Vincent Alexander
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Where you at? Haven't gotten a warning here yet.
'Atomic Bomb-Like' Tornado Damage in Oklahoma
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goldsoundz
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Do you mean a tornado watch?
Things are supposed to possibly be getting hairy here tomorrow afternoon. Just last Thursday I dodged a tornado that passed south of me by about 1.5 miles. Spring is always a shit show in this region. Thoughts with those affected in Oklahoma.
everyday math
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Oshkosh! I'm watching this line heading straight towards me.
GraveRobberX
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Holy Shit!
This is going to get deadlier and deadlier to climate change right?
These storms are going to get more powerful =/
This is going to get deadlier and deadlier to climate change right?
These storms are going to get more powerful =/
tiggerkiddo
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Mile wide is like F5 territory, my thoughts and prayers go out to the poor people there...=(
yeah, only things I can think of as damaging (in affected areas) as EF4/EF5, would be Military bombing/nukes, Volcanic eruptions, Tsunami's and assumingly large meteorite's.
Pristine_Condition
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Actually, if you've ever stood right next to some train tracks as a heavy freight train rips past at speed, that's almost exactly what it sounds like. It's just a big powerful rumble that shakes you in your guts.
If you're close to the tornado, and you're sensitive to air pressure changes, you can actually feel the barometric pressure drop too. It's quite a feeling. But this can happen just from the weather cycle from which tornados are produced too.
Fox Mulder
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I'm sure a mile wide F5 tornado in the middle of the night is the scariest thing ever.
legacyzero
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Fuck it, I'm going back to Virginia LOL
cheststrongwell
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We get so many tornado watches/warnings that we become numb to them. It's rarely a big deal. Thank god this didn't happen yesterday. All those houses would have been packed with people.
Phonomezer
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This has happened in the area before, correct?
Was there an adequate warning system? Did the children/adults in the schools have enough warning? Were safety measures in place? Did the schools have adequate shelter and enough of it?
Disturbing and saddening. Poor families.
Was there an adequate warning system? Did the children/adults in the schools have enough warning? Were safety measures in place? Did the schools have adequate shelter and enough of it?
Disturbing and saddening. Poor families.
Dem Appalachian Mountains, mayne
yeah, there were no natural disasters before we invented cars
Brian Fellows
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Yeah probably. I tend to just bunch the two together.
And I'm about 25-30 miles west of Springfield in Jacksonville for the other person that asked.
Ether_Snake
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Saw the article on the news earlier today, said two dead. Now I'm back home and see this was much bigger. Sad:|
Hopefully more measures can be taken to warn people earlier, as well as build better bunkers or facilities for such events.
Hopefully more measures can be taken to warn people earlier, as well as build better bunkers or facilities for such events.
legacyzero
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Yep. I was born in raised in Lynchburg, and we only ever once had a storm as bad as a tornado back in 93 (IIRC)
Fox Mulder
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http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/files/2013/05/05_20_2013_tornado-track-comparison.png
Yes, in 1999. Crazy how close the tracks are.
j_k_redtail
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What time is the press conference?
Evolved1
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Idk... hurricanes feed off the warmer waters (and other factors) but I've honestly never heard a climate scientist talk about tornadoes. Wild fires, drought, flooding, etc yes you hear all the time, but not tornadoes.
Not saying one way or another... just never heard about stronger tornadoes. I think we still have a lot to learn about them, and maybe that's why they don't ever talk about them in the context of climate change.
This is a douchey post.
Meteor impacts definitely have the higher limit of destruction as even puncturing the Earth's crust isn't out of the question, although fairly small objects can be pretty minor or even burn up on entry.
GraveRobberX
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Where on earth did I say OMG a Tornado attack of this magnitude, must have never taken place before today
Just saying things will intensify due to climate change, you had storms and the uncommon strong storm or the rarest super storm, now the uncommon/rare start becoming the norm
That's all
rocksteady1983
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I live in south oklahoma and barely avoided a tornado warned storm tonight. The second these storms went up even before they dropped tornadoes all local news stations were reporting on them live non-stop. People who were able to follow the news had PLENTY of time. The problem isn't the warnings really, they issue tornado warnings with even just rotation on radar just to be safe, it's either folks weren't really following the weather, didn't think it would hit them, or simply had no place to go/stuck where they were. The weather reporters did everything in their power to warn people. And with a storm this big, if its in your path and you are not completely underground, no chance.
I also imagine that area probably attracts the best weather experts in the country.
everyday math
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Emergency Management Office plans to hold news conference at 8.30 p.m. ET at City Hall in Moore, Okla., with several agencies to be represented.
rocksteady1983
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No doubt. I've been to several states and when I watch their weather reports I'm shocked at how advanced oklahoma's are.
Pristine_Condition
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Yes. 1999.
Yes. The OKC area has some of the best meteorology in the country. The OKC metro area is one of the places in the country where meteorologists around the country come to study and train for these events. The government agencies and the local OKC metro media are equipped with the state of the art in tracking tech. The town also has an civil defense alert system in place.
Yes. By all indications, it appears everyone was in the places they should have been when the tornado hit.
Yes.
Yes. It sounds like the school with the fatalities had good shelter. But these things are monster storms.
Yes.
Alligatorjandro
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tragic
everyday math
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Ok, a little warning on the blood. That's terrible.
GraveRobberX
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I had read this recently that's why I questioned it
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/18/climate-change-tornado-intensity_n_3300098.html
Only 2 days old...
They also state what you mention, that time is needed to really study this and no conclusive information leads one way or the other
Still it has an effect
Yeah. Yesterday's was worse for me (West Des Moines) but today's looks worse for you if you actually do live in Ames. It's already clearing off here.
Yesterday I was driving back from my Mom's in Boone, IA and I got caught in the storm. Scariest thing I've been through in recent memory. One minute I was driving with some light rain and the next I was literally blown over into the left lane. I pulled over to the side of the highway along with everybody else and witnessed full trees getting bent. My car was shaking and when I looked out into the corn fields along the highway the rain water was coming off in straight lines over the field embankment. I remember thinking to myself "it only takes one stray branch." Called my mom right then just in case. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
I hope that wasn't unsettling for you but I think these ones are going to pass us quick. Stay safe over there!
I think I took away from it to take them a little more seriously. Nobody gives any fucks around here because we have tornado warnings weekly during this time of the year, it seems like.
cheststrongwell
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I'm glad they were able to get some of the kids out.
This is a cross post from the 2013 US Tornado Season thread...
All 3 major networks have access to helicopters for storm coverage and we have one station with storm chasers rolling around in these bad ass machines.
Channel 4 has Reed Timmer chasing from the reality series Storm Chasers chasing for them this year. This one can deploy hooks into the ground and go through the center of tornadoes.
We have weather chaser personalities in Oklahoma.
legacyzero
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My man REED TIMMER!
EDIT: I dunno. I just think he's awesome.
EDIT: I dunno. I just think he's awesome.
everyday math
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I just wanna give these kids a hug. I hope their parents are ok.I'm glad they were able to get some of the kids out.
Christ. . .
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Yeah... that sounds about right. It's been a couple of years since my meteorology and climatology courses, so science can advance, but I recall at the time there was high confidence level in how climate was impacting hurricanes and such... when we inevitably got to the question of tornadoes, after some reading and discussion, prof basically said, "We really need to learn more about tornadoes".
BattleMonkey
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You can't see them from the sky. Its not a huge hole in the ground, most will only have a single small entrance to get into. They have been showing them and storm shelters on the ground under the debris of those.
rocksteady1983
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Regarding that global warming article.....
Up until these past few days here in Oklahoma we have had the least amount of storms and better temps in the month of May (our worst month for storms) than we have had in a few years. It was like it was building all this intensity for the whole month and exploded in the past two days.
Up until these past few days here in Oklahoma we have had the least amount of storms and better temps in the month of May (our worst month for storms) than we have had in a few years. It was like it was building all this intensity for the whole month and exploded in the past two days.
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