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 d-usa wrote:
Calming down.

Lots of people coming in to help in Moore, but there are other towns that were hit by tornadoes the day before that are getting somewhat ignored. So everybody is trying to coordinate effords there.

Good to hear.

Stay frosty mate!

 Mannahnin wrote:
Oh, no doubt. Blizzards aren't super fun either, especially in a place that's not used to (and equipped for) dealing with them regularly.

In July and August, I sometimes pull a Twilight Zone and dream I'm in a blizzard. Then I wake up to reality and the world is melting.
Dude it was 96 in Austin last weekend.

A good look at the path and damage:

http://google.org/crisismap/2013-oklahoma-tornado?hl=en&llbox=35.324705%2C35.318166%2C-97.513319%2C-97.527192&t=CUSTOM&layers=9%2C7%2C11%2C8%2Clayer2%2Clayer11%2C10%3A100

The crazy thing is that if you travel a block north or south in some cases, it looks as if nothing has happened! Jeez...

 whembly wrote:

Have you driven across Hwy 70 in Kansas? I did about 12 years ago...

It comes up quick...

They have these gates to actually shut down the highway during blizzards because there's simply not enough equipment (and need really) to keep it open.

I swear, they "shut the gates" like minutes after I passed it and BLAMO! Got stuck in a blizzard.

Luckily, it was during daylight... but, I.COULD.NOT.SEE.THE.fething.ROAD. IT was a whiteout... scary as feth.

Fortunately, me and another car followed a semi all the way out of the storm. I'm sure we both were praying that the truck knew where the road begin and end. That's why I have *stuff* in my car now to hold me over for a day or two, cuz I swore I'd never do that again. I'd rather just park somewhere and wait for the road to open up again.

Yeah, the Trans Canada Highway is exactly like that from Manitoba through into Alberta!

Hell, if a snowstorm blows through and nothing gets closed down, it's considered a true miracle! (especially in Saskatchewan where the terrain resembles: _________________, with the occasional building or maybe even a tree or two every hundred kilometers or so! )

 Frazzled wrote:

 Mannahnin wrote:
Oh, no doubt. Blizzards aren't super fun either, especially in a place that's not used to (and equipped for) dealing with them regularly.

In July and August, I sometimes pull a Twilight Zone and dream I'm in a blizzard. Then I wake up to reality and the world is melting.
Dude it was 96 in Austin last weekend.

But at least guys just deal with extreme heat...

Yesterday for example, we got upwards of almost 30 degrees with the humidex, meaning areas got hit with hail and pounding rain...
...And then for tonight we have fething frost warnings in place as the temps are going down to 0 overnight.

Hell, we still have some trees that haven't even really grown their leaves yet due to the constant rollercoaster of Spring--->Winter--->Summer--->Winter--->Spring--->Fall type temperature shifts we've been having ever since the beginning of April!

Starting to rebuild, everybody coming together, no more dead bodies.

This seems like a good summary to close up the event/thread and help show how big this thing was:

14 more people died in a separate storm outbreak last weekend, most of them from drowning during flash floods with the remainder being blown of the road in their vehicles and killed that way. Including some scientists that were chasing the storms:

 d-usa wrote:
14 more people died in a separate storm outbreak last weekend, most of them from drowning during flash floods with the remainder being blown of the road in their vehicles and killed that way. Including some scientists that were chasing the storms:

That's insane!

If you on the highway... where do you go? Is the right way to shelter is to leave the car and go somewhere "low"?

 whembly wrote:

If you on the highway... where do you go? Is the right way to shelter is to leave the car and go somewhere "low"?

That is exactly what some people did.

And they were killed when they were suddenly washed away in flash floods...





Not really any good solutions if you are caught out in the open.

Good lord!

I lost power for three days... I ain't bitching anymore.

Stay safe dude.

 whembly wrote:
If you on the highway... where do you go? Is the right way to shelter is to leave the car and go somewhere "low"?

Pretty much. If I recall the Indiana driver's manual tells you to get to the side of the road, or under a bridge, exit the vehicle and get in a ditch or somewhere else low

 d-usa wrote:

 whembly wrote:

If you on the highway... where do you go? Is the right way to shelter is to leave the car and go somewhere "low"?

That is exactly what some people did.

And they were killed when they were suddenly washed away in flash floods...

Not really any good solutions if you are caught out in the open.

That is the truth. Sometimes there is just nothing you can do. Getting to lower ground is the best plan when it comes to escaping a tornado. Flying debris doesn't follow the contours of the land so much. Flash flooding is a concern, as we saw with this event, but hugging the earth is a lot better then just standing in the open and making yourself a big ole target for that 2x4 flying at 150mph.


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 Dreadclaw69 wrote:

 whembly wrote:
If you on the highway... where do you go? Is the right way to shelter is to leave the car and go somewhere "low"?

Pretty much. If I recall the Indiana driver's manual tells you to get to the side of the road, or under a bridge, exit the vehicle and get in a ditch or somewhere else low

Never stay under an overpass. That just funnels the wind/debris, making them more dangerous.

Thanks for the advice, I was going by memory so I'm hoping I'm wrong and they don't tell people to do that.

On the overpass thing:

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ddc/?n=over

Setting new records:

http://kfor.com/2013/06/04/update-el-reno-union-city-tornado-widest-tornado-on-record/

Tornado on Friday was a 2.6 mile wide F5 monster with 296 mph winds.