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OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
everything before the storms get here.
FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
no answer so I leave a message at both places.
About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
worse.
Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
good 'ol time.
--
Pete "The grateful Slug"
BS198
Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
everything before the storms get here.
FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
no answer so I leave a message at both places.
About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
worse.
Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
good 'ol time.
--
Pete "The grateful Slug"
BS198
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
"Little_Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
>
Glad y'all came through in one piece Pete, no fun is it.
--
Tony D AH# 129
Philly Hoodlum©#37
"Little_Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
>
Glad y'all came through in one piece Pete, no fun is it.
--
Tony D AH# 129
Philly Hoodlum©#37
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 9:06 am, "Tony D" <hs2...@rockcox,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Glad y'all came through in one piece Pete, no fun is it.
>
> --
> Tony D AH# 129
> Philly Hoodlum©#37- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks Tony, no it's not fun, and the weather guys are predicting more
bad storms later this week. batten down the hatches!
--
Pete "wishing I was back in Phila Slug"
BS198
On May 6, 9:06 am, "Tony D" <hs2...@rockcox,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Glad y'all came through in one piece Pete, no fun is it.
>
> --
> Tony D AH# 129
> Philly Hoodlum©#37- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks Tony, no it's not fun, and the weather guys are predicting more
bad storms later this week. batten down the hatches!
--
Pete "wishing I was back in Phila Slug"
BS198
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
"Little Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
>
> --
> Pete "The grateful Slug"
Holy crap! What a harrowing tale. If I lived in that part of the country, I
think an underground storm shelter would be in order. Scary stuff.
"Little Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
>
> --
> Pete "The grateful Slug"
Holy crap! What a harrowing tale. If I lived in that part of the country, I
think an underground storm shelter would be in order. Scary stuff.
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 9:18 am, "Schmoe" <s...@s,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> > --
> > Pete "The grateful Slug"
>
> Holy crap! What a harrowing tale. If I lived in that part of the country, I
> think an underground storm shelter would be in order. Scary stuff.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
You bet ya, the wife is now seriously thinking about it, we talked to
another guys that lost his house in the last (Feb) storms,he had a
safe room in the middle of his home, and is now thinking a undergound
shelter because the safe room had debris from the house covering the
exit. certainly scary shit.
--
Pete "underground shelter seeking slug"
BS198
On May 6, 9:18 am, "Schmoe" <s...@s,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
>
>
>
>
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> > --
> > Pete "The grateful Slug"
>
> Holy crap! What a harrowing tale. If I lived in that part of the country, I
> think an underground storm shelter would be in order. Scary stuff.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
You bet ya, the wife is now seriously thinking about it, we talked to
another guys that lost his house in the last (Feb) storms,he had a
safe room in the middle of his home, and is now thinking a undergound
shelter because the safe room had debris from the house covering the
exit. certainly scary shit.
--
Pete "underground shelter seeking slug"
BS198
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Damn! Glad you're both OK.
Sorry about the folks who lost property, sorrier about those who lost more.
--
Spunky Hussein Tuna
radical ChristoIslamic fundamentalist Pescasupremacist...
but not at all bitter
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Damn! Glad you're both OK.
Sorry about the folks who lost property, sorrier about those who lost more.
--
Spunky Hussein Tuna
radical ChristoIslamic fundamentalist Pescasupremacist...
but not at all bitter
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 9:39 am, Spunky Hussein Tuna
<spunkyhusseint...@earthlink,net > wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Damn! Glad you're both OK.
>
> Sorry about the folks who lost property, sorrier about those who lost more.
>
> --
>
> Spunky Hussein Tuna
> radical ChristoIslamic fundamentalist Pescasupremacist...
> but not at all bitter- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
yeap, we've been lucky each time, riding up to the Crow's nest, and in
town (Clinton) you still see damage from the February tornados, I
feel so bad everyime.
--
Pete 'The grateful Slug'
BS198
On May 6, 9:39 am, Spunky Hussein Tuna
<spunkyhusseint...@earthlink,net > wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Damn! Glad you're both OK.
>
> Sorry about the folks who lost property, sorrier about those who lost more.
>
> --
>
> Spunky Hussein Tuna
> radical ChristoIslamic fundamentalist Pescasupremacist...
> but not at all bitter- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
yeap, we've been lucky each time, riding up to the Crow's nest, and in
town (Clinton) you still see damage from the February tornados, I
feel so bad everyime.
--
Pete 'The grateful Slug'
BS198
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
<snipthescarystuff>
I'm *so* glad you're okay. I am terrified of tornadoes and the few I've
seen have been too many. The last one I was on the deck looking for it
to the north. It passed less than a half mile to the south, right behind
my back. I never saw it. It took a barn and damaged some houses. I hate
hate hate them.
--
Donna A.
Wench #17/Bitch #17/BS #26/AH#107/SLOB #9
'95 FLHTCUI Fuel Injected 30th Anniversary Electraglide "Fueley"
'66 H-D Bobcat "Baby Blue"--Harley Hummer Club Member #1066
http :// spoiled-brat,com
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
<snipthescarystuff>
I'm *so* glad you're okay. I am terrified of tornadoes and the few I've
seen have been too many. The last one I was on the deck looking for it
to the north. It passed less than a half mile to the south, right behind
my back. I never saw it. It took a barn and damaged some houses. I hate
hate hate them.
--
Donna A.
Wench #17/Bitch #17/BS #26/AH#107/SLOB #9
'95 FLHTCUI Fuel Injected 30th Anniversary Electraglide "Fueley"
'66 H-D Bobcat "Baby Blue"--Harley Hummer Club Member #1066
http :// spoiled-brat,com
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 9:46 am, "Donna A." <flhtcui1...@SPAM.hotmail,com > wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
>
> <snipthescarystuff>
>
> I'm *so* glad you're okay. I am terrified of tornadoes and the few I've
> seen have been too many. The last one I was on the deck looking for it
> to the north. It passed less than a half mile to the south, right behind
> my back. I never saw it. It took a barn and damaged some houses. I hate
> hate hate them.
>
> --
> Donna A.
> Wench #17/Bitch #17/BS #26/AH#107/SLOB #9
> '95 FLHTCUI Fuel Injected 30th Anniversary Electraglide "Fueley"
> '66 H-D Bobcat "Baby Blue"--Harley Hummer Club Member #1066 http :// spoiled-brat,com
thanks Donna, its scarey when you talk to folks and they say,"Right
over there was where my house was..."
Pete
BS198
On May 6, 9:46 am, "Donna A." <flhtcui1...@SPAM.hotmail,com > wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
>
> <snipthescarystuff>
>
> I'm *so* glad you're okay. I am terrified of tornadoes and the few I've
> seen have been too many. The last one I was on the deck looking for it
> to the north. It passed less than a half mile to the south, right behind
> my back. I never saw it. It took a barn and damaged some houses. I hate
> hate hate them.
>
> --
> Donna A.
> Wench #17/Bitch #17/BS #26/AH#107/SLOB #9
> '95 FLHTCUI Fuel Injected 30th Anniversary Electraglide "Fueley"
> '66 H-D Bobcat "Baby Blue"--Harley Hummer Club Member #1066 http :// spoiled-brat,com
thanks Donna, its scarey when you talk to folks and they say,"Right
over there was where my house was..."
Pete
BS198
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
"Little_Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
<major snippage>
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Dayum Pete, glad everything turned out OK for you and her both.
MaGGie
"Little_Nicky" <cvitullo@excite,com > wrote in message
news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
<major snippage>
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Dayum Pete, glad everything turned out OK for you and her both.
MaGGie
Re: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 12:24 pm, "MaGGie" <maggi...@BiteMe.charter,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
> <major snippage>
>
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Dayum Pete, glad everything turned out OK for you and her both.
>
> MaGGie
Thanks and yeah, thank goodness Jackie took her good old time getting
ready, timming is everything sometime.
Pete
BS198
On May 6, 12:24 pm, "MaGGie" <maggi...@BiteMe.charter,net > wrote:
> "Little Nicky" <cvitu...@excite,com > wrote in message
>
> news:4ea4f287-9cf3-4c14-b9b9-8264206cff16@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups,com ...
>
> <major snippage>
>
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Dayum Pete, glad everything turned out OK for you and her both.
>
> MaGGie
Thanks and yeah, thank goodness Jackie took her good old time getting
ready, timming is everything sometime.
Pete
BS198
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Geeze, sure glad she's OK. Your part of the state has been hit very hard
several times this year, hope ya'll get a break from it.
Les
Little Nicky wrote:
> Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> everything before the storms get here.
> FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> worse.
> Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> good 'ol time.
Geeze, sure glad she's OK. Your part of the state has been hit very hard
several times this year, hope ya'll get a break from it.
Les
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 12:45 pm, Project Magnet #1 <test spamgour...@cox,net >
wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Geeze, sure glad she's OK. Your part of the state has been hit very hard
> several times this year, hope ya'll get a break from it.
>
> Les- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
hold on to your hats folks.
Pete
BS198
On May 6, 12:45 pm, Project Magnet #1 <test spamgour...@cox,net >
wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Grab a drink of your choice; I sure need something this morning. Just
> > getting back to it after a long weekend of cleaning up debris from our
> > last storm and debris from other people's homes in my pasture.
> > Friday started out about normal for Arkansas in the spring, weather
> > guy warning about sever weather and possible tornado's for early
> > afternoon, Jackie asked me to take the truck so I can get some horse
> > food and hay, I told her it looks like the storms will be getting here
> > about the time I'd be leaving work, and suggested she go ahead and
> > take the truck, the feed store is open at 07:00 and she could get
> > everything before the storms get here.
> > FF to 08:30 at work I see the radar map, storms are moving in faster
> > that everyone expected, one of my co-workers gets an e-mail from her
> > daughter, possible tornado touchdown in Damascus, I call home because
> > the freed store is in that town, no answer, so I call her cell phone,
> > no answer so I leave a message at both places.
> > About 10 mins later I get a call finally from Jackie, she's in the
> > truck on hwy 65 close to Damascus, traffic is stopped and emergency
> > vehicles headed southbound, she's telling me the rain and the wind is
> > so severe that she can't see the car stopped in front of her and the
> > truck is swaying back and forth, I told her about the possibility of a
> > Tornado touchdown near her and suggest she turn around and go home,
> > but she's not having any of that, she's so close she just want to wait
> > it out, and as I have her on the phone she describes the scene of
> > horses loose in the road, folks trying to round them up in the, now
> > hail and rain, sometime later she see's traffic is starting to move
> > and move forward with it, then she lets out this big "OMG" I can't
> > believe it, the freed store is gone, the house next to it is gone, the
> > big church south of the store is gone, the farm across the street is
> > gone, debris scattered everywhere, she never made it close enough to
> > get a good look before she had to turn around, but we both assumed the
> > worse.
> > Saturday morning, we go to the store and get some bottled water and
> > some donuts and stuff and head back to see if we can help out, this
> > will be the second time we've seen what a tornado can do, but I'll
> > tell ya it doesn't get easier, the folks that work at the feed store
> > made it to the grain bin that was kind of underground, the folks next
> > store, huddled in one bath tub, these were some of the survivors, all
> > in all 7 dead from this last storm, if Jackie would have listened to
> > me and left when I suggested, she would have been right in the middle
> > of the tornado when it hit, so this time I'm kind of glad she took her
> > good 'ol time.
>
> Geeze, sure glad she's OK. Your part of the state has been hit very hard
> several times this year, hope ya'll get a break from it.
>
> Les- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
hold on to your hats folks.
Pete
BS198
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
Little Nicky wrote:
> Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
> hold on to your hats folks.
Keep the stairs to the basement open, that'd be the safest place at your
house if you need to take cover. The door from it to the yard is located
on the best side to be away from any approaching tornado. I can't
remember, but is there a closet under the stairs? If so, that'd offer a
bit more protection.
Les
Little Nicky wrote:
> Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
> hold on to your hats folks.
Keep the stairs to the basement open, that'd be the safest place at your
house if you need to take cover. The door from it to the yard is located
on the best side to be away from any approaching tornado. I can't
remember, but is there a closet under the stairs? If so, that'd offer a
bit more protection.
Les
Re: OT: Tornado's (this time I was glad my wife takes so long to get ready)
On May 6, 10:33 pm, Project Magnet #1 <test spamgour...@cox,net >
wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
> > hold on to your hats folks.
>
> Keep the stairs to the basement open, that'd be the safest place at your
> house if you need to take cover. The door from it to the yard is located
> on the best side to be away from any approaching tornado. I can't
> remember, but is there a closet under the stairs? If so, that'd offer a
> bit more protection.
>
> Les
yeah I think we're luckyier than most having that basement, under the
stairs is a room where the heater, it leads to the crawspace under the
rest of the house, I may be there later this week!
Pete
BS198
On May 6, 10:33 pm, Project Magnet #1 <test spamgour...@cox,net >
wrote:
> Little Nicky wrote:
> > Thanks Les! yeah luck has it, we're in store for more later this week,
> > hold on to your hats folks.
>
> Keep the stairs to the basement open, that'd be the safest place at your
> house if you need to take cover. The door from it to the yard is located
> on the best side to be away from any approaching tornado. I can't
> remember, but is there a closet under the stairs? If so, that'd offer a
> bit more protection.
>
> Les
yeah I think we're luckyier than most having that basement, under the
stairs is a room where the heater, it leads to the crawspace under the
rest of the house, I may be there later this week!
Pete
BS198
