Choppy Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Bad storms doing damage on their way towards the Lou. I'm sure you're on top of things but thought I'd throw this out. Hunker down and good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Choppy Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 Following this on the weather channel. Looks like Joplin took it bad. Terrible damage and several deaths. God bless those in harms way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 We're keeping an eye on the radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgaddis Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Storms hit North Minneapolis BAD... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rajncajn Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Storms hit North Minneapolis BAD... Understatement. The news reports this morning were unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Bad storms doing damage on their way towards the Lou. I'm sure you're on top of things but thought I'd throw this out. Hunker down and good luck. UPDATE Weather channel is reporting that the twister bounced of some dudes ripped abs and went down the sewer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I went to college about 20 minutes west of Joplin. Word right now is really, really bad. Half the town gone. This is a city of 50,000 people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 I went to college about 20 minutes west of Joplin. Word right now is really, really bad. Half the town gone. This is a city of 50,000 people. are they mostly slabs or basements down there for people ta take cover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEC=UGA Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Wow, what a mess. Joplin got it bad. The picture on CBS news are heart wrenching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 are they mostly slabs or basements down there for people ta take cover There should be basements. But there will also be some trailers there as well. A mix. It's a big small town, if that makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeductiveNun Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 My brother in law lives less than 5 miles away from us and they got hit by the tornado in Forest Lake. Tore shingles off the roof, blew out a window in his daughter's bedroom, and tore the downspout off the house. Their trampoline is a wreck, they lost about 15 trees (we were over there last night cutting them up and got about 9 of them done), and their neighbors pole barn had it's roof torn off and deposited in their yard. Fortunately nobody was hurt and none of the trees fell on the house - so house damage was limited to what I mentioned. Oh, and they have a sizeable storage shed/wood crib that was moved about 6 inches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Storm just whipped through STL - 55,000 without power. WTF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lennykravitz2004 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Storm just whipped through STL - 55,000 without power. WTF. ...including my office (@ Olive & 141). No power, can't VPN, can't use OWA either since mail server is onsite too. One hour of no power, and it's "work" from home the rest of today. At some point, I noticed the complete and utter blackness outside. Like it was midnight. "Huh. Wouldja lookit that." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikesVikes Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 (edited) The town that I grew up in had some damage. There were tornadoes reported both a few miles North and a few miles South of my home place. Near the MN/IA border. Also less than 10 miles from where I now live. The wife went downstairs but I never felt like I was in danger at my house. link Edited May 23, 2011 by MikesVikes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 This is starting here in the Pacific Norhwest where I live. Series after series of cold fronts out of the Gulf of Alaska you typically only see in the winter. I skied last Wednesday and Thursday in 10 inches of new powder. It ain't over. Forecast all week here is rain/snow mix here on the desert floor, and snow in the mountains. Normal temps this time of the year is 70 degrees and we haven't reached 70 degrees yet in May. I had a 45 minute frost delay on the golf course today. As these cold fronts march across the country, if it merges with warm air from the the southern gulf, you are in for more rounds of this in the Midwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 This is starting here in the Pacific Norhwest where I live. Series after series of cold fronts out of the Gulf of Alaska you typically only see in the winter. I skied last Wednesday and Thursday in 10 inches of new powder. It ain't over. Forecast all week here is rain/snow mix here on the desert floor, and snow in the mountains. Normal temps this time of the year is 70 degrees and we haven't reached 70 degrees yet in May. I had a 45 minute frost delay on the golf course today. As these cold fronts march across the country, if it merges with warm air from the the southern gulf, you are in for more rounds of this in the Midwest. Yeah, there is supposed to be another wave of bad weather around here in the next couple of days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar Magnolia Posted May 24, 2011 Share Posted May 24, 2011 Yeah, there is supposed to be another wave of bad weather around here in the next couple of days. I just saw our 7 day forecast. Temps 20-25 degrees below normal and precip every day. This is our dry season from May-October. The Gulf of Alaska colliding with the Gulf of Mexico is not a good thing for the south and the Midwest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) STL is getting pummeled right now. Numerous rotations, nothing confirmed on the ground yet. ETA: Numerous touchdowns all over the state today though. Edited May 25, 2011 by twiley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 (edited) STL is getting pummeled right now. Numerous rotations, nothing confirmed on the ground yet. ETA: Numerous touchdowns all over the state today though. Yeah, a similar storm came through KC around lunchtime today. Pretty wild. We got really lucky these things didn't actually materialize into a big tornado, because that storm went right through most of the metro area. Edited May 25, 2011 by Chief Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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