We were working just east of Strathmore, and as the clouds approached, they started twisting in a circle... nothing major, but I was so mad I didn't have my D80... if there was a tornado, I would have been so mad to have not had the cam... anyway, a shoddy cellphone cam should do. Again, nothing at all.. about 20mins after this, we got nailed by super rain and hail.
After viewing it again, you really can't see the rotation because of the quality. Sorry.
i just had the most surreal moment of my life. just got off work and driving home to Chestermere, get past 84th and here i am doing 120 km/h, torrential rain and lighting all around me, and what song comes up on my satellite radio but CCR - Who'll Stop The Rain. i felt like i was in the twilight zone for awhile there
i just had the most surreal moment of my life. just got off work and driving home to Chestermere, get past 84th and here i am doing 120 km/h, torrential rain and lighting all around me, and what song comes up on my satellite radio but CCR - Who'll Stop The Rain. i felt like i was in the twilight zone for awhile there
CCR might be following you....
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Bit of a scary ride home. Heading down Macleod got to 9th only to find that a bunch of cars were stuck under the overpass as it was flooded.
Went down to 5th - same thing
Went down to 10th - train stuck
Tried 8th and it seemed a bit better. But the guy in front of me didn't make. Stopped halfway through. As the water surrounded my car I made went around him and got through.
Good thing my Saturn sits a little higher than most sedans. I think that was the difference between getting through and not getting through.
i just had the most surreal moment of my life. just got off work and driving home to Chestermere, get past 84th and here i am doing 120 km/h, torrential rain and lighting all around me, and what song comes up on my satellite radio but CCR - Who'll Stop The Rain. i felt like i was in the twilight zone for awhile there
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Starting to pick up a bit out here, a few closer lightnings.. my UPS is flicking on quite a bit.
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and as the clouds approached, they started twisting in a circle... nothing major, but I was so mad I didn't have my D80...
Yeah, there sure was rotation. I was on the east side of the city near Deefoot Casino and we were just on the very edge of the storm. I watched it develop from about 5:30 till 7:30 and there was definate rotation. I think if there had have been more energy in the atmosphere today we could have had a good tornado for sure. And not a whimpy cold air funnel, the real deal.
I have a message from a buddy that there was one spotted around Edmonchuk today, havent checked it out yet.
EDIT: I should add, there is some really weird stuff going on in the province right now. Looks like these things could pop up basically out of nowhere and they dont seem to be moving very fast (part of the reason the city is so flooded right now).
Yeah, there sure was rotation. I was on the east side of the city near Deefoot Casino and we were just on the very edge of the storm. I watched it develop from about 5:30 till 7:30 and there was definate rotation. I think if there had have been more energy in the atmosphere today we could have had a good tornado for sure. And not a whimpy cold air funnel, the real deal.
I have a message from a buddy that there was one spotted around Edmonchuk today, havent checked it out yet.
EDIT: I should add, there is some really weird stuff going on in the province right now. Looks like these things could pop up basically out of nowhere and they dont seem to be moving very fast (part of the reason the city is so flooded right now).
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Bit of a scary ride home. Heading down Macleod got to 9th only to find that a bunch of cars were stuck under the overpass as it was flooded.
Went down to 5th - same thing
Went down to 10th - train stuck
Tried 8th and it seemed a bit better. But the guy in front of me didn't make. Stopped halfway through. As the water surrounded my car I made went around him and got through.
Good thing my Saturn sits a little higher than most sedans. I think that was the difference between getting through and not getting through.
Don't drive tonight if you don't have to.
Glad to hear you made it home safe. I was going to stay the evening in Calgary but saw the storm clouds approaching and deided to head home. Glad I did.
Man, the stories i'm getting from relatives in Calgary is not good.
Varsity union unite! THAT was a hell of a storm. Driving home from school this evening was nuts . . . must have been fork lightning every 15 seconds. I don't even understand the power that it must take to generate all that.
Crazy rain up here too, and a tiny amount of hail. Can't tell if the lightning is from all sides or not, but because I can see out of my house both north and south, let's assume it is.
The dogs are more concerned about getting fed than they are the storm, although one of them is panting pretty hard right now.
Sucks to be a smoker right now, I don't smoke in my house and the rain is pelting my south facing front door...I know, I know, no sympathy from the folks on CP.
Edit: Atleast I have my PVR so I could watch TV if I chose. With this storm, I'd rather have the TV off though.
Goto your kitchen, turn on the fan above your stove/range. Sit next to it and smoke. All the smoke gets sucked into it. It works even if it's noisy.
I love storms.
