Close call today

[Pony]

Today a tornado went through a town not far from me and a few others on the board. The final path was estimated at 5 miles north of my house, the major destruction was a little further, maybe a 10-15 minute drive.<br /><br /> Tornado <br /><br /><br />Here the sirens were going off and I could see the dark clouds, but it just poured and we had some lightning and thats it.......thankful right now.

 

[dakk1]

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Yeah, I hear ya. Never get used to those sirens going off. I always get that little bit of adrenalin rush when I hear them. All too frequent occurence here in the South.<br /><br />Dave

 

[Reel Poor]

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Dang PONY maybe ya better move down here, at least we get notice of a hurricane that comming.

 

[JB]

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Had one pass a couple of miles west of The Hideout last evening. Watched the funnel cloud but couldn't tell if it was on the ground.<br /><br />Makes you wonder if all your affairs are in order, doesn't it?

 

[Pony]

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It sure does JB. Thank God no one was really hurt in this one, but it still is a reminder to keep life in perspective.<br /><br />Its wierd now that I see my avatar......that lake is right where the tornado was. <br /><br /><br />I remember one night long ago when me an some buddies camped out in a back yard and a storm came up that blew our tent down. Had to go inside. Woke up to fine a part of a tree had fallen down on the tent, and a barn roof down the road had torn off killing a few horses. <br /><br />Last year we had our 20ft flag pole broken in half from a tree branch that hit it.<br /><br />Obviously nothin like a hurricane though..........which is prolly why i will always stay up here. Plus I like the cold

 

[KaGee]

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Glad all is well P.

 

[JB]

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Bit of trivia.<br /><br />100 years ago July 6 a tornado wiped out the city of Whitt, TX, pop: several hundred.<br /><br />It never recovered. Current pop, according to 2000 census, 35, and it has never been re-incorporated as a city.

 

[michael-lagrange]

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Thats is a scary thing to experiance!!<br /> i dont even want to talk about it.

 

[Pony]

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Thanks for sharing that JB. Those are the little facts that are always interesting to me. History can be really neat. In town here we have a restaurant/bar that used to be a lumber mill in the late 1800's. Lots of the old tools are up on the walls etc. Little tibits that ew people know are always neat to hear about.<br /><br />Heres a pic of the tornado. It was on the local papers website.<br />

 

[scrapper]

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Glad to hear all is well P.O.N.Y.

 

[eeboater]

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Thought of you when I heard that Pony... Glad to hear you are ok up there.<br /><br />Want to hear something nuts? I didn't even know there was a tornado until this morning...<br /><br />

 

[bekosh]

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Weather Service Tornado plot. <br />Here's the track of the tornado. That's Pike lake just off the end of the track. Glad no one was seriously hurt. The wife and I were in West Bend when the sirens went off. We got home and watched the storm track off to the south of us.