Storms in NC.

Armistead · 04-17-11, 04:10 PM

Got pretty bad, just found out someone I knew got killed by a tornado in Sanford. I didn't realize how bad it got until watching the news this morning. The storms came through here and thought the house would blow in, but our area was OK. It really hit other areas hard, right now 21 dead in NC, but they expect to find more.

I swear tornadoes seem to have gotten bigger and more here in NC the last 20 years. I had one level my barn and kill a lot of livestock years ago.
I laid in a horse stall as it took the barn down.

I've been in 3, even got to where they worried me so much I installed a tornado cabinet in my garage. Dream about them all the time.

I didn't live in Stoneville years ago here when that one took the town apart, but my son was in daycare there, his teacher was killed. I arrived just after it hit and that was terrifying wondering if he was alive.

Oberon · 04-17-11, 04:36 PM

The season has certainly started with a bang, there were some bad ones over Mississippi way on Friday, including a nighttime wedge...erk...

Sorry to hear about the person you knew, and your sons teacher, one can only hope that one day enough information will be gathered on tornados to give more warning time.

Jimbuna · 04-17-11, 04:38 PM

Sorry to hear of your loss....watching closely on BBC News.

Gerald · 04-17-11, 04:47 PM

Sorry to hear this,

Platapus · 04-17-11, 05:44 PM

2012 is just around the corner and we have had some freaky weather and disasters.....

yubba · 04-17-11, 06:25 PM

sorry for your loss, road hurricane charlie out in a cab of a truck won't do that again.

Oberon · 04-17-11, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

2012 is just around the corner and we have had some freaky weather and disasters.....

I'd be loathe to make that kind of leap, even though I do believe in some kind of event occurring in that year (and not just my enslavement), we are entering a period of heightened solar activity, that perhaps could account for some of the recent geographical and meteorological activity.

We just realised we have a friend in Dare County, but it looks like that was spared, she's probably without power though which is why we haven't seen her online yet.

Torplexed · 04-17-11, 06:32 PM

My prediction is that when the year 2012 passes without any doomsday events (other than possible man-made atrocities), the doomsday believers will find something else to cite as the coming event.

Oberon · 04-17-11, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Torplexed

My prediction is that when the year 2012 passes without any doomsday events (other than possible man-made atrocities), the doomsday believers will find something else to cite as the coming event.

It'll be 2013 because of the Gregorian calender, then there'll be 2020, and so on and so forth.
I do ponder though, and it is a gruesome thought and I apologise and will remove this if deemed inappropriate...but I wonder what the suicide rate will do next year...cults and all that...

Fish In The Water · 04-17-11, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

It really hit other areas hard, right now 21 dead in NC, but they expect to find more.

Very sorry to hear this, condolences to everyone who lost a loved one...

Hopefully the worst is over.

Armistead · 04-18-11, 12:03 PM

This is some good footage, older man talking calmly while video taping and then realizes the tornado is coming right by him. Notice when it gets close he tells his wife " I love you." bet he thought his number was up.

Jimbuna · 04-18-11, 12:15 PM

Hard to tell if he's stupid, lucky or both

Oberon · 04-18-11, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Armistead

This is some good footage, older man talking calmly while video taping and then realizes the tornado is coming right by him. Notice when it gets close he tells his wife " I love you." bet he thought his number was up.

*whistles*

Close, real close. Closest I've seen someone get in a standard car.

04-17-11, 04:10 PM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	Storms in NC. Got pretty bad, just found out someone I knew got killed by a tornado in Sanford. I didn't realize how bad it got until watching the news this morning. The storms came through here and thought the house would blow in, but our area was OK. It really hit other areas hard, right now 21 dead in NC, but they expect to find more. I swear tornadoes seem to have gotten bigger and more here in NC the last 20 years. I had one level my barn and kill a lot of livestock years ago. I laid in a horse stall as it took the barn down. I've been in 3, even got to where they worried me so much I installed a tornado cabinet in my garage. Dream about them all the time. I didn't live in Stoneville years ago here when that one took the town apart, but my son was in daycare there, his teacher was killed. I arrived just after it hit and that was terrifying wondering if he was alive.

04-17-11, 04:38 PM	#3
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Sorry to hear of your loss....watching closely on BBC News. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	Sorry to hear this, __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

04-17-11, 05:44 PM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	2012 is just around the corner and we have had some freaky weather and disasters..... __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-17-11, 06:32 PM	#8
Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	My prediction is that when the year 2012 passes without any doomsday events (other than possible man-made atrocities), the doomsday believers will find something else to cite as the coming event. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

04-17-11, 04:36 PM	#2
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The season has certainly started with a bang, there were some bad ones over Mississippi way on Friday, including a nighttime wedge...erk... Sorry to hear about the person you knew, and your sons teacher, one can only hope that one day enough information will be gathered on tornados to give more warning time.

04-17-11, 06:25 PM	#6
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	sorry for your loss, road hurricane charlie out in a cab of a truck won't do that again.

04-18-11, 12:03 PM	#11
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	This is some good footage, older man talking calmly while video taping and then realizes the tornado is coming right by him. Notice when it gets close he tells his wife " I love you." bet he thought his number was up. Last edited by Armistead; 04-18-11 at 12:28 PM.

04-18-11, 12:15 PM	#12
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Hard to tell if he's stupid, lucky or both __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!