I didn't see anything mentioned here, but I do hope that everyone is safe from the storms from last night and that everyone stays safe from the bad stoms hitting parts of the country this afternoon. I know that some of you are from the impacted areas, so check in to let's us know how you are, if you can. I read that over 1 million people are without electricity and several people died from the tornados.
Stay safe.
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Not particularly dangerous here in CT, but had gusts over 60 MPH. Lost our favorite tree, a large Weeping Willow. Wife took the photo this Saturday as we sat and admired it. Somehow, both shed and pool were spared...
Daughter in VA had tornado warning, but didn’t materialize.
CTbballDad posted:Not particularly dangerous here in CT, but had gusts over 60 MPH. Lost our favorite tree, a large Weeping Willow. Wife took the photo this Saturday as we sat and admired it. Somehow, both shed and pool were spared...
Daughter in VA had tornado warning, but didn’t materialize.
Wow that hurts!
CTbballDad posted:Not particularly dangerous here in CT, but had gusts over 60 MPH. Lost our favorite tree, a large Weeping Willow. Wife took the photo this Saturday as we sat and admired it. Somehow, both shed and pool were spared...
Daughter in VA had tornado warning, but didn’t materialize.
I'm 60 miles south of DC in VA and we only had a few gusts and a little bit of rain.
Weeping Willows have a very shallow root system and the leaves act as a huge parachute. Neighbor across the street had one that went over in the first hour of Hurricane Isabel. Winds had barely gotten up to 50-60 mph and it went down. Later that night as the storm center passed to the west the nearby naval base recorded sustained winds of 88 mph with gusts over 100 mph.
The quickest, hardest hitting storm was a derechio that came through about 7-8 years ago. Wife was with son at a legion game about 60 miles away. At it hit there she called warning me and within 20 minutes it was approaching our house knocking out power.
Fox Dad, I heard that radar was picking up circular winds in the storm. I know next to nothing about the weather except what I am experiencing. I was looking at the passage of the storm and noticed the hole in the screen shot that looked to be near a co-worker’s home. Probably nothing but it reminded me of the eye of hurricanes. (I’m not paying for the ap upgrade that shows wind patterns. )
If you were looking for a possible tornado, the usual tell tale sign on radar is a hook shaped pattern. I believe the tornadic winds would be at or about the hook. (My wife says I watch the Weather Channel too much.) The "hole" you noted was probably a break in the radar reading.
We had the warnings blow through our community. One hit 20 miles west and a really bad one 30 miles east. We lost power for only two hours, so I would say it didn't hurt us too much. I had to yell at my kids and wife to get to a safe place, as they didn't take it too seriously. The storm was moving around 60 MPH, so I wasn't going to mess around. I am not someone who yells at much, but sometimes, you have to.
Last year, a kid in my son's class died from a tornado that hit our community. When I helped with the cleanup, the people would describe the freight train sound they heard. My boss's son is in College, and was a block away from it. Stupid kid (his Dad's words) sat on the patio of his apartment with his roommates during it. That warning came in the middle of the night, but I was able to see the hook was a few miles below us in a single supercell (versus the line that hit us on Sunday), so I didn't wake anybody else up.
FoxDad posted:If you were looking for a possible tornado, the usual tell tale sign on radar is a hook shaped pattern. I believe the tornadic winds would be at or about the hook. (My wife says I watch the Weather Channel too much.) The "hole" you noted was probably a break in the radar reading.
My family says I missed my calling, should have been a weather forecaster. I can have the weather channel on 24/7.
TPM posted:FoxDad posted:If you were looking for a possible tornado, the usual tell tale sign on radar is a hook shaped pattern. I believe the tornadic winds would be at or about the hook. (My wife says I watch the Weather Channel too much.) The "hole" you noted was probably a break in the radar reading.
My family says I missed my calling, should have been a weather forecaster. I can have the weather channel on 24/7.
Thermal ......Pressure.....Monitor ????
adbono posted:TPM posted:FoxDad posted:If you were looking for a possible tornado, the usual tell tale sign on radar is a hook shaped pattern. I believe the tornadic winds would be at or about the hook. (My wife says I watch the Weather Channel too much.) The "hole" you noted was probably a break in the radar reading.
My family says I missed my calling, should have been a weather forecaster. I can have the weather channel on 24/7.
Thermal ......Pressure.....Monitor ????
This guy started his career as a weather forecaster in Indianapolis.
Ripken Fan posted:adbono posted:TPM posted:FoxDad posted:If you were looking for a possible tornado, the usual tell tale sign on radar is a hook shaped pattern. I believe the tornadic winds would be at or about the hook. (My wife says I watch the Weather Channel too much.) The "hole" you noted was probably a break in the radar reading.
My family says I missed my calling, should have been a weather forecaster. I can have the weather channel on 24/7.
Thermal ......Pressure.....Monitor ????
This guy started his career as a weather forecaster in Indianapolis.
No, short for Tiger Paw Mom, but that was good.
Survivor: COVID
First we’re going to take away your freedom. Then we’re going to take away your electricity.
If I didn’t have two iPads, a laptop, a phone and a portable charger fully charged yesterday I would have been staring out the window watching it rain and blow.
On our 3rd day of snow in MN, but nothing particularly dangerous. About 6" still on the ground.
Tree update: Got a quote of $1200 to remove the tree, another $300 to grind the stump.
Couple buddies coming over instead, we'll chop it up ourselves for fire wood. Good thing she's big, could keep us 6 feet apart until we get to the stump!
CTbballDad posted:Tree update: Got a quote of $1200 to remove the tree, another $300 to grind the stump.
Couple buddies coming over instead, we'll chop it up ourselves for fire wood. Good thing she's big, could keep us 6 feet apart until we get to the stump!
Stump? What stump? The entire tree looks completely uprooted! You can't grind a stump that's already out of the ground! But you can haul it away!
ABSORBER posted:CTbballDad posted:Tree update: Got a quote of $1200 to remove the tree, another $300 to grind the stump.
Couple buddies coming over instead, we'll chop it up ourselves for fire wood. Good thing she's big, could keep us 6 feet apart until we get to the stump!
Stump? What stump? The entire tree looks completely uprooted! You can't grind a stump that's already out of the ground! But you can haul it away!
Ha yeah. 1/2 stump still in ground, but wants to charge full price.
Looks like another round tomorrow.... argh.
