Tornado Outbreak Discussion Thread

[Chucho]

The only person who's replied to Andy in this thread has been derp and Andy has quoted Mark like 5 times and quoted like 5 other posters.

[Millennial_Messiah]

The only person who's replied to Andy in this thread has been derp and Andy has quoted Mark like 5 times and quoted like 5 other posters.

Mark/Bump and I get along pretty well.

[Mark Celibate]

The only person who's replied to Andy in this thread has been derp and Andy has quoted Mark like 5 times and quoted like 5 other posters.

Andy's a good dude..... I've just been doing low energy, drive-by posting in this thread tbh

[pgardn]

This video is probably as realistic as it gets. Dude inexplicably sits there and films a monster tornado heading right toward him and actually captures the footage as it directly hits and tears up everything in front of him. Somehow he actually survives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0c27Twu__o

Ok... Clem did not even scream...

[pgardn]

Oh yes...

where the F is the RAIN?

WE NEED water.

[baseline bum]

Not sure if I agree. Earthquakes can strike at random without any warning and if it's a >9.0 type of quake you're ed. There's no time to "get into a safe spot" because weather forecasters can't predict seismic quakes, they are completely random acts of nature.

The last time a 9.0+ earthquake hit the US, not including Alaska, was the year 1700. And if you include Alaska there was one in 1964 and that's it outside of the 1700 quake.

[spurraider21]

ive never experienced one, though last year we did get alerts for a tornado warning. apparently a small one touched down in our county, but we never saw it. it got pretty windy by us, but nothing crazy. some trees were downed but luckily we didnt lose power.

was still pretty surreal getting a notification on my phone telling me i'm in the area of a tornado warning. they're not super common here, but apparently not entirely unheard of either.

it was a little nerve rattling anyway since we were a 2nd floor condo unit at the time, which is far from ideal. we've since moved into a house so it would be easier to bunker down if needed. we dont have a designated shelter/cellar or anything like that, but it doesnt seem necessary here

[Millennial_Messiah]

The last time a 9.0+ earthquake hit the US, not including Alaska, was the year 1700. And if you include Alaska there was one in 1964 and that's it outside of the 1700 quake.

1906 San Francisco? It was near that territory and extremely destructive

[Millennial_Messiah]

Oh yes...

where the F is the RAIN?

WE NEED water.

Rain was here last year. Way too much of it, in fact. And too many hail storms/tornado chances, especially in May.

I'm glad this spring is gonna be a dry one, like 2011. Bring on the KSAT stage water restrictions and that face ole Steve Browne made, tbh.

[Millennial_Messiah]

ive never experienced one, though last year we did get alerts for a tornado warning. apparently a small one touched down in our county, but we never saw it. it got pretty windy by us, but nothing crazy. some trees were downed but luckily we didnt lose power.

was still pretty surreal getting a notification on my phone telling me i'm in the area of a tornado warning. they're not super common here, but apparently not entirely unheard of either.

it was a little nerve rattling anyway since we were a 2nd floor condo unit at the time, which is far from ideal. we've since moved into a house so it would be easier to bunker down if needed. we dont have a designated shelter/cellar or anything like that, but it doesnt seem necessary here

Yeah most of Virginia and NC are still in the moderate risk zone. I guess for someone from the west coast it's a new experience.

[spurraider21]

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[baseline bum]

1906 San Francisco? It was near that territory and extremely destructive

The 1906 SF quake was like 100 times weaker than the 1700 Cascadia quake.

[Fat Brandon Bass]

monster tornado heading directly into Tuscaloosa right now. Photos coming in are surreal, likely an EF5

[StormLuva]

turned out to be a bust, ....oh well i guess I'll go cuddle/ have buttsex with MannyIsGod and watch some old do entaries on the Joplin tornado destruction to make me feel better....

[Millennial_Messiah]

monster tornado heading directly into Tuscaloosa right now. Photos coming in are surreal, likely an EF5

They had like two F4's a few years ago back-to-back. Maybe this one will take down Nick Saban's house.

[Spurtacular]

The only person who's replied to Andy in this thread has been derp and Andy has quoted Mark like 5 times and quoted like 5 other posters.

Bean counter snowflake Crusty.

You're one sad er honestly.

[Spurtacular]

Not sure if I agree. Earthquakes can strike at random without any warning and if it's a >9.0 type of quake you're ed. There's no time to "get into a safe spot" because weather forecasters can't predict seismic quakes, they are completely random acts of nature.

In an earthquake, I think you have a great shot at navigating the obstacles as long as you're not near or under anything too heavy. You get caught up in a tornado and you survive by the grace of God frankly.

[Spurtacular]

The chance of being impacted by a deadly (EF3+) tornado is minuscule compared to other natural disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes that strike large areas. When you combine the fact that those tornadoes are rare, usually do not strike heavily populated areas, and have a relatively small damage path it's just not something I really ever worry about. And if you somewhat know what you're doing (unlike the mongoloid above who sat there and filmed a giant tornado barreling right toward him), you have time to flee the area on the 0.0001% chance you ever find yourself in the path of an F4/F5 tornado.

But yes, if you do somehow find yourself getting struck by a violent tornado then you're 100% screwed

Anyone who dies from a hurricane is just someone too stupid to get away from the coast. A tornado can strike rather quickly and even catch a very vigilant person.

[Spurtacular]

Not sure if I agree. Earthquakes can strike at random without any warning and if it's a >9.0 type of quake you're ed. There's no time to "get into a safe spot" because weather forecasters can't predict seismic quakes, they are completely random acts of nature.

California, buildings are built up to certain codes; so, you know in terms of an earthquake being so powerful that a building crumbles, it truly has to be "the big one."

[Mark Celibate]

Anyone who dies from a hurricane is just someone too stupid to get away from the coast. A tornado can strike rather quickly and even catch a very vigilant person.

I can agree with that. With hurricanes you have to have your head in the sand for days to be hit by a major one "off-guard". Tornadoes require being much more weather-savvy. They're still not too hard to prepare for as long as you:

a) know that day's forecast (i.e. if severe weather isn't forecasted, you have nothing to worry about)
b) know how to read a weather radar
c) can identify a rotating, wall cloud where tornadoes form. They don't just drop from the sky at random

Also, a good bit of common sense goes along way. If we're under some type of severe weather watch, and I know a storm is on the way with a chance of a tornado forming, I'm not going out on the roads where I can get caught. Just staying in and away from windows is enough to survive 90% of tornadoes. The upper 10% (F4/F5), I'm watching the radar in advance and driving somewhere away from the storm where it doesn't hit me

[Millennial_Messiah]

I can agree with that. With hurricanes you have to have your head in the sand for days to be hit by a major one "off-guard". Tornadoes require being much more weather-savvy. They're still not too hard to prepare for as long as you:

a) know that day's forecast (i.e. if severe weather isn't forecasted, you have nothing to worry about)
b) know how to read a weather radar
c) can identify a rotating, wall cloud where tornadoes form. They don't just drop from the sky at random

Also, a good bit of common sense goes along way. If we're under some type of severe weather watch, and I know a storm is on the way with a chance of a tornado forming, I'm not going out on the roads where I can get caught. Just staying in and away from windows is enough to survive 90% of tornadoes. The upper 10% (F4/F5), I'm watching the radar in advance and driving somewhere away from the storm where it doesn't hit me

Not sure if that one's accurate. Plenty of sunny/partly cloudy forecasted spring days with "10% precipitation chance" in DFW/Denton I've spent that started off hot and humid and by 5PM ended in a severe thunderstorm and a tornado scare.

Btw, if you're ever in Denton during a tornado scare... there's this older building called Wooten Hall on the UNT campus, built in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis for nuclear bomb bunker purposes, with a large, very deep (probably 20+ feet deep), grandfathered basement that is mainly used by janitors but is accessible to students as well. It's where I went anytime there was a chance of a tornado.

[Mark Celibate]

Not sure if that one's accurate. Plenty of sunny/partly cloudy forecasted spring days with "10% precipitation chance" in DFW/Denton I've spent that started off hot and humid and by 5PM ended in a severe thunderstorm and a tornado scare.

Btw, if you're ever in Denton during a tornado scare... there's this older building called Wooten Hall on the UNT campus, built in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis for nuclear bomb bunker purposes, with a large, very deep (probably 20+ feet deep), grandfathered basement that is mainly used by janitors but is accessible to students as well. It's where I went anytime there was a chance of a tornado.

Well yeah, there have been plenty of days where you get that "pop-up thunderstorm" that may form a weak funnel cloud but they don't lead to much more than that. Even then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know to avoid driving toward big, dark scary looking clouds

[Millennial_Messiah]

Well yeah, there have been plenty of days where you get that "pop-up thunderstorm" that may form a weak funnel cloud but they don't lead to much more than that. Even then it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know to avoid driving toward big, dark scary looking clouds

Yep, but, sometimes there's not a choice. If you're headed north on I-35 past OKC, what choice do you have? The most likely "worst case scenario" is a free car wash, and if the absolutely infinitesimal case of a tornado scooping up your car on the highway and killing you happens... then you just weren't meant to be, I guess. Some things are just best left up to fate & destiny.

[Mark Celibate]

Here are a few other close-up tornado videos

Some crazy Mexican guy filming the Tuscaloosa tornado coming right at his window, yet it ends up barely swiping them inexplicably leaving him without a scratch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VeX_fIwoI4

Truck driver stops in the middle of an intersection and just watches an F4 tornado coming right at him. Tornado literally gets within yards of the truck, and starts to drag him in before moving on. funniest part was that he was annoyed at the "inconvenience" of having his rear view mirror bent and being completely oblivious to the fact that he was mere inches away from death

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi2Vis4sSDY

[spurraider21]

California, buildings are built up to certain codes; so, you know in terms of an earthquake being so powerful that a building crumbles, it truly has to be "the big one."

goddam regulations and red tape