Severe weather

blue · 04-17-2004, 03:51 PM

I'm seeing a potential for massive storms in the midwest tonight and thru tomorrow. I'm a bit of a weather buff and follow these things closely, and we haven't even had a good kick ass thunderstorm here yet.

I definately think this weekend has death, chaos and destruction written all over it. I've been making these kinds of predictions for years now, and to date...haven't been right once.

Elspode · 04-17-2004, 04:18 PM

You should have been in my part of the country last May...wow.

elSicomoro · 04-17-2004, 08:15 PM

It's currently a beautiful night at the Palatial Estate...cloudy, a bit humid, but no rain in sight...72 degrees.

JeepNGeorge · 04-17-2004, 09:19 PM

The severe weather doesn't bother me half as bad as the freaking weathermen pimping a rainshower up to be the next F5 killer. I know they have spent bazillions on Doppler 10000 Viper NexRad gizmos, but they don't have to break in every 5 mins to report live footage of some suspicious clouds. I know they want to warn people to seek shelter as early as possible, but they are coming close to crying wolf too often.

blue · 04-17-2004, 09:35 PM

Oh fuck..sorry, I have nothing to add but JeepnGeorge just cracked me up, too true..thanks for the laugh!

blue · 04-24-2004, 10:39 AM

Hi folks, yes I'm still alive, just haven't had time to post all week.

And yeah, damn, my prediction came a little close for comfort...one woman did die next county over, fair amount of damage, we were OK tho, in fact I slept through it.

The non-stop wind in the 12 hours before the squall line came through was pretty freaky here and since I'm surrounded by fields it was like a desert sandstorm, gusts up to 60mph.

04-24-2004, 01:05 PM

We've been having lots of fun with our 2 feet of heavy spring snow here in Colorado. We even got to have those cute little national weather service messages scrolling across our TV screens. " Two feet of snow predicted for mountains!" Like people who live in the Colorado mountains are going to be all perplexed and amazed at the sight of white flakes falling out of the sky! Its all melting today, tho. Oh well, easy come, easy go. I suppose the National weather service will now have to scroll little warnings about spring run off.

Telefunken · 04-24-2004, 01:08 PM

You guys in tornato alley should join your local Skywarn chapter. Not only do you get bullshit-free weather reporting but you do your part to give everyone a "heads up".

cowhead · 04-24-2004, 02:37 PM

ah weather.. here it's sprinkling.. I'm really looking forward to a decent storm though.. one of the coolest things I've seen thusfar has been when I was living in Scarolina and the hurricane seasons of 95-96 wow... when the national guard came rolling thu town blaring on the mega-phones that we needed to "get out or we'll issue you a toe tag" .. pretty slick.. we stayed and had a toe-tag party.. bbquing and watching the storm roll right past, amazing.. ya know i've seen more than my fair share of tornadoes, but seeing some that were 100 miles across or more was an awesome sight.. heh didn't help that the highest poin ton the island was 12 feet above sea level.. I dunno I'm babbling again

04-17-2004, 03:51 PM	#1
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Severe weather I'm seeing a potential for massive storms in the midwest tonight and thru tomorrow. I'm a bit of a weather buff and follow these things closely, and we haven't even had a good kick ass thunderstorm here yet. I definately think this weekend has death, chaos and destruction written all over it. I've been making these kinds of predictions for years now, and to date...haven't been right once. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

04-17-2004, 04:18 PM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	You should have been in my part of the country last May...wow. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

04-17-2004, 09:35 PM	#5
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Oh fuck..sorry, I have nothing to add but JeepnGeorge just cracked me up, too true..thanks for the laugh! __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

04-24-2004, 10:39 AM	#6
blue Operations Operative Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern WI Posts: 739	Hi folks, yes I'm still alive, just haven't had time to post all week. And yeah, damn, my prediction came a little close for comfort...one woman did die next county over, fair amount of damage, we were OK tho, in fact I slept through it. The non-stop wind in the 12 hours before the squall line came through was pretty freaky here and since I'm surrounded by fields it was like a desert sandstorm, gusts up to 60mph. __________________ If you spot a tornado, always remember to point at it, yell "tornado!", and run like hell.

04-24-2004, 02:37 PM	#9
cowhead halve your cake and eat it too. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Georgia.. by way of Lawrence Kansas Posts: 1,359	ah weather.. here it's sprinkling.. I'm really looking forward to a decent storm though.. one of the coolest things I've seen thusfar has been when I was living in Scarolina and the hurricane seasons of 95-96 wow... when the national guard came rolling thu town blaring on the mega-phones that we needed to "get out or we'll issue you a toe tag" .. pretty slick.. we stayed and had a toe-tag party.. bbquing and watching the storm roll right past, amazing.. ya know i've seen more than my fair share of tornadoes, but seeing some that were 100 miles across or more was an awesome sight.. heh didn't help that the highest poin ton the island was 12 feet above sea level.. I dunno I'm babbling again __________________ no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire.

04-17-2004, 08:15 PM	#3
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	It's currently a beautiful night at the Palatial Estate...cloudy, a bit humid, but no rain in sight...72 degrees.

04-17-2004, 09:19 PM	#4
JeepNGeorge Hand-of-Kindness Extender Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Where am I? Posts: 139	The severe weather doesn't bother me half as bad as the freaking weathermen pimping a rainshower up to be the next F5 killer. I know they have spent bazillions on Doppler 10000 Viper NexRad gizmos, but they don't have to break in every 5 mins to report live footage of some suspicious clouds. I know they want to warn people to seek shelter as early as possible, but they are coming close to crying wolf too often.

04-24-2004, 01:05 PM	#7
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	We've been having lots of fun with our 2 feet of heavy spring snow here in Colorado. We even got to have those cute little national weather service messages scrolling across our TV screens. " Two feet of snow predicted for mountains!" Like people who live in the Colorado mountains are going to be all perplexed and amazed at the sight of white flakes falling out of the sky! Its all melting today, tho. Oh well, easy come, easy go. I suppose the National weather service will now have to scroll little warnings about spring run off.

04-24-2004, 01:08 PM	#8
Telefunken Going for the DX Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 82	You guys in tornato alley should join your local Skywarn chapter. Not only do you get bullshit-free weather reporting but you do your part to give everyone a "heads up".

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