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  • #1

    I'm still alive

    This tornado outbreak was a little too close for comfort. The one that took out Piedmont passed just north of my town, close enough I could hear it.

    http://www.news9.com/

    http://www.koco.com/index.html

    http://www.kfor.com/

    This picture here is from my home town.

    http://www.kfor.com/news/local/kfor-...0,166860.story

    The lady packed her car in the garage so it wouldn't get hailed on, now it's in a tree.
    "First time I ever seen a chainsaw go down anybody's britches,"
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    Yay! Living!
    "Is it the lie that keeps you sane? Is this the lie that keeps you sane?What is it?Can it be?Ought it to exist?"
    "...and may it be that I cleave to the ugly truth, rather than the beautiful lie..."

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    • #3
      Glad you're ok, DP. I was hearing reports of 3 or 4 EF4s or EF5s on the ground.

      I'm going to need to check in with my Dallas office tomorrow morning. I just heard reports of a tornado on the ground at Love Field and softball size hail.
      "If your day is filled with firefighting, you need to start taking the matches away from the toddlers…” - HM

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      • #4
        Egg sized hail http://pics.news9.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=1304034

        Baseball sized hail http://pics.news9.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=1304268

        Softball sized hail http://pics.news9.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=1304036

        Volleyball sized hail http://pics.news9.com/MediaItemView.aspx?id=1303417
        "First time I ever seen a chainsaw go down anybody's britches,"

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        • #5
          Okay, that volleyball-sized hail has got to be close to a record. Imagine one of those hailstones flying through your windshield.
          Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

          "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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          • #6
            Quoth Crossbow View Post
            I was hearing reports of 3 or 4 EF4s or EF5s on the ground.
            I'm glad you're okay and alive,DP! I heard the Joplin tornado was an EF5 with 200mph winds! This is one scary tornado season!
            I don't get paid enough to kiss your a**! -Groezig 5/31/08
            Another day...another million braincells lost...-Sarlon 6/16/08
            Chivalry is not dead. It's just direly underappreciated. -Samaliel 9/15/09

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            • #7
              Yeah that was a freaky night! I'm just north of OKC and the sirens went off 4 or 5 times, really scared the kiddos. We had our bathroom stocked and ready to take cover if we needed to. Still surreal to watch it on TV.
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              • #8
                Quoth Irving Patrick Freleigh View Post
                Okay, that volleyball-sized hail has got to be close to a record. Imagine one of those hailstones flying through your windshield.
                You'd only get to see it once. People have been killed by smaller, less dense objects than that.
                I AM the evil bastard!
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                • #9
                  Well the college got off unharmed, but the same can't be said for the employees.

                  Several had homes damaged by the tornado or by the debris of other things destroyed. One teacher lost his house and had to put down over 30 goats. The lady who runs the cafeteria lost everything; her home, her car and had to put down several horses.

                  One good thing, since the student apartments are empty for the summer, the college put all the displaced employees in empty apartments.

                  It's a miracle that the death toll is only 10 (they found the body of the missing 3 year old yesterday), but there was so much property damage (including a gas line explosion), and a lot of animals died (including an animal sanctuary blown apart), but when actually see the damage,....it is just a miracle.

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTzV73ugA0E

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkp-N0v1790
                  "First time I ever seen a chainsaw go down anybody's britches,"

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