We are under a tornado warning
I am freaking out, they are saying there is a funnel cloud over our town. Close to hyperventilating.
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Just stay away from windows and calm down. It's never-wracking, I know. Happens a few times a year on average where I live.
If it's literally over your town at this moment, you're probably all right. They can drop down in a hurry, but in all likelihood it will be past you before that happens (and it might not happen at all).
Yeah, I just hate that me, my fiance and my daughter live in a small apartment with no real "shelter". Only reason I was having a mini freak out is because I was rudely awaken by tornado sirens, and that played heck on my anxiety I'll tell ya. We just got our cable shut off because we never watch it so I was in the process of waiting through an advertisement on ky3.com to look at the radar and out of frustration posted that. Sorry for sounding all "freak out", I'm calmer now.
“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” - Oscar Wilde
No problem, man. I'm not fond of severe weather, either.
Believe it or not, I like stormy weather, actually kind of soothing to me. However getting woke up by a tornado siren with the window open and then turning on the radio to hear that there is a "funnel wall cloud" that could produce a tornado at any moment over your town is a bit less than soothing. Lol They are saying it has moved out of our town now I believe, but dang that isn't a good feeling when you don't have a basement! :-|
“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” - Oscar Wilde
Glad you're ok,Diesel. Tornadoes freak the crap out of me. There was one here, in Virginia recently while I was at work. I work in an indoor soccer complex. The fields are literally in a giant bible held up with air pressure. The tornado touched down a block away. It was intense, and I had nowhere to go. We don't have tornado sirens here. But i understand how freaked you were to wake up to that. If I was sleeping and a tornado touched down, I probably wouldn't even know, since we don't have sirens. Scary….. Wish I had a basement sometimes…haha. But glad you're ok! :)
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Thank you Lindsay. :-) Believe me, tornado sirens are a nerve wrecking sound to wake up to but they are better to have IMO. It is weird because before I woke up I was dreaming about being under a tornado warning and freaking out trying to figure out what to do and then telling my fiance that we should just get in the car and drive out of town til the storm stops. I was also hearing tornado sirens in the dream, and it took me a minute after I was kind of half awake to realize that I was awake and still hearing them so they were actually going off.
“In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane.” - Oscar Wilde
Also worth noting: There are a large number of relatively small tornados (F0, F1) that are not terribly dangerous so long as you're taking reasonable precautions, such as being indoors in a secure part of he building. I've been within a block of a F0 or F1 (there were several that night so I don't remember which was which) and the house had no damage.
They really do sound something like a train, though. It's a bit unsettling.
I stayed up until 4 AM because we were under a tornado watch and having a strong thunderstorm. I didn't want to be asleep between 2 windows if we did have a tornado. I don't have a basement, but I have a long hallway with doorways all along it. When the tornado siren blows, I get my 2 little dogs and go into the hallway with a radio, phone, a jug of water, and a sixpack of diet Pepsi to wait it out. The cats won't stay in there, so I guess they just have to take their chances. One of my nephews and his family live in Joplin. They got in the bathtub with a mattress over them. Their house wasn't destroyed, but there was a lot of damage to houses around them.
Anyway, tornadoes happen every year. You just need to realize that and have a plan for where to go if you have one. A closet, bathroom, or hallway with doorways that strengthen it are good choices. Anyway, I'm glad you are OK.
My son, daughter, and sister are all in tornado watch areas today, so I'm keeping track of the weather.
Diet pepsi? Id get bangs root beer :D
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I've been a diet Pepsi addict for years. If I had nothing else, I'd have to have diet Pepsi. I figure the water would be necessary for both me and my little dogs, though.
I don't suppose you've considered moving to another part of the country? I can imagine you'd feel a lot better not having to worry about things like this.
Thank God I don't have to worry about tornadoes, earthquakes etc… It's everything very calm here. If I were under tornado warning, I'd get out of any building I were in and run to the street as fast as I can. That sounds stupid, and there is always a risk of tree branches flying at me, but who cares? :-P
Why would you do that? Thats a terrible idea.
I admit that I don't know too much about the things someone has to do if a tornado is coming. Shouldn't I get out of the building? Now I am curious. :-)
Running outside is a recipe for death. Your best bet is to get in the lowest and middle-most part of whatever building you're in.
Unless it's a mobile home. In that case, you'd probably be better off in a ditch.
Juju is right.
My sister, who lives 20 miles east of Joplin, lives in a mobile home. Her daughter was out of town, so she was alone. She isn't very well or strong. I was talking to her when another thunderstorm came up. She said the roaring, like she heard when the Joplin tornado went by, was starting again. I asked her if she had any place she could go to take shelter, and she doesn't. So I told her that if the walls started "breathing" she needed to get out immediately and lie down flat in the lowest area available. People who stay inside a mobile home when it gets hit don't have much of a chance. However, in any other building, one is far safer inside. Just get into the strongest part of the building, away from windows and if you have a twin size mattress, put it over you. Anything bigger than a twin would be a bit difficult to drag around. Going outside only makes sense if you're in a mobile home, and you certainly shouldn't be standing up. You lie down in a ditch or the lowest spot available.
LOL you run out during an earthquake and stay inside during a tornado. Common sense bud.
well, speaking as a native Californian, I would never run outside in an earthquake. When things (like windows) fall off of buildings, where do they land?
First option: Sit tight until things start to fall. Most (99%) of earthquakes cause no significant structural damage, and you're more likely to injure yourself by trying to move. Second option: Doorway in a load bearing wall. The header beam will withstand quite a bit. Third option: Desk, or rather under it. Just to keep things from falling directly on your head.
Frankly, as a native of 'earthquake country' anything under a 4.0 hardly gets noticed.
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tornadoes are scary! we had some where i live yesterday but were ok human nature :)
I'm so used to them that I don't get too worried. However, if and whan I move, I'm going to get a house with a basement.
Here in chicago we get tornadoes but i have not seen one in a very long time
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However, if and whan I move, I'm going to get a house with a basement.
Ditto, or I'll have a concrete shelter installed in the yard.
I never saw a tornado. Thank God I didn't. I guess it's not an enjoyable experience.
The ones I've seen never got very close. It's been the ones I haven't seen that have actually touched down near me. I guess that's because I'm not outside watching if there is one coming toward me. I only watch if it's passing a good distance away. I listened to one passing over my house when I was in Tennessee. It sounded really strange. I'd always heard about the "freight train" sound that people describe. What I heard was a combination of sounds, a Whooo sound, wind roaring, a rumbling, and a sort of buzzing vibrating sound. I've never heard anyone describe all those sounds. I was waiting it out in my hallway, but I couldn't resist opening the bathroom door every few minutes so I could hear through the window if it was actually passing over my house. It touched down just a few blocks past me.
Tornados are frightening. A close friend of mine told me that a tree fell on her friends house in Minneapolis on Sunday where they had a tornado. I was at work at the time 20 miles away and I could see the storm brewing. It's mighty scary. And then I got home, and watched the destruction that happened in joplin and it makes it much more all the real that it can happen at any time. If I'm at home, I'm safe under the stairs of my bi-level home because it is all cement reinforced which makes it less frightening. At least I am told that it is the safest place in your house. Also, in trailer parks and a lot of apartment buildings around where I live, they have underground tornado shelters. Find out if your complex does so that the next time you can be more prepared, which is probably a good thing, as this is the deadliest tornado season in the US since the 1950's and its only May.
Psh, tornados are nothin. If Bill Paxton's belt can hold him and Helen Hunt to a 1-inch thick pipe in the ground - I'd say either tornados are wimpy, or Bill Paxton's belt was hand made by Chuck Norris.
(I'm joking of course, tornados should definitely be taken seriously)
Yes here in Tennessee, if they are expecting bad weather they'll open up storm shelters and just let you hang out all day if you live in a mobile home/apartment. I live in an area pretty prone to tornadoes myself, but preparedness is key!
A couple of great tips I have heard about tornadoes (some from 'Toomers for Tuscaloosa'—Alabama volunteer group after the April 27th outbreak) Are to have bicycle or motorcycle helmets for everyone to wear when you go to shelter. Also to get in a bathtub with a mattress over it for protection if you don't have a basement. To have a small 'tornado kit' if your house gets hit with food, water, change of clothes, heavy shoes, first aid kit, flashlights, radios, rope, etc. If you have a smartphone, invest in the Weather Channel app and sign up for alerts in case you don't hear sirens… And a personal tip from me… If they are predicting bad weather at night or in the early morning… Sleep in some kind of clothes and have a pair of shoes right by the bed. Just in case the worst happens, you don't want to come out of shelter butt naked!
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