Tense Day

[phoenixrising]

Good Lord!! MORE tornadoes in Cleveland than in Kansas?????? How can that possibly be? I know there was one in Lakewood when I was a kid and a few (little ones) in a small town west of Cleveland several years ago. We have another home in Lakewood right on the lake and have seen a few water spouts over the years. They are cool looking! Not sure though...are they tornadoes that got confused and formed over water instead of land or are they something totally different?
Wrasscal--I've seen that program on Discovery. They have covered that impossibly enormous tornado from many angles. Watched it again not long ago when they did one of the "Paramedics" shows on Discovery or TLC. The program of course featured all the rescue efforts from an overwhelmed department. What a storm that was. I'm glad to watch it from the comfort of my living room though rather than live through that disaster. I fly with the local search and rescue helicopter regularly and they ground the whole group of them when it is storming and also if the weather looks threatening or immediately post storm (unstable air or something like that). Can't even imagine what it would have been like doing search and rescue after that storm. My hat goes off to all of you who lived through it and also those who participated in the massive rescue operations.
I think I'm still safer in Ohio. They predict yucky weather all the time, but it usually doesn't happen. I think the meteorologist get bored and turn into weather terrorists to pass the time and freak out the folks a bit.

 

[bdubbya]

The tornado missed my house by a couple of miles. It missed my uncles house by a half mile. A couple of other people I know weren't so lucky. No one was hurt, but parts of their homes were destroyed. They weren't completely leveled just gaping holes where the roof and walls once were. My power was out for about six hours. I was very lucky.

 

[ty_05_f]

May 3rd was horrible. My aunt's house was one that was hit. they had a bathtub in thier car. Our house was missed by about 5-10 miles. Helping my aunt clean up was even worse clothes everywhere trash and debris.

 

[cboyfan2020]

my weather guy says that from the damage, it looks like the tornados could range from F1 to F5 going by the damage.

 

[j21kickster]

a guy i work with had his house torn apart- he is ok but they are moving now- he was renting so it is up to the landlord to decide what to do

 

[randy 12]

Helped my sister and her husband clean up today. The tornado hit their backyard but their house is pretty much okay. But behind their backyard (south), the houses that were once there are gone. They have like two sides of the house standing. On the side of the street (east) there is street after street with demolished homes. Some have cars in them, large construction trailers upside down on the house, it goes on and on. It's a very sad sight. We saw the tornado about 2 miles north of us. There are pets wandering all over my sister's neighborhood. The town of Stockton and Pierce City no longer have a downtown and most of the houses in the town are either gone or severely damage. There are curfews up and in a few towns no one is allowed in or out tomorrow so companies like utility, phone, etc can get in without people in the way.