Roll Call - Bad Storms
#1
Roll Call - Bad Storms
Dear God , I sure hope everyone is ok down south , there were countless Tornados......I never seen anything like it.....is the world coming to an end ?
#2
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#3
That was amazing and was expected soon somewhere. It has been a while since the last BIG tornado attack.
Hope everyone there is okay. Lets here from those who live there or nearby.
Here is a good news article - excellent tornado photography.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13217726
Too bad we cannot have good news sites like this here in the states....
Here in TX, I got several rounds of hail, up to nickle and quarter sized. Lots of rain and some 50mph wind. I have one tree that is about to fall, but it has been leaning for quite some time. It is in the open and is free to fall!
Hope everyone there is okay. Lets here from those who live there or nearby.
Here is a good news article - excellent tornado photography.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13217726
Too bad we cannot have good news sites like this here in the states....
Here in TX, I got several rounds of hail, up to nickle and quarter sized. Lots of rain and some 50mph wind. I have one tree that is about to fall, but it has been leaning for quite some time. It is in the open and is free to fall!
#4
Our neighbors across the street daughter goes to the U of Alabama at Tusculosa, where the major tornados hit. They found out last night she was hiding in a closet w/two guys to be safe; two boys have been found w/minor injuries; she hasn't been found. Parents beside themselves, flew to Alabama last evening, late. Checked all hospitals and morgue, and no Ashley. Our thoughts and prayers with them. She's a senior, about to graduate. You never know..................
#7
Craziest thing I've seen. 2 weeks ago parts of Raleigh were devasted (6 miles from my house) and we've been under a Tornado watch again since early this morning! Tornado activity like this in NC, SC, AL, TN, GA is unprecedented.
#8
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#10
We were under near constant tornado warning from around 5 last night on into daylight today. Several funnels spotted; no touchdowns here but one hit northern Halifax last night about 9, killing a 52 year old woman when it destroyed her house and threw her nearly an eighth-mile across the road.
There was baseball-sized hail 2 miles from my home. I saw that cloud passing around to the north around 8 PM and it seemed like a solid wall of lightning inside it.
All this following severe tornado damage in this area 2 weeks ago. It's terrible here. I cannot imagine the destruction in Alabama, and the death toll there is unbelievable.
We never used to see tornados here. They were something that happened in Kansas or Oklahoma- flat prairie spaces. Now you hate to see April and November coming because of them.
Hoping people in the affected areas pull thru, and sorrow and sympathy for the 200+ who died.
There was baseball-sized hail 2 miles from my home. I saw that cloud passing around to the north around 8 PM and it seemed like a solid wall of lightning inside it.
All this following severe tornado damage in this area 2 weeks ago. It's terrible here. I cannot imagine the destruction in Alabama, and the death toll there is unbelievable.
We never used to see tornados here. They were something that happened in Kansas or Oklahoma- flat prairie spaces. Now you hate to see April and November coming because of them.
Hoping people in the affected areas pull thru, and sorrow and sympathy for the 200+ who died.
#11
Please keep us posted on what you hear, Aron.
#12
Our neighbors across the street daughter goes to the U of Alabama at Tusculosa, where the major tornados hit. They found out last night she was hiding in a closet w/two guys to be safe; two boys have been found w/minor injuries; she hasn't been found. Parents beside themselves, flew to Alabama last evening, late. Checked all hospitals and morgue, and no Ashley. Our thoughts and prayers with them. She's a senior, about to graduate. You never know..................
#13
I think it WAS her:
Ashley Harrison, Ursuline graduate killed in Alabama tornado, was 'destined for greatness'
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/a...ine-gradu.html
Ashley Harrison, Ursuline graduate killed in Alabama tornado, was 'destined for greatness'
http://thescoopblog.dallasnews.com/a...ine-gradu.html
#14
Our neighbors across the street daughter goes to the U of Alabama at Tusculosa, where the major tornados hit. They found out last night she was hiding in a closet w/two guys to be safe; two boys have been found w/minor injuries; she hasn't been found. Parents beside themselves, flew to Alabama last evening, late. Checked all hospitals and morgue, and no Ashley. Our thoughts and prayers with them. She's a senior, about to graduate. You never know..................
#16
all of my family on my mom's side is over there..i'm probably going to be over there for the next year helping rebuild, i went to Waveland Mississippi after Katrina and it looks just as bad where the tornadoes hit, i hope every body here and their friends and family are safe.
#17
I wish I knew what to say to the parents of Ashley but having lost my wife a few years ago I know that no words can ease the pain. my two stepdaughters both attend schools too far from me and I worry about them every day even though you know that you cant protect them every minute. you still want too. I am an hour NE of Atlanta and it all went to the north of me. the street behind my friends house near Cartersville got torn up pretty bad and a buddy near Marysville, TN took pics of a tornado coming up the valley but he had to jump in the truck and run as it started his way. he survived one tornado years ago when it picked his car up with him and he wound up inside a building so he didnt let it get too close. no matter how smart or strong mankind thinks it is mother nature will always show how powerfull she really is. My heart goes out to all those who were in the path. the pictures really make me feel helpless.
steve
steve
#18
That is a tragic story about Ashley...hard to believe there are 300 more deaths for others to cope with as well. Like the poster above...I would be at a total loss at what to say to Ashley's parents. Aron was with me and my daughter Ashley just last Saturday...really made me stop and think.
#20
http://www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/...74_tornado.htm
and the death toll for these most recent storms makes them the second worst ever after an outbreak of storms in 1925.
http://www.freep.com/article/2011043...-outbreak-U-S-
#23
Here's a Choppers view of the damage in NE Georgia [Lake Burton]
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid96372588001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAFIvhljk~,Nz7UFI321 EYq3mGf_QPoNIzRjgYwrAwv&bclid=0&bctid=924428794001
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid96372588001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAFIvhljk~,Nz7UFI321 EYq3mGf_QPoNIzRjgYwrAwv&bclid=0&bctid=924428794001
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#26
Oh those poor parents! My heart goes out to them on their loss of their daughter. How sad. I was hoping she would be found ok.....
Jamesbo...... what destruction!!! You're very fortunate it missed your place. I've seen tornado damage up close, and it sure ain't pretty. How sad for everyone.
Jamesbo...... what destruction!!! You're very fortunate it missed your place. I've seen tornado damage up close, and it sure ain't pretty. How sad for everyone.
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