OT: 48 hours and back

[Wolfehunter]

After 48 hours of hell I’m back. On Tuesday morning I drove my daughter to my parent’s place 60kms north for her to spend time with them this week. On my way back I encountered a huge storm. Massive weather clashing between hot and cold fronts. This uber storm was moving south at my destination. I get out of the tunnel heading west to my home just 10min and there are turned over cars and debris. I saw military dude direct some traffic and some areas in the main street flooded. I’m saying to myself holy crap. I make it home and tell my wife the excitement outside and she tells me this massive rain cloud with thunder and lightning was blasting through. Well not 5 min after that another even bigger storm cloud moved in and actually was a large tornado right in the south side of Montreal and all of South shore area. Everything was going insane. 110Km winds blasting through for 45min. When the mother beast left all was quiet and still for a few moments. Then all kinds of sirens buzzing about as far as you ears can hear. Damage all kinds.

I’ve seen tornados in the distance but I have never been in one before until Tuesday. Can be the coolest thing to see but also very dangerous and scary. I know some of you out there have seen worse. Here where I live tornados are extremely rare. And larges one that spawn in a city well I don’t even know what to say about that one.

My wife and I spent some candle light dinners together in the last 2 night’s hehehe. Maybe one more tonight for good times sakes.

Good to have power back. Now I can see what has happened to the rest of the world while I’ve been gone.

So what did I miss?

[Brag]

You were having too much fun to have missed anything :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Wolfehunter]

You were having too much fun to have missed anything :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl::rock: :rotfl: yup I couldn't have said it any better.:yep:

[nikbear]

Wow,mad stuff wolfhunter,hope people wern't to badly banged up in your neck of the woods:oglad your ok and enjoying the weather madness,trust you :rotfl:that SH3 countless stormy weather prepared you well;):doh::rotfl:

[Wolfehunter]

Wow,mad stuff wolfhunter,hope people wern't to badly banged up in your neck of the woods:oglad your ok and enjoying the weather madness,trust you :rotfl:that SH3 countless stormy weather prepared you well;):doh::rotfl:
Thanks dude. Ya I'm just getting in all the news from online and tv now. Alot of destruction. Still 43,000 people without power and Hydro Quebec still has over 500 job fixes to do.

Good news so far no one died as far as I know. I read a story on CTV.ca that 2 window washers guys were washing at 30 stories when the blazing storm hit. help wasn't comming because they were soo backuped with emergencies everywhere. They managed to break the glass and entered the building.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPcZvLe1ngM

http://montreal.ctv.ca/cfcf/video_popup?news_id=22708

http://montreal.ctv.ca/cfcf/video_popup?news_id=22707

Some more youtube shots,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOxjHPQzaD0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARetZYumzpU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwStuEIBzE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS6IC5BySGk


It was weird because that tuesday morning it was super hot and sunny. I drove my daughter to my parents for the week. Dropped her off and headed back home. In Laval I could see south of montreal the black huge clouds and alot of lightning flashes in the distance. After the tunnel I was in it. But the first cloud passed and left some damage.

5 min after I was home then the second uber cloud hit and all hell broke loose. 18 wheeler truck nearly was blown of the champlain bridge. My neighbour back yard end up on the front street. His BBq and patio was destroyed. Hail the size of base ball damage other guys car I know on his way back from the store.

Its something from the movies. Almost surreal.

But the nights were nice well asside from all the sirens and some looters. My wife an I were happy that our daughter was safe.;)

[predavolk]

Wow, I wouldn't expect Montreal to get tornado-like weather- crazy!

[Wartzay]

I'm in central NY and we got the edge of the storm system. It was still pretty powerful even though the main storms were a hundred+ miles from us. The river rose over 2 feet overnight and there were plenty of downed trees limbs and some power lines down. Our electricity was knocked out for about 30 minutes.:o

[Wolfehunter]

It sure was a bad boy storm. That baby was born over Montreal. It was fast. One minute sunny and next uber storm.

[1480]

Thank goodness, you and your's are safe! Closest I came to a tornado (and Illinois is a magnet for them) was in 1991 when I was a student at NIU, in Dekalb. The funnel cloud touched down just two miles from where I was at. Will never forget what that looked like. And here is America's future generation standing outside doing the whole "oooh and ahhhh" thing....thank god Mr. Darwin and Mr. Murphy were off that day.

[Laufen zum Ziel]

Glad everyone is OK.

Really scary sounds a little like the North Atlantic.