On Apr 27, 5:42=A0pm, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
> In article
>
> It's global warming! Or global cooling! Or natural variations in
> weather patterns! EVERYBODY PANIC! RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE!
> OMFGWTFLMAO!
I don't buy into all of that crap.
But this is downright frightening.....and fascinating.
RonB
In article
<[email protected]>,
RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
It's global warming! Or global cooling! Or natural variations in
weather patterns! EVERYBODY PANIC! RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE!
OMFGWTFLMAO!
In article
<cce7711f-71c1-48cf-8e2e-c2d725b9359c@n10g2000yqf.googlegroups.com>,
RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 27, 5:42 pm, Dave Balderstone
> <dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > It's global warming! Or global cooling! Or natural variations in
> > weather patterns! EVERYBODY PANIC! RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE!
> > OMFGWTFLMAO!
>
> I don't buy into all of that crap. It's just frightening...and
> fascinating!
Agreed. I'll keep my -40 for a week a year. No earthquakes, tsunami's,
tropical diseases, hurricanes, etc. Just good old natural floods,
thunderstorms and "you'll freeze your willy if you to write your name
in the snow at THESE temperatures!", thank you very much...
Yup, With all this global warming... ooops I mean global climate shift we
are going to all be under 100 feet of water when the north pole melts...
ooops I guess ice takes up more space than when melted... ooops I meant 20
feet of water... ooops I mean 3 feet of water now.... ooops I guess the
global climate has cooled since 1987... ooops I mean CO2 increases after the
warmer weather not because of... ooops I mean...
OK... It is a wet spring here. Worst March -April I have ever seen, here.
Some have the opposite. The Easter Bunny was hard to catch being all wet.
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I don't buy into all of that crap. It's just frightening...and
fascinating!
RonB
dpb wrote the following:
> On 4/28/2011 8:30 AM, willshak wrote:
>> RonB wrote the following:
>>> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>>
>> As of this time (9:30 AM EDT), the death toll is up to 202.
>
> Haven't heard from buddy in NE AL; presume they're at least still w/o
> power...
>
> How did get so many--didn't folks heed warnings or was there some one
> large facility that got hit? Haven't found/heard any details at all
> out here...
Looking at some of the video of the funnel, it looked to be at least 1/4
mile across at the ground.
I guess they expected one of those 100 foot across funnels that gets
your next door neighbor's house and not yours.
>
>
> Checked on the connections in E TN; heavy t-storms but no tornadoes or
> severe damage in Clinton/Oak Ridge/Knoxville area apparently...NWS
> county map looked like had died down considerably in that direction...
>
> --
>
>
>
--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:04:45 -0400, [email protected] wrote:
>On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:28:33 -0700 (PDT), RonB <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>
>The SciFi diasater movies don't have enough tornadoes in one day to
>match what's been happening today.
The sirens went off here about 8:15. Apparently a tornado hit about 15mi NW
of us and was headed East towards I-85. Lightning is still all around.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:13:14 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
>>> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
>>> *lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
>>> the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
>>> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>>
>>
>>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
>
> I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham. The sirens
> went off for a tornado (different one from the one that hit Tuscaloosa and
> Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville area (about 15mi away). There
> was a second tornado that didn't rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules"
> for these posted anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
>
> There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the Anniston AL
> (about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're expecting the death toll to
> climb again once that's all sorted out.
(Just now found a working network)
Me and mine are fine, the community I live in was hit pretty hard
with 2 deaths and lots of damage.
One of the deaths was a volunteer fireman that had went to the
station to wait for calls, unfortunately the firehouse was one
of the first things hit.
I am about 16 miles southeast of Tuscaloosa and it has been
devastated, everbody else probably knows more about the details
than I do as the only info I have gotten has come off talk radio
and anecdotal snippets from those that have been to T-town.
Authorities are restricting entrance into town to try and
control looting and sightseeing.
My son was on I-359 in Tuscaloosa when it hit and saw part the
tornado first hand, he was uninjured and his car was not damaged,
but it took him a couple of hours to get through the rubble
and back home.
At one point Druid City Hospitals, the operator of the medical
complex for Tuscaloosa and surrounding areas, said that if your
injuries were not severe/life threatning you would be turned away,
this may have eased off a bit by now.
We have no power, water, landline phone and just sporadic
cell service, all that is trivial compared to the damage and
suffering many are going through.
basilisk
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:28:52 -0700, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:34:23 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:13:14 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
>>>>> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
>>>>> *lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
>>>>> the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
>>>>> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
>>>
>>> I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham. The sirens
>>> went off for a tornado (different one from the one that hit Tuscaloosa and
>>> Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville area (about 15mi away). There
>>> was a second tornado that didn't rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules"
>>> for these posted anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
>>>
>>> There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the Anniston AL
>>> (about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're expecting the death toll to
>>> climb again once that's all sorted out.
>>
>>(Just now found a working network)
>>
>>Me and mine are fine, the community I live in was hit pretty hard
>>with 2 deaths and lots of damage.
>
>Glad you're alright, Bas. The previous neighbor's daughter drives
>truck with her boyfriend and they were on the border of TN and VA when
>the warnings came. They parked in the back of the truck stop lot with
>another truck, next to a brick building and decided that it might be
>safer in the cab than the building. They were right. The entire front
>row of trucks in the truck stop were picked up and tossed like toys.
>Her cab was lifted but dropped back down, and all the windows were
>blown out by debris. All 8 people in the building they decided against
>going into were dead. It took the third truck and flipped it upside
>down, but the driver survived. Her boyfriend's truck was sandblasted
>like hers by debris.
Oh my.
One of my wife's cow-orkers has family in Tuscaloosa. They had to literally
dig out from under their house, and found their neighbor's bodies in the front
yard.
>>We have no power, water, landline phone and just sporadic
>>cell service, all that is trivial compared to the damage and
>>suffering many are going through.
>
>I hope you had your BOB (bug-out bag) filled with the necessities so
>you have food, water, flashlights, tent, a set of dry clothes, etc.
>
>It's lucky that it's warmer now. Storms doing that much damage to
>property in the middle of winter would have been even worse.
A tornado in Winter? Of course it's warm, though after Wednesday night (when
that front came through) it has been getting quite chilly at night (40s).
>Sending good wishes to all.
[email protected] wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:28:52 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:34:23 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:13:14 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny
>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well
>>>>>> into GA) was up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly
>>>>>> for 150 miles. That's a *lot* of devastation. Also remember
>>>>>> that basements are rare in this part of the country. Houses were
>>>>>> completely flattened; not much room for escape. I wouldn't be
>>>>>> surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
>>>>
>>>> I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham.
>>>> The sirens went off for a tornado (different one from the one that
>>>> hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville
>>>> area (about 15mi away). There was a second tornado that didn't
>>>> rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules" for these posted
>>>> anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
>>>>
>>>> There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the
>>>> Anniston AL (about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're
>>>> expecting the death toll to climb again once that's all sorted out.
>>>
>>>(Just now found a working network)
>>>
>>>Me and mine are fine, the community I live in was hit pretty hard
>>>with 2 deaths and lots of damage.
>>
>> Glad you're alright, Bas. The previous neighbor's daughter drives
>> truck with her boyfriend and they were on the border of TN and VA
>> when the warnings came. They parked in the back of the truck stop lot
>> with another truck, next to a brick building and decided that it
>> might be safer in the cab than the building. They were right. The
>> entire front row of trucks in the truck stop were picked up and
>> tossed like toys. Her cab was lifted but dropped back down, and all
>> the windows were blown out by debris. All 8 people in the building
>> they decided against going into were dead. It took the third truck
>> and flipped it upside down, but the driver survived. Her boyfriend's
>> truck was sandblasted like hers by debris.
>>
>>
>>>We have no power, water, landline phone and just sporadic
>>>cell service, all that is trivial compared to the damage and
>>>suffering many are going through.
>>
>> I hope you had your BOB (bug-out bag) filled with the necessities so
>> you have food, water, flashlights, tent, a set of dry clothes, etc.
>>
>> It's lucky that it's warmer now. Storms doing that much damage to
>> property in the middle of winter would have been even worse.
>>
>> Sending good wishes to all.
>
> Got most of my utilities back today except for the phone.
> I almost feel guilty for having power, so many are without
> anything.
>
> Death toll in Tuscaloosa is around 40 the last I heard, one
> bit of information that isn't being widely reported
> (I don;t think it is anyway) is that there are 400 missing,
> one can hope they are merely displaced.
>
> I posted a pic over at ABPW of an encouraging act I saw today.
>
> basilisk
Thanks for the picture. Lew said it most eloquently - the serenity of
the foreground grass belies the tree destruction in the background.
Let's hope the missing found refuge with friends or relatives and that as
power and communication is fully restored they will all "surface" ...
--
Best regards
Han
email address is invalid
On Apr 27, 5:42=A0pm, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>
> It's global warming! Or global cooling! Or natural variations in
> weather patterns! EVERYBODY PANIC! RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE!
> OMFGWTFLMAO!
I don't buy into all of that crap. It's just frightening...and
fascinating!
RonB
On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:34:23 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:13:14 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
>>>> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. Â That's a
>>>> *lot* of devastation. Â Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
>>>> the country. Â Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. Â I
>>>> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>>>
>>>
>>>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
>>
>> I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham. The sirens
>> went off for a tornado (different one from the one that hit Tuscaloosa and
>> Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville area (about 15mi away). There
>> was a second tornado that didn't rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules"
>> for these posted anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
>>
>> There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the Anniston AL
>> (about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're expecting the death toll to
>> climb again once that's all sorted out.
>
>(Just now found a working network)
>
>Me and mine are fine, the community I live in was hit pretty hard
>with 2 deaths and lots of damage.
Glad you're alright, Bas. The previous neighbor's daughter drives
truck with her boyfriend and they were on the border of TN and VA when
the warnings came. They parked in the back of the truck stop lot with
another truck, next to a brick building and decided that it might be
safer in the cab than the building. They were right. The entire front
row of trucks in the truck stop were picked up and tossed like toys.
Her cab was lifted but dropped back down, and all the windows were
blown out by debris. All 8 people in the building they decided against
going into were dead. It took the third truck and flipped it upside
down, but the driver survived. Her boyfriend's truck was sandblasted
like hers by debris.
>We have no power, water, landline phone and just sporadic
>cell service, all that is trivial compared to the damage and
>suffering many are going through.
I hope you had your BOB (bug-out bag) filled with the necessities so
you have food, water, flashlights, tent, a set of dry clothes, etc.
It's lucky that it's warmer now. Storms doing that much damage to
property in the middle of winter would have been even worse.
Sending good wishes to all.
--
Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come
alive... then go do it. Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive. -- Howard Thurman
Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sending good wishes to all.
Ditto ...
On an utterly disgusting note, could not believe that smug, pompous,
condescending, self delusional ASShat Brian Williams on NBC last night,
taking every chance he could to slant, politicize and agendize the tragedy
in his " on the spot" spewing of vocal diarrhea that passes for reporting
these days.
What a fucking dickhead ... (Sorry, live with it ... no other way to
describe that despicable behavior).
--
www.ewoodshop.com
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:57:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/30/2011 9:54 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>> The easiest way I know of to end that disgust is to
>> A) Write a letter to the news boss at NBC condemning it (and their
>> slant),
>> and
>> B) Switch news channels,
>> or
>> C) Turn off the idiot box and go read something entertaining.
>>
>> Or A and C.
>>
>> Since I tuned out 4ish years ago, when I hear things here or from
>> friends, I can get confirmation/elucidation/depth by going online and
>> checking multiple sources. No talking asshats, no commercials, and an
>> instant change of venue if I read too much bias either way.
>>
>> Tryyyyy it. You'll liiiike it.
>
>Yabbut, you're the only one in your house with access to the remote,
>Bubba! ;>)
Yeah. Grand, ain't it? <polishes fingernails on his chest>
--
We're all here because we're not all there.
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:56:47 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>Larry Jaques <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sending good wishes to all.
>
>Ditto ...
>
>On an utterly disgusting note, could not believe that smug, pompous,
>condescending, self delusional ASShat Brian Williams on NBC last night,
>taking every chance he could to slant, politicize and agendize the tragedy
>in his " on the spot" spewing of vocal diarrhea that passes for reporting
>these days.
>
>What a fucking dickhead ... (Sorry, live with it ... no other way to
>describe that despicable behavior).
The easiest way I know of to end that disgust is to
A) Write a letter to the news boss at NBC condemning it (and their
slant),
and
B) Switch news channels,
or
C) Turn off the idiot box and go read something entertaining.
Or A and C.
Since I tuned out 4ish years ago, when I hear things here or from
friends, I can get confirmation/elucidation/depth by going online and
checking multiple sources. No talking asshats, no commercials, and an
instant change of venue if I read too much bias either way.
Tryyyyy it. You'll liiiike it.
--
We're all here because we're not all there.
On Sun, 1 May 2011 05:58:55 -0500, "Leon" <lcb11211@swbelldotnet>
wrote:
>"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>
>On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:57:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>>Yabbut, you're the only one in your house with access to the remote,
>>Bubba! ;>)
>
>Yeah. Grand, ain't it? <polishes fingernails on his chest>
>
>
>You polish your fingernails? ;-0
Of courth I do, thweetie. <wink> Just like Bugs Bunny. I breathe on
them and then fold my fingers and buff the nails on my shirt fabric.
(Bugs uses fur, BTW.)
--
We're all here because we're not all there.
On 4/30/2011 9:54 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:56:47 -0500, Swingman<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Larry Jaques<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sending good wishes to all.
>>
>> Ditto ...
>>
>> On an utterly disgusting note, could not believe that smug, pompous,
>> condescending, self delusional ASShat Brian Williams on NBC last night,
>> taking every chance he could to slant, politicize and agendize the tragedy
>> in his " on the spot" spewing of vocal diarrhea that passes for reporting
>> these days.
>>
>> What a fucking dickhead ... (Sorry, live with it ... no other way to
>> describe that despicable behavior).
>
> The easiest way I know of to end that disgust is to
> A) Write a letter to the news boss at NBC condemning it (and their
> slant),
> and
> B) Switch news channels,
> or
> C) Turn off the idiot box and go read something entertaining.
>
> Or A and C.
>
> Since I tuned out 4ish years ago, when I hear things here or from
> friends, I can get confirmation/elucidation/depth by going online and
> checking multiple sources. No talking asshats, no commercials, and an
> instant change of venue if I read too much bias either way.
>
> Tryyyyy it. You'll liiiike it.
Yabbut, you're the only one in your house with access to the remote,
Bubba! ;>)
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Larry Jaques" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:57:21 -0500, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/30/2011 9:54 AM, Larry Jaques wrote:
>> The easiest way I know of to end that disgust is to
>> A) Write a letter to the news boss at NBC condemning it (and their
>> slant),
>> and
>> B) Switch news channels,
>> or
>> C) Turn off the idiot box and go read something entertaining.
>>
>> Or A and C.
>>
>> Since I tuned out 4ish years ago, when I hear things here or from
>> friends, I can get confirmation/elucidation/depth by going online and
>> checking multiple sources. No talking asshats, no commercials, and an
>> instant change of venue if I read too much bias either way.
>>
>> Tryyyyy it. You'll liiiike it.
>
>Yabbut, you're the only one in your house with access to the remote,
>Bubba! ;>)
Yeah. Grand, ain't it? <polishes fingernails on his chest>
You polish your fingernails? ;-0
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:28:52 -0700, Larry Jaques wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:34:23 -0500, basilisk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:13:14 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
>>>>> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
>>>>> *lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
>>>>> the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
>>>>> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
>>>
>>> I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham. The sirens
>>> went off for a tornado (different one from the one that hit Tuscaloosa and
>>> Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville area (about 15mi away). There
>>> was a second tornado that didn't rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules"
>>> for these posted anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
>>>
>>> There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the Anniston AL
>>> (about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're expecting the death toll to
>>> climb again once that's all sorted out.
>>
>>(Just now found a working network)
>>
>>Me and mine are fine, the community I live in was hit pretty hard
>>with 2 deaths and lots of damage.
>
> Glad you're alright, Bas. The previous neighbor's daughter drives
> truck with her boyfriend and they were on the border of TN and VA when
> the warnings came. They parked in the back of the truck stop lot with
> another truck, next to a brick building and decided that it might be
> safer in the cab than the building. They were right. The entire front
> row of trucks in the truck stop were picked up and tossed like toys.
> Her cab was lifted but dropped back down, and all the windows were
> blown out by debris. All 8 people in the building they decided against
> going into were dead. It took the third truck and flipped it upside
> down, but the driver survived. Her boyfriend's truck was sandblasted
> like hers by debris.
>
>
>>We have no power, water, landline phone and just sporadic
>>cell service, all that is trivial compared to the damage and
>>suffering many are going through.
>
> I hope you had your BOB (bug-out bag) filled with the necessities so
> you have food, water, flashlights, tent, a set of dry clothes, etc.
>
> It's lucky that it's warmer now. Storms doing that much damage to
> property in the middle of winter would have been even worse.
>
> Sending good wishes to all.
Got most of my utilities back today except for the phone.
I almost feel guilty for having power, so many are without
anything.
Death toll in Tuscaloosa is around 40 the last I heard, one
bit of information that isn't being widely reported
(I don;t think it is anyway) is that there are 400 missing,
one can hope they are merely displaced.
I posted a pic over at ABPW of an encouraging act I saw today.
basilisk
> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA)=
was
> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. =A0That=
's a
> *lot* of devastation. =A0Also remember that basements are rare in this pa=
rt of
> the country. =A0Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escap=
e. =A0I
> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
willshak wrote the following:
> RonB wrote the following:
>> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>>
>
> As of this time (9:30 AM EDT), the death toll is up to 202.
>
As of this time (6:30 PM EDT), the death toll is up to 281.
--
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In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
To email, remove the double zeroes after @
On 4/28/2011 8:30 AM, willshak wrote:
> RonB wrote the following:
>> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>
> As of this time (9:30 AM EDT), the death toll is up to 202.
Haven't heard from buddy in NE AL; presume they're at least still w/o
power...
How did get so many--didn't folks heed warnings or was there some one
large facility that got hit? Haven't found/heard any details at all out
here...
Checked on the connections in E TN; heavy t-storms but no tornadoes or
severe damage in Clinton/Oak Ridge/Knoxville area apparently...NWS
county map looked like had died down considerably in that direction...
--
On 4/28/2011 6:52 PM, [email protected] wrote:
...
> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
> *lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
> the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
...
Could be...that's size of the one that took out the town of Greensburg
out here 3 years ago -- they're nasty buggers, indeed. That one
rolled/carried a JD 9700 Bullet Rotor combine seven miles from the
dealership where it started. The static weight is roughly 30,000 lb
iirc. Rolled and tossed it like a ball; all it was was a green blob
when done...
--
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:42:55 -0600, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>In article
><[email protected]>,
>RonB <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>
>
>It's global warming! Or global cooling! Or natural variations in
>weather patterns! EVERYBODY PANIC! RAISE THE PRICE OF GASOLINE!
>OMFGWTFLMAO!
The originator of the Weather Channel (John Coleman) is PISSED at what
his old company has turned into. Luckily, they still have Joe
Bastardi. Unfortunately, they have that hokey "What If..." crap, too.
Luckily, the only thing I've seen of that channel in the past 4+ years
is the occasional Western forecast video. But I see the other crappy
video topics and just shake my head.
--
Ask not what the world needs. Ask what makes you come
alive... then go do it. Because what the world needs
is people who have come alive. -- Howard Thurman
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:45:17 -0700 (PDT), Sonny <[email protected]> wrote:
>> The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
>> up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
>> *lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
>> the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
>> wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>
>
>I think Basilisk might be in this area, too.
I hope he's alright! I live about 100mi Southeast of Birmingham. The sirens
went off for a tornado (different one from the one that hit Tuscaloosa and
Birmingham) in the Lake Martin and Dadeville area (about 15mi away). There
was a second tornado that didn't rate its own siren (I don't see the "rules"
for these posted anywhere) but did cause at least one fatality.
There are stories of multiple "body parts" being found in the Anniston AL
(about 60mi East of Birmingham) area. They're expecting the death toll to
climb again once that's all sorted out.
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:49:23 -0500, dpb <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 4/28/2011 8:30 AM, willshak wrote:
>> RonB wrote the following:
>>> Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
>>
>> As of this time (9:30 AM EDT), the death toll is up to 202.
>
>Haven't heard from buddy in NE AL; presume they're at least still w/o
>power...
>
>How did get so many--didn't folks heed warnings or was there some one
>large facility that got hit? Haven't found/heard any details at all out
>here...
The worst one, one that hit Tuscaloosa and Birmingham (also well into GA) was
up to a mile wide and was on the ground constantly for 150 miles. That's a
*lot* of devastation. Also remember that basements are rare in this part of
the country. Houses were completely flattened; not much room for escape. I
wouldn't be surprised if this went well above the 250 I saw last.
>Checked on the connections in E TN; heavy t-storms but no tornadoes or
>severe damage in Clinton/Oak Ridge/Knoxville area apparently...NWS
>county map looked like had died down considerably in that direction...
On Wed, 27 Apr 2011 15:28:33 -0700 (PDT), RonB <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Almost like watching a SciFi disaster movie.
The SciFi diasater movies don't have enough tornadoes in one day to
match what's been happening today.
John
On Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:56:05 -0700, Larry Jaques
<[email protected]> wrote:
>The originator of the Weather Channel (John Coleman)
I always liked the rumor( I am trying to revive It) John was breeding
meteorologists with all of the women folk of the Weather Channel.
Mark