, was actually holding onto the water main line when lightning struck a rod. ME. Knocked my ass out. Scared my Mom to death. That strike actually melted the lid shut on the washing machine.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (C8hzL)
Hope he's okay, but he'll probably cry anyway.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:38 PM (UOM48)
preston hollowPosted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:39 PM (Z9EHQ)
Posted by: dagny at April 03, 2012 12:39 PM (CMM9V)
Posted by: the Butcher at April 03, 2012 12:40 PM (8g9qq)
120 Wonder where W's house is in Dallas?
It looked like it's in central Dallas area....when Fox showed where it was on the map. It wasn't in an area that got hit though. I don't think.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:40 PM (+5U+B)
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He lives just a few miles south of me, off the same main street. I haven't heard of any tornadoes touching down around there.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:42 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 12:42 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:42 PM (RfvTE)
Somewhere in my parent's things is a newspaper picture of the funnel cloud going right over the base.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:42 PM (UOM48)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:43 PM (Z9EHQ)
Guess who, while huddled in the basement with his mother and little brothers, was actually holding onto the water main line when lightning struck a rod. ME. Knocked my ass out. Scared my Mom to death. That strike actually melted the lid shut on the washing machine.
---
But what superpowers did you wind up with?
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2012 12:43 PM (SO2Q8)
I'm pretty sure he's in Highland Park. --- For the moment...
Posted by: Texas Twister at April 03, 2012 12:44 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: the Butcher at April 03, 2012 04:40 PM (8g9qq)
""Sporty"......that's what our son called one of his last convoys.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at April 03, 2012 12:44 PM (UOM48)
127 That's a bummer about no basements, especially in those hot Texas summers.
What you save on 'not' excavating a basement, can go towards buying a bigass air conditioner unit.....which you will need anyway, because when it stays above 90° for months on end....even a basement would be hot.
Posted by: wheatie at April 03, 2012 12:45 PM (+5U+B)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak
One across Indiana was a half-mile wide, 260 miles long.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™ at April 03, 2012 12:45 PM (ZKzrr)
>>That strike actually melted the lid shut on the washing machine
The wonderful perspective of kids: my daughter says "I hope there were no clothes in there."
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 12:45 PM (XdlcF)
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:45 PM (orrLR)
LOL... tell here there actually was a load in the machine.
Posted by: fixerupper at April 03, 2012 12:47 PM (C8hzL)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 03, 2012 12:47 PM (21lBC)
I'm pretty sure he's in Highland Park. Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 04:39 PM
How come the tornadoes destroyed every other house in the Dallas Metroplex but Bush's house was untouched?
We're just asking questions !!!!!
Posted by: The Troofers at April 03, 2012 12:48 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:48 PM (bV8xV)
139 Barky is now manipulating the weather over the red states.
---
His arm has grown long indeed, if he can draw
snow down from the North to trouble us here
three hundred leagues away.
Posted by: Gimli at April 03, 2012 12:48 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 12:49 PM (RfvTE)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2012 12:50 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at April 03, 2012 12:51 PM (WDRA0)
Posted by: Lauren at April 03, 2012 12:55 PM (bV8xV)
Hitting a high school could be potentially disastrous right now. Kids and parents all over the place, picking up, after-school functions. Yuck.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 12:55 PM (sPO/s)
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Mine must have been under-reactors. I grew up in Dallas and never once did we take cover. There are tornado watches (at a minimum) every year. I don't really get too worried about them, unless a tornado has actually been sighted or touched down near my house.
Years ago I remember when a good friend told me her family had taken cover, huddling in bathtubs with mattresses, that I thought she was way over-reacting. Today I'm more annoyed than scared, though of course I hope nobody is hurt.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 12:55 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:56 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at April 03, 2012 12:57 PM (21lBC)
!TORNADOES CAN'T BEND STEEL! GOOGLE IT!
Posted by: ROSIE O'DONNEL at April 03, 2012 12:57 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: DangerGirl at April 03, 2012 12:58 PM (rCWlt)
Posted by: yankeefifth at April 03, 2012 12:58 PM (Z9EHQ)
If it wasn't Texas, they would need an army of "grief counselors" for the delicate psychs of the kiddies
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 12:58 PM (Y+DPZ)
Posted by: dagny at April 03, 2012 12:59 PM (CMM9V)
Vashta - you sound like one of my kids. He can sleep through thunderstorms with thunderclaps that will rattle the windows for 30-45 seconds.
On the other hand, woe to the entire household if my damn neighbors' dog goes outside to bark at something at 2:00am.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 01:00 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 01:01 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: AngelEm at April 03, 2012 01:01 PM (lLN97)
"If it wasn't Texas, they would need an army of "grief counselors" for the delicate psychs of the kiddies."
Yup. We'll need the grief counselors, but only because they'll all be bummed that school isn't cancelled tomorrow because of it.
Posted by: reason at April 03, 2012 01:02 PM (sPO/s)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at April 03, 2012 01:03 PM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: kbdabear at April 03, 2012 01:03 PM (Y+DPZ)
I've learned that the when the local tv claims there are multiple tornadoes in the area, they haven't necessarily touched down. They see swirly clouds on the radar and freak.
Posted by: Mama AJ at April 03, 2012 01:04 PM (XdlcF)
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I'm the oldest of three sisters, and had my own bedroom while the other two shared one when we were kids. One night, there was a huge, loud thunderstorm, loud thunder and lighting included. Me and the middle sister were both awaken, and both rushed to the bed of our youngest sister who was about 6 or 7 at the time, thinking she would be scared. She slept through the whole thing.
Very sadly and unexpectedly, that youngest sister died 6 months ago yesterday.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 01:05 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: Shiggz RocketSurgeon at April 03, 2012 01:11 PM (RfvTE)
The power of conservative reasoning. ---- I will now pray for Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor to be struck by lightning.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at April 03, 2012 01:11 PM (SO2Q8)
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Very calm in my area now. Local channel showed video online of people cleaning up and even trying to do some roof repair in Arlington. Arlington and Lancaster got the worst of it. So far no casualties reported. They just reported a tornado on the ground in Royce City, near Rockwall.
This storm is mostly remarkable for the sheer number of tornadoes and how widespread they are all over the DFW metroplex and surrounding areas. Many of them probably did fairly minor damage, although storms like these can bring a lot of tree and roof damage, even without a tornado hitting. And as someone said above, the media does go into freak-out mode.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 01:18 PM (orrLR)
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Thanks. Usually I don't mention it, but it seemed strange to tell that story about her without mentioning it.
Posted by: Mayday at April 03, 2012 01:20 PM (orrLR)
Posted by: kqb29 at April 03, 2012 01:23 PM (hW7/O)
Depends where the object is coming from. If it were substantially off-plane it could be nearly on top of us and go unnoticed. Some astrophysics types think an extra-solar object is most likely because most of the intra-solar garbage likely to cross our orbit already impacted something a long, long time ago. Mostly Jupiter, the big neighborhood trash collector.
Posted by: epobirs at April 03, 2012 03:35 PM (kcfmt)
Posted by: Bang Out Of Order at April 03, 2012 06:15 PM (1H47k)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at April 03, 2012 07:51 PM (Mrdk1)
Few modern homes could survive anything like this. maybe an old brick house with seriously stout roof trussing (old growth timbers are tough as hell) bolted to vertical retrofit strapping.
I'll suffer through minor trembler's every once in a while and even a massive earthquake once every few decades, than you very much.
Posted by: 13times at April 03, 2012 11:25 PM (h6XiD)
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