Big arse storm season.

[Loriem 639]

So, there have been lots of tornadoes since winter finally subsided, what do you think?

 

Yesterday, we had a big severe thunderstorm come from due west, and made me stay up late. 

 

Now today, we just had a thunderstorm hit, and watched a funnel cloud almost from a tornado nearby. It was very cool to look at, until it deformed and all that...

 

But I do have a cell three times bigger coming directly at us that has active tornado warnings. It is coming from the south-west... so, wish me luck!

 

*Put's on helmet and prepares utility flashlight.*

[Kaneki 1,073]

I know Indiana (where I live), I know they'll get hit with the OKC system. Indiana is right on the line with Tornado Alley and it's not tradition to not have at least 1 tornado in a summer.

[Betez 1,734]

I've heard all about it on the news. How 30 people are missing, and 7 have died. (This was only in one school.)

 

Nothing bad has happened to Indiana yet, but knowing it's unpredictable weather, I'm sure something will happen.

[Kaneki 1,073]

I've heard all about it on the news. How 30 people are missing, and 7 have died. (This was only in one school.)

 

Nothing bad has happened to Indiana yet, but knowing it's unpredictable weather, I'm sure something will happen.

 

I took this picture of WISH-TV CBS 8's radar at around 9:15 pm:

 

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So yeah, it's in Saint Louis right now so I would say around two to three hours from us.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

I'm lucky, I'm in a really low ground, sunken area where the worst we get is ripped up trees and a few cheaply bult sheds knocked down if something grazes past us. 

[Loriem 639]

WELL, I just watch other radar, I am about to get the whole damn length of a sever thunderstorm cell, which will last a while, and has tornado warnings.

 

And now it is dark, which means I can;t even videotape it if a twister comes! Not too mention it is scarier...

[Envy 6,162]

51 people have so far been confirmed dead in the worst tornado that hit in my state. Fortunately for me, I don't live in the OKC area. In fact, where I live nothing much happened. The remainder of the supercell that contained the tornado went right over my town, but it wasn't even severe anymore. And the storm that produced a tornado in the area yesterday evening (it was also fairly bad, leveling a trailer park and some nearby houses) also went slightly south of my town.

 

I hate to be the one to have to say it, but having lived here all of my life and having been through so many severe seasons and watching where these tornadoes always happen, I can not, for the life of me, understand why people even live in the OKC area. This isn't even the first time in recent years that Moore (the city that got hit hardest today) got hit by a bad tornado. Every single tornado season one or two tornadoes always hits the area. Even if they aren't large or don't go through highly-populated areas, the area around OKC is always a primary place where they happen.

 

It's terrible what happened. It's time for people to get smart. This place isn't even worth staying in even if there weren't tornadoes every year. Honestly. I do not understand the people around here. It's too much for me.

[Kaneki 1,073]

51 people have so far been confirmed dead in the worst tornado that hit in my state. Fortunately for me, I don't live in the OKC area. In fact, where I live nothing much happened. The remainder of the supercell that contained the tornado went right over my town, but it wasn't even severe anymore. And the storm that produced a tornado in the area yesterday evening (it was also fairly bad, leveling a trailer park and some nearby houses) also went slightly south of my town.

 

I hate to be the one to have to say it, but having lived here all of my life and having been through so many severe seasons and watching where these tornadoes always happen, I can not, for the life of me, understand why people even live in the OKC area. This isn't even the first time in recent years that Moore (the city that got hit hardest today) got hit by a bad tornado. Every single tornado season one or two tornadoes always hits the area. Even if they aren't large or don't go through highly-populated areas, the area around OKC is always a primary place where they happen.

 

It's terrible what happened. It's time for people to get smart. This place isn't even worth staying in even if there weren't tornadoes every year. Honestly. I do not understand the people around here. It's too much for me.

 

Wow, yeah, I don't know why either. Then again, huge tornadoes can strike anywhere, take Henryville, Indiana for example, which is in my state: an F4 struck in not nessecarily Tornado Alley, but damaged over 90% of that town. So yeah, nobody's really safe.

[Envy 6,162]

Wow, yeah, I don't know why either. Then again, huge tornadoes can strike anywhere, take Henryville, Indiana for example, which is in my state: an F4 struck in not nessecarily Tornado Alley, but damaged over 90% of that town. So yeah, nobody's really safe.

 

They can strike anywhere, but that's not the point. The point is why would you live somewhere where it's almost certain you're going to be hit?

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

Watching footage of the destruction in Moore, Oklahoma. It's chilling. Apparently there's still a lot of missing children. I hope that some of them are still found alive. RIP to the 51 confirmed dead, and hopefully a speedy recovery for the surviving. 

 

The tornado itself was...wow. I haven't seen structure like that in a long time. At 200MPH it was right on the line between EF4 and EF5 (LITERALLY one MPH away). In fact, as the storm investigation continues I wouldn't be surprised if it's upgraded to EF5.

 

I personally really have no fear of tornadoes. In fact, as sick as it sounds, they excite me, in a way. Maybe it's because meteorology is one of my oldest passions (I saw Twister when I was little, and immediately after developed a passion for real storm chasing and meteorology...even planned on studying meteorology at OU Norman for a while), but if I ever encountered a tornado, I'd be the guy running toward it with a video camera, instead of running for shelter.

 

Nature can be a very kind caregiver, but she can also take it all away in an instant in a fit of fury.

Edited May 21, 2013 by AtomicBassCannon

[Golurk 468]

Well, living in central Iowa, I can say that I've had the sirens go off 5 times, and had two tornadoes within about two miles of my house in the past 48 hours. Glad I didn't get hit myself.

 

My deepest sympathies go out to the people in Oklahoma. I've seen the pictures, and I imagine it won't be easy to rebuild after utter annihilation. I wish them the best of luck. They'll need it.

[Kaneki 1,073]

http://www.wthr.com/story/22304620/tornado-watch-issued-until-6-am-for-central-indiana

 

First Tornado Watch of the season, yay. Now I'm seeing if they make it a warning anytime soon. I'm a die-hard weather guy myself.

[EndtheRaven 161]

I live in OKC, and it came pretty close to my house. I don't know anyone that was affected by it, thankfully. This season has been pretty bad. 

[3005 332]

It's horrible. Thankfully California isn't subjected to any sort of destructive weather, particularly in southern Cali, where it's 85 degrees every day.

[Yamato 1,348]

I live in Moore. The tornado missed my house by a block and a half. We just got power and water back. The National Guard has most of the streets blocked off, it's crazy here. I'll post some pics when the real internet comes back on if you want me to.

[Retro*Derpy 3,183]

Unfortunately I live in a town right next to I-44 near St. Louis, and that is usually where the storms are strongest. There has been several times that I have seen funnel clouds cause trees to spin out of control, rip siding of my house, as well as demolish bill boards. I personally hate living here, I'd much rather live in a place with a little less reckless weather.

[Sweet Dreams 1,893]

I live all the way in Australia, and this has even been on our news. But generally the stories aren't very good anyway; recently the top story was Julia Gillard nearly getting hit by a sandwich...

 

But anyway, I hope those storms won't be too damaging for you guys.

[Envy 6,162]

It's horrible. Thankfully California isn't subjected to any sort of destructive weather, particularly in southern Cali, where it's 85 degrees every day.

 

85 degrees everyday would be awful. Of course, it isn't destructive like a tornado, but that's way too warm for me, and it's that way everyday? Boring and dreadful.

 

Plus, Southern California has earthquakes, which are one of the few natural disasters I'd rank over tornadoes, because they're even less predictable. Both Southern California and Oklahoma are unlivable by my standards.

 

(Yet I live in one of them. -_-)

[Kaneki 1,073]

Anyone remember the July 4th, 1999 derecho? We were at a national park in Minnesota when it happened, I heard it was pretty bad but don't remember much cause I was 4 at the time.

[Wolf-Boy 54]

My little town almost got hit by two tornadoes.  I live maybe 80 to 90 miles from Moore.  We had to take shelter in our schools basement.  I was terrified, because that was the first time I'd ever been that close to something like that.  I don't want anyone to pray for me or give me pity.  I thought I'd just share that. 

[SunSparkle 7]

See this is y I want to become a storm spotter its not as dangerous as a storm chaser but the class is totally free and u can help save lives too. Do u know where we get the watches or warnings from? From the storm chasers ans storm spotters which are volunteer bases !!! Isnt that pretty cool or what? I love to study about tornadoes ever since I was 12 yrs old and moved down to tx!!!

[3005 332]

85 degrees everyday would be awful. Of course, it isn't destructive like a tornado, but that's way too warm for me, and it's that way everyday? Boring and dreadful.

 

Plus, Southern California has earthquakes, which are one of the few natural disasters I'd rank over tornadoes, because they're even less predictable. Both Southern California and Oklahoma are unlivable by my standards.

 

(Yet I live in one of them. )

 

 

I've lived in Southern California my entire life, and I've only experienced 3 earthquakes (the largest of which was the 2008 5.0 Chino Hills Earthquake, which didn't result in any loss of life). Fatal earthquakes are rare, and buildings are built now to survive them. With tornadoes, however, there is little one can do to prevent a building from being completely obliterated under 200 MPH winds. Southern Cali is hot and has heat waves at least twice a year, but it is generally very nice weather; it's only 85 degrees per day in May, July, and August (southern Cali has a heavy case of June gloom where it really isn't unbearably hot). 

[Yamato 1,348]

I remember the storm that blasted through my town on May 3, 1999 spawned a tornado with winds approaching 300(!) mph. There really isn't anything you can do to counter that. The one that just waltzed through here on Monday "only" had wind speeds of around 210 mph, but it was moving much slower, too, so it did about the same amount of damage. They both took out half of the town when they went through. Frickin' mile wide tornadoes, man...