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Thoughts and prayers going out to all those people, animals, birds and trees in harms way today. I just spoke with a person in Tennessee, the alarms have gone off 5 times today. We know people are in trouble.
I live in Massachusetts about 5 miles from where tornado's tore through small towns on June 1, 2011. Frequently, I drive through the areas that were hardest hit. I cannot let go of the experience from that day when I had to take cover for fear of losing my life and home.
I send prayers and wishes to be safe.
I have a lot of friends from Chatanooga, Knoxville, Louisville, Owensville. I'm sending up prayers for all of them and everyone else.
We live in Central Indiana and already had a warning today for just north of us. Since we live downtown, the heat sink prevents most storms from entering the center city but it is still concerning for friends and family "outside".
We have had tornado winds damage homes and trees within 2 miles of our home in prior years. Got to listen to sirens and have a plan.
I just heard that Henryville, IN was pretty much wiped out by a big tornado and also Marysville. They said it was probably on the ground for 20 minutes. This is just north of Louisville.
Really sad.
I'm in S/W Ohio and the system just passed through, with the bulk of the storm missing us by less than 10 miles. Luckily no tornadoes spawned during it's trip through our area, although we're still under a Tornado Watch until 9pm Eastern time tonight.
Glad you're okay Alan. DD is around your area and she held off going into work, not knowing what was going to happen with the weather. Pretty awful stuff.
Glad you're okay Alan. DD is around your area and she held off going into work, not knowing what was going to happen with the weather. Pretty awful stuff.
Thanks, my wife was in Northern Kentucky picking up our grandson after school (he's spending the night tonight) and raced home minutes ahead of the storm as it raced through at 60 miles per hour. Little 10 year old Joey thought it was exciting.
I believe your daughter is on the west side of the city while we're on the east side. If it eases your mind any, the worst part of the storm travelled N/E and didn't cross over the Ohio river until it got to my side of town.
Tornados are also more visceral for me after seeing the damage first hand. Like Cypress, I am also 5 miles from where tornado damage hit central MA. Its completely different seeing it live vs what is shown on TV. It was much worse. My thoughts going out towards those affected.
Here's live streaming coverage from The Weather Channel. Good if you don't have a TV (like me):
http://www.weather.com/tv/tvshows/Livestream
Sad Eyed Lady
3-2-12, 9:35pm
We were in the "eye of the storm" so to speak today, being the the "white zone" - the highest risk. I live almost half way between Nashville TN & Louisville KY so that gives you an idea. Yet, despite two tornado warnings for our area this afternoon, it was pretty uneventful for us. For which I am thankful. When you see whole towns just wiped away, or someone's home leveled, or saddest of all, the lives lost, then it makes you happy when the storm predictions are wrong.
Glad your area was safe Lady.
Lady, glad to hear you're safe, as well.
I hope this season is FAR less eventful than last!!! Please be safe everyone!
My son lives in Knoxville. Got a call from him yesterday saying he was ok. One touched down in Knox county but not near him.
So far everyone I was worried about came through fine. Several were close calls but all good.
Alan.........that must have been a scary race home for your wife!
SadEyedLady.........so glad that you were able to dodge the bullet.
Seems like Russian roulette........you just never know who's next.
Seems like there's always a reason for things in nature. I wonder what this one is.
I haven't listened to the news yet this morning, but the death toll for southern IN is growing. I just can't fathom losing every all at once.
Yes, the material things can be replaced.........or some of them.......but all those memories of your kids growing up, etc., would really get to me.
Last night they were talking about these being super cells. Very curious weather this year for sure.
I'm glad you all are okay.
Sending thoughts and prayers for safety to all the folks in the path of these storms.
Blackdog Lin
3-3-12, 8:56pm
I've been hesitant to post, as our town wasn't hit to a point of, you know.....death and destruction. But for the first time in my life (and I've lived 50 years in this small town) our small town got hit with severe storm damage. A microburst, they called it, and hail storm. We were out of town and missed the storm; when I called our local insurance agent late the next day when we got home he laughed and said that my call was the latest in a list of over 700. For a town of 2500 that's huge. I heard through the grapevine that there's $500,000,000.00 damage in our town - might be local talk, but very well might be accurate. It looks bad out there.
We feel lucky - the hail shredded out siding on two sides of the house, and the screens are toast, but the screens shielded the windows. (Many many people met the storm with windows shattering. We drive around and see all the boarded up windows.)
So we wait for the insurance adustor to show up - weeks from now? And hope there's not more damage in the meantime, due to all the huge holes in the siding.
It's my first experience with "personal home destruction". Makes me really feel for those that have had true tornado destruction.....where you lose it all, and the house is total toast and all.....I can't imagine.....
I finally got out and drove around the Branson strip (Hwy 76) to look at more of the damage from our F2 tornado. The neighborhood I was working in on Wednesday out of 85 houses they said only 5 had no damage at all. You could really tell how the tornado was 'hit or miss' and it was pretty narrow. My heart sure goes out to the towns with worse damage and loss of life.
We just got the Sunday paper with some first hand accounts of the Southern Indiana damage. I still cannot believe that the children in the school made it home or held out safely in the school. There were school bus drivers that had to make split second decisions to let kids shelter in other families basements and let other parents with faster cars get the children out of harms way. Tornado drills and proper decisions by the principal/bus drivers made all the difference.
They are still looking for people and trying to figure out what to do. There is not much in that part of the state to provide alternative housing or support. It is pretty poor. The National Guard and all our rescue squads are mobilized.
I live between Henryville and Pekin.I'm 7 miles from Henryville,the closest town from us.I could hear the tornado but seen nothing.Wanted to go to Henryville to help out.Natl. Guard has the area blocked off.We were very fortunate,we did not even lose internet or electricity,whereas to the east and southwest total devastation.In response to the previous poster,this is not a poor area.Solid middle class in these parts.Lots of volunteers,clothing and food pouring into Henryville at this time.
Glad to hear you dodged the bullet cx3!
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