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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Initially Posted - 04/20/2011 : 07:04:01

Tornados, winds, fires... TX, OK, MS, GA, NC, VA.... Everybody OK out there?

Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage before going over to the Dark Side (2007-2025); now boatless for the first time since 1970 (on a Sunfish).

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 07:11:33

I'm good, boat is fine...had some hail yesterday but it was small at my house. Just that time of year....time to keep an eye on the sky, replace the backup battery in the weather radio and make sure alerts are set to sound.

Thanks for asking....

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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 07:15:41

One of our local terrorist weathermen predicted straight line winds in the 60-100 mph range last night, but, if they were that high, I slept through them. I heard a little thunder during the night, but nothing serious. A few weeks ago, I had a lot of big tree limbs come down, and just finished cleaning them up a couple days ago, but none of them fell on my house or car.

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JeanAndre
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 07:48:42

Thanks for asking,

We had a nice blow here in St. Louis, MO but it passed quickly over our heads. A Lightning bolt struck a neighbor building and the thunder was really scary...

Do you now what is worse then being scared by a loud thunder?
Not hearing the thunder at all.....

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redeye
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 08:33:18

I've had three different days without power. We have a lot of trees down around Atlanta, and so far no one we know is injured.

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Ben
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 08:57:31

The tornado siren went off seemingly outside my window this morning at 2:45 am. No damange seen so far, but quite a wake-up call.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 09:03:35

Since we moved our bedroom from upstairs to the main floor, we've slept much better. No emergencies other than that I ran out of beer and SWMBO forgot to buy more on grocery day.

In these winds the big old maple that overhangs our old bedroom is looking pretty stressed. If it comes down, it will be expensive.

Just checked the Environment Canada website and found out there is a freezing rain warning just north of here. Unusual for this time of year:

Warnings
Huntsville - Baysville
11:14 AM EDT Wednesday 20 April 2011
Freezing rain warning for
Huntsville - Baysville continued

Mixed precipitation including snow, rain, freezing rain and ice pellets is affecting parts of Eastern Ontario as a low pressure system tracks northeast through Southern Ontario into Northern New York state by this evening. Much of the freezing rain will change over to a cold rain this afternoon as temperatures struggle to get a couple degrees above the zero degree mark. Rain may then possibly briefly change back to snow by evening before ending as the low pressure system moves into Northern New York state. Due to the variation in precipitation type, precise amounts of freezing rain are difficult to forecast. However at this time it appears that 5 to 10 mm of freezing rain are possible in some locales.

Dangerous winter travelling conditions are expected as untreated surfaces may become icy and slippery.

Motorists should allow for much extra time to reach their destination due to dangerous winter driving conditions.

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OJ
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 09:24:23

Woke up to many downed tree limbs - slept like a baby

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redeye
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 09:24:49

Wow.. and everyone here is whining about the pollen.

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Prospector
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 09:33:30

Yeah but you have the big old Oaks down there that come down every other Tuesday. You're probably conditioned to it. We had a couple Elms come down in our woodlot and never knew about them. This one has nowhere to go but through a window if its a westerly that catches it.

Maple burns real nice though...

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 10:00:33

Although you learn to recognize it for what it is, you never really become comfortable (at least I don't) with the tornado sirens. They're pretty localized, so if you hear them you know it's close or coming your way, typically within a few miles. It's unnerving to walk outside to a deep green/black sky, ominous cloud formations moving in different directions, with the wail of the sirens going off.

One evening I was laying on the couch when all of a sudden there was a massive BAM....a wind gust out of nowhere hit the west side of the house....it literally groaned and shook. I looked carefully outside, then went outside in the back yard to those ominous clouds and sirens. As I looked straight up, a funnel was dancing overhead, moving directly over my house. I remember thinking, well, it's a little late to take shelter, so if I survive this I'll have a story to tell. I'll never forget just how fast those clouds were circling above me as it passed over.

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pastmember
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 10:20:24

It sounds odd but we Kansans miss the action, we used to be the posterchild for Tornado Alley, now it has slipped off to the East and we get little action. We miss the storm chasers too!

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 10:29:27

Yup--love those green-black midwestern skies--means things are about to get exciting. I spent the first half of my life in IL, IN and MI. I've only seen that sky once in CT--a sailor from my town died that day--evidently he didn't know what that color meant.

What about Texas--looks like the world's largest barbecue. I lived in the vicinity of a forest fire once--didn't like it one bit!

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skybird
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 20:17:48

Dave, we are ok here, but we haven't had a day in the last couple of weeks where there wasn't sight or smell of smoke from some direction. Lost a firefighter in a range fire at Eastland 60 miles from here last week. I've already had a couple of 100 degree days in the shade of my front porch!! In April!?!?!?!?

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Joe Diver
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Response Posted - 04/20/2011 : 21:57:04

Yeah, big fires out west by PK....price to pay for all the years of trying to control the wildfires....someday Mother Nature is gonna burn no matter what you do...it's just the way things are....like trying to stop the wind or the waves....you may for a while, but eventually Gaea will have her way and clear the dead brush, adding nutrients to the land. Put it off long enough so when it finally does happen, it happens in a big way.

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Response Posted - 04/21/2011 : 09:01:45

We are fine here, but our neighbor across the street lost 5 trees in his yard, and our dog kept us up most of the night. Maybe she heard the trees cracking as they came down. I didn't hear anything, so I was very surprised at the damage. Some other trees were down at homes a few houses away. Almost all of the downed trees were Bradford Pear trees. Very decorative with pretty blooms that come out before the dogwoods, but they are always the first ones to lose branches in strong winds.

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pfduffy
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Response Posted - 04/21/2011 : 13:40:34

Flew from Philly to LA a few nights ago and saw 2 or 3 really large fires burning. I have no idea where we were, so I am not sure which ones I saw. Taking the redeye home tonight and hope to see only the insides of my eyelids.

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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 04/21/2011 : 14:56:38

Two Texas firefighters have died so far... Terrible way to go.

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aeckhart
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Response Posted - 04/22/2011 : 10:05:15

We left our home in northern michigan on April 4th for a jaunt to the west coast - California, Oregon, & Wahsington, and points between. We've missed all the nasty stuff, including a lot of snow back home. Weather here in Portland is cool and rainy but much better than the white stuff. We'll be back the first week of May to install docks and launch boats for the summer. Hopefully we'll have good weather.

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