ahem the strongest f5 in history just for the record!! The 2nd craziest day of my life, it was horrible!
This was anything like that .. But I wish the power would come back on... It's flipping hott in the house!
I drove through OKC and Moore the week after that tornado on my way to Madill. I have seen some tornado destruction in my time in Kansas, but that was on a whole other level. That said, I haven't have the heart to drive through Greensburg since it was wiped out.
I have not been in a tornado in the lengthy (too lengthy) amount of time I've spent in Kansas, nor have I seen one live. Lucky.
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I am in the first Tornado warning of the season here in Oklahoma.... Anyone have any fun 'nader stories?? such an exciting fun time us OKies... ( oh and a lil scary too!)
I was in this one
May 3rd , 1999!
Seeing that would literally make me crap my pants.
I'm slightly chilly this evening and am complaining that Calgary should get more sun soon. What a wuss.
Hope things are okay Nicker!
I love watching tornadoes/waterspouts develop out over the ocean. It's usually hard to tell how far away they are though, especially if you're a bit inland. But watching the sky change and the funnel cloud develop is awe inspiring.
Edmonton tornado - July 31, 1987. This sucker was an F4 and killed 27 people. The Pine Lake tornado in July 2000 was an F3 and killed 12. Tornadoes can and do happen in Alberta.
Glad you & your family are OK, nicker. Those things are scary as hell.
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Wonder if Calgary will get any Tornado warnings this year. I beleive we had two about two years ago around Stampede time IRC.
I think it was 2006... it was my first visit to Calgary and I was at the the stampede when people were saying stuff about tornados coming. I remember thinking ... I CANT ESCAPE THESE TORNADOS!!!
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Pics or it didn't happen.
Edit: You are seriously crazy, glad everyone is ok.
I got pics, just need power to upload them !!! Im glad everyone is ok too!!! Apparently the storm strengthened after if left my neighborhood cause further north and east it completely demolished building and houses!
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The news here is saying 5 people were killed last night in Oklahoma.
and 4 more are missing I believe! Its sad, as much as us Okies love Tornado watching we sometimes forget they can take lives . My prayers go out to the families of the people who lost their lives in this storm.
When I lived in Texas we got hit by a major tropical storm that came in from the Carolina's. Not quite the same, but still terrifying with the 100+ mile an hour winds, the sheets of rain. Oh and a bunch of stupid Canadian kids sitting on the balcony of the apartment drinking beer and watching cars getting picked up.
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luckily we missed the tornadic part and just got hit with all the hail and rain. as we got to the back side of the storm we did see the tornado though.
living up here we see fewer tornadoes than nicker, but still have a decent amount of warning. before i moved to the QC 3 years ago i lived in a town 45 miles south and we got hit by a 'gustnado': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustnado
it totally blew apart the building next to our house. the roof of it hit the tree in our back yard and knocked it over:
Who the heck says YAY-HOO - is that OK slang for Yah-Hoo?
The unpredictable weather is one of the great things about living in Calgary. Other than actually living in OK, I am sure I would love living there for the weather alone.
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The crazy thing , now that I am at work and can watch some news, is how far out they predicted these things. Last Monday they said the conditions for 5-10 will likely produce a tornado outbreak! Craziness.
Ummm I prob said YAY-HOO on accident I was excited and the middle of a Tornado Warning .. many apologies =)
Sad thing is they are predicting Tornados everynight thru Thurs..
Where were the deaths Nicker? It looked like Norman got hit pretty hard.
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Where were the deaths Nicker? It looked like Norman got hit pretty hard.
3 of them were just east of Norman in Tecumseh. 1 was on the interstate were a guy was sucked from his vehicle (not in a good way). However he was then ran over by a motor home. Im not sure if it was blown on top of him or it was driving and ran over him.
I am in Moore just North of Norman. Im actually real close to the Moore/Norman border.
I know there was some activity west of OKC too. Saw some footage of a nice sized twister in or near Yukon. I have a lot of family in the Geary area, so always paying close attention to Blaine and Canadian counties.
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