Tornados
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More again tonight. Pretty close to me. Think one touched down northwest of Topeka. Woof.
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Many sirens in LFK
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Update: we good
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@BShark https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/1785458301062336619?s=12
Ya we got really lucky. Massive tornado in North Topeka, right around Hwy 24 ran straight East Northern edge of Topeka, intersection of K-9 and 24 hwy - Thank God live on the Southern end of Topeka
We had two rounds of very high winds - - the National weather service at the Airport recorded 86 MPH winds- -then followed that up with 80 MPH winds.
Thing is they are calling for even a higher risk tomorrow afternoon & Evening
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@BShark https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/1785458301062336619?s=12
Yes this was very close me to. Got pretty hairy for a moment. Wind was insane and had a moment where I thought hail/wind might break my windows.
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Experienced this in Vermont a few weeks back (not tornado) but winds up to 70mph ripped my trampoline that was anchored into the ground and landed on top of my above ground pool, destroyed the trampoline, damage to the pool. Broken basketball hoop (shattered the backboard), broke 3 outside lights and several other things. I legitimately felt like the house was going to cave in and not a fun situation to be in. Can’t imagine with a Tornado near
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I mean what’s a spring without 80-100 mph wind? Happens a couple times a year in western Kansas. Removes the weak structures and dead branches from trees. Ugg - know someone who’s houses (x2) got completley leveled by tornados on back to back nights. First one was in Greenburg, the second was their farm house south of town. Always thought that put it in perspective.
The coolest thing I can remember associated with a tornado was over our farm there was volleyball size hail. It went thru roofs of vehicles and trailer houses. Dad’s pickup had a hail stone hit the windshield so hard it pushed a phone book into the dash. The fields around there looked like the surface of the moon with up to 10” craters from the hail - when running a tractor across it with sweeps the compaction from the hail was enough to make the implement sway back and forth.
That said I would love some rain even if it comes with tornados and hail. This drought is getting bleak. And I need a new roof.
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@dylans You wouldn’t get a new roof with a tornado. It would be a whole house. If you survived. Just ask for rain and a little hail. Insurance will buy you a new roof.
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@nuleafjhawk I always enjoyed watching people freak out in Lawrence over 40mph wind, in all honesty it’s funny as hell as that’s a nearly weekly occurrence here during the spring.
Seen many a tornado. The odds of one actually hitting your house is so infinitely small it’s not really a concern -plus I have a basement and good insurance. If there is a tornado in all likelihood all I will experience is hail, wind, and rain.
Usually in a nasty storm it’s better to go outside and see what’s coming than hunker down all scared in the basement. But I live in an area with zero hills and very few trees that weren’t planted. If you can see them they really aren’t that scary, just be prepared.
During the most recent local tornado I was out in a few wheat fields working. I lost the pictures or I’d post there here, was an impressive cone.
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@dylans drove around a bit, lots of big limbs down. A couple decent size trees snapped. Some roof damage here and there (not for me, I got a new roof like 7 years ago).
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@BShark Glad you escaped major damage!
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Lots of tornadic weather the last week. Remarkable there haven’t been too many deaths.
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I made light earlier as there is nothing you can do to about the path of a storm, but Westmoreland was hit very hard last night. Tough deal.
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Had a tornado here in Houston this morning. Despite not being in tornado alley, Houston (Harris County specifically) has had the second most tornadoes of any county in the US on record behind somewhere in Colorado. Ours just tend to be very F-0 or F-1 tornadoes.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 wasn’t in Pearland?
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@Texas-Hawk-10 wasn’t in Pearland?
The one I know about was in the suburb of Spring on the northside not too far from the school I work at.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 my bro and his family live there. Did you guys go to shelter?
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always enjoyed watching people freak out in Lawrence over 40mph wind
Uh, we have 40 mph winds here all the time. No freakouts. A few inconvenienced picnics, that’s it… like the time my pringles blew off my plate and stuck on my wifes face. Good times!
KC and Topeka TV weather folks get pretty over the top with the tornado coverage though, good grief.
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Lol!
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always enjoyed watching people freak out in Lawrence over 40mph wind
Uh, we have 40 mph winds here all the time. No freakouts. A few inconvenienced picnics, that’s it… like the time my pringles blew off my plate and stuck on my wifes face. Good times!
KC and Topeka TV weather folks get pretty over the top with the tornado coverage though, good grief.
I’ll just say that as a survivor of 3 F-5 Tornados, - -Tornado’s are no joke. The Weather broadcasters have to be serious with these things , trying to give location of where they are.
I was here in the Jun 8th Tornado in Topeka, bout took Washburn University off the map- -was on the ground forever. started in the Southwest part and made complete angle across Topeka. - -Lives were lost many , many lives. - -Anything that can drive a single piece of straw through a 2x4 is no joke.-- -strip bark of a tree , um no thanks. You have these chasers, chasing after them.-- I’m telling you if you have been through the Big one’s if a tornado is going Northeast - - - -I’m going southwest.
I was in the Andoves two Tornados-- complete diaster – sorry this is one thing I don’t laugh about
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@jayballer67 https://mythresults.com/episode61
I think it may have more to do with the twisting of the tree/board opening voids that the straw gets stuck in.
Out of town storm chasers piss me off. They park in the middle of the gd road, blocking traffic during limited visibility. Dumbasses. Get off on the destruction and leave without a care for the people affected.
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dam , more tornado’s , tornado’s , tornado’s
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Had 1 or 2 visit on Wednesday night. EF-1’s. 6 in total in my area all within a 30 minute timeframe. Lots of tree damage. Mature old trees. One clipped a side of the house, but fortunately minimal damage. Just doing cleanup now.
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If you look at this map the diagonal line is nearly 40 miles long. Its a tornado path from 2007. Mile wide in some places. 10 million trees mowed down. No fatalities as it was sparsely populated area. Lived near this area in the little crossroads at the top of the map called Lily. https://www.google.com/maps/place/White+Lake,+WI+54491/@45.1438391,-88.6797904,41356m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x4d53586c84f8c071:0x553af5e08c6964aa!8m2!3d45.1571931!4d-88.7645511!16zL20vMDExNHpk?entry=ttu
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Wow. the path is visible from space.
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Houston area took a direct hit from a tornado tonight. Also had to deal with massive straight line winds up to 100 mph that’s caused massive damage all over town reminiscent of Hurricane Ike here in 2008. Right now, over 800,000 without power and that number will likely go over a million people tonight as the storm is still making its way through the southeast side of Houston.
Fortunately, I don’t think I lost power at home as I was at dinner with friends when the storm rolled through.
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One of the buildings in downtown Houston that sustained some major damage is ironically the Centerpoint Energy building. Centerpoint is the major utilities provider for the Houston area.
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Wow, kind of sounds like a derecho.
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Currently under a tropical storm warning as Beryl prepares to make landfall south of Houston tomorrow morning. Already had a couple of the outer bands move through. Houston will be on the dirty side of the storm as we prepare for up to 15 inches of rain, possibly more in some areas. Also expecting wond gusts upwards of 90 mph and sustained winds around 40 mph where I’m at and higher the closer to the coast you get.
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Hope all remains well.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Tornados:
Currently under a tropical storm warning as Beryl prepares to make landfall south of Houston tomorrow morning. Already had a couple of the outer bands move through. Houston will be on the dirty side of the storm as we prepare for up to 15 inches of rain, possibly more in some areas. Also expecting wond gusts upwards of 90 mph and sustained winds around 40 mph where I’m at and higher the closer to the coast you get.
you just stay safe and take care of yourself and family - -hoping for the best
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Beryl made landfall overnight and is currently sitting over the west side of Houston. I lost power about 7am amd have mostly been sitting on my patio this morning watching the storm. Saw a tree come down near my car, thankfully not on it, and a few sections of fence blown over on some house backed up to my apartments.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 my bro is in Pearland, lost 2 sections of fence, plugged frig and freezer into neighbors generator. He’s not in a flood zone. Is the worst over? I hope a tree doesn’t fall on you!
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@Crimsonorblue22 I’m good for now. The rain is mostly done, but the eye is a few miles west of me so still getting tropical storm force wind and probably 50-60 mph gusts. There was a huge pine tree that came down about an hour ago or so that’s blocking the parking lot to the back half of my complex. I still have probably another hour or two of dealing woth the wind before it starts to die down. There’s currently about 2.1 million people without power in the Houston area right now.
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This is a cool tool: http://hint.fm/wind/
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@Texas-Hawk-10 their power is on!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@Texas-Hawk-10 their power is on!
I still don’t and have no idea how long it’ll be. Centerpoint, who manages all the stuff here said they expect to have power restored to a million people by tomorrow, but that’s still less than half of the people they service.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 ugh, what’s the temp up to there? My bro is definitely investing in a generator. Hang in there.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@Texas-Hawk-10 ugh, what’s the temp up to there? My bro is definitely investing in a generator. Hang in there.
Heat index was about 105° today. Spent most of today driving around to charge my phone and at a local bar that has AC.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 still no power? I hear Abbott is in Asia. People will die from the heat. Hopefully the old people will get to shelters. You do have water? 🪭🪭🪭🪭🪭
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@Crimsonorblue22 Still no power, and no clue how hot it is in my apartment becausr my thermostatis off too, but it’s upper 80’s at least inside my apartment. I’m going to have to throw out pretty all the food in my fridge and freezer which sucks.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 sucks! Sorry. I know if you don’t open freezer it last a few days. I hope you don’t have a big freezer full of meat. Ice chest and ice? I’d throw out the fridge stuff before it stinks up the place. Lots of cold showers!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Tornados:
@Texas-Hawk-10 sucks! Sorry. I know if you don’t open freezer it last a few days. I hope you don’t have a big freezer full of meat. Ice chest and ice? I’d throw out the fridge stuff before it stinks up the place. Lots of cold showers!
Not a lot of meat, but it’s already gone bad and will be getting tossed next time I’m home. My mom got power back overnight so I’m hanging out there and will check on my place throughout the day.
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I finally got power back late morning today, but no internet and no estimate on when it’ll be back. Definitely going be looking for a different internet provider after this.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 thinking positively things could be much worse. But yes with probably cry with cost of groceries right now in this country absolutely ludicrous.
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@kjayhawks Yes, pretty much everything in this country is ridiculous right now. I’m embarrassed for and saddened by this country. I have never talked politics much, but we need help. I almost hope that no one here expresses their political beliefs, because I’m afraid there would be a lot of people that I wouldn’t like anymore. But if you’re so inclined, pray for the USA.
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@nuleafjhawk pretty much my sentiments.
The article NYT ran today about Elon Musks goal to have 1 million people on Mars in 20 years was an interesting distraction, minus the “Elon has happily donated his sperm to populate the colony” part.
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I think in terms of describing the symptoms of the problem we can stay more or less on the same page with a little effort. Its when people talk about root causes and solutions, particularly when root causes are embellished, simplified or outright fabricated to facilitate solutions, that we venture into wonkytown.
