Sirens and Tornados

SCCutler

SCCutler

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Hearing the disaster alert sirens (the ones we were taught, when we were kids, meant the big one was on the way), and see that we have a tornado warning- funnels in Tarrant County, headed our way.

Keep your head down, Troy!
 
SCCutler said:
Hearing the disaster alert sirens (the ones we were taught, when we were kids, meant the big one was on the way), and see that we have a tornado warning- funnels in Tarrant County, headed our way.

Keep your head down, Troy!
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Keep your own head down, Spike--it's headed your way.

I got caught just north of the tornado, Spike. It wasn't a big one--you folks watching this thread while this is happening can go to www.nbc5i.com for live radar and tv coverage. I was driving home and saw the lowering clouds, they were DARK. Then I got pelted by hail. I can't believe I don't have any dents, they must use thick metal on the Volvo.

Here's a few pictures:
 

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wow you called it Spike; "armageddon" predicted by SC, 9am this morning
(good no-go decision too!) (even better if you had an airplane to no-go with!!)
 
Well....it was interesting. Greetings from the North side of DFW.
 
Gee thanks guys..you could have kept it up north. Now we're getting it here in Austin!
 
SkyHog said:
Wowiewow! That's a storm!
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C'mon up to Oshkosh, Nick, and we'll show ya a good storm. This was one of the two good ones from last year. The other one resulted in me packing up camp faster than I'd have ever thought possible - Under five minutes from asleep to everything torn down and sitting in the car.

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Wow those are some amazing pics!

We're getting ready for the rain and flooding here with hurricane force winds, should be a nice weekend.

Stay safe!
 
We had a pretty good line through San Antonio last night. Dime-sized hail. Lucky me - I was out at the minor league baseball game when it hit. The hail was pretty impressive when you're standing under the awning 12 inches from where it's falling :eek:
 
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