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2023-04-20 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Monster supercell tornado rips through Midwest killing two and flattening Oklahoma town bringing hail the size of tennis balls and creating a 19,000ft high 'debris ball': 20,000 are still without power

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-20 09:21|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 'Tis the season!

Seasonal global warming/cooling/climate change!

Posted by Bobby 2023-04-20 10:35|| 2023-04-20 10:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Legendary storm chaser Reed Timmer was all over this storm-watch the video; it's a bit scary.

Posted by HeavyG 2023-04-20 10:44|| 2023-04-20 10:44|| Front Page Top

#3 'Tis the season.

We had an area Tornado Warning a couple months back. Nothing really, don't even think anything touched the ground. Scared the bejeebus out of the new residents. Went over procedure with them, what to have in their emergency kit, how to track storms, and that it can get a bit hairier. I did not tell them what that was, was just a bit of wind and that sometimes -this- happens.

They were familiar with last year's locally famous tornado in Andover, KS. But that was a nice, pretty, ready to audition in the movie Twister tornado. They were not ready for sirens after dark.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-04-20 11:19|| 2023-04-20 11:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Nice, short video of Andover tornado.

Not so big, but still scary.

Posted by Bobby 2023-04-20 11:48|| 2023-04-20 11:48|| Front Page Top

#5 For those trying to get a feel for such things: watch the flags.

Posted by swksvolFF 2023-04-20 11:58|| 2023-04-20 11:58|| Front Page Top

#6 I've been in two tornados, one in Enid, Oklahoma in 1955 and one in Headland, Alabama, where stuff was destroyed all but our houses were spared. I will never forget the sound or the devistation.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2023-04-20 14:28|| 2023-04-20 14:28|| Front Page Top

#7 More on the way tonight.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-20 23:38|| 2023-04-20 23:38|| Front Page Top

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