Tornado warning!

[acptulsa]

First of the season. And that can only mean one thing to the Breadbasket of the World.

RAIN!

 

[MelissaWV]

Pshhh amateurs... we already had several tornado warnings this year in FL

 

[acptulsa]

Pshhh amateurs... we already had several tornado warnings this year in FL

You're calling Oklahoma amateurs in this? The people who get a tornado warning and celebrate the rain? Don't make me post very ugly pics...

Glad y'all have had some rain this year. We (as you may or may not have heard; few MSM outlets can even find us) have been a long time waiting. Hell, the farmers' market opens tomorrow and we've been running on melted snow and volunteer fire departments.

 

[MelissaWV]

Yeah, not much rain. It sweeps through super fast, brings the wind and twisters and hail and a sudden flooding squall, then nothing. It would be nice to get a steady soaking rain that helps the crops.

The neighbor brought over some beautiful sweet onions, though, in exchange for us keep an eye on his house while he's away. They are spectacular.

 

[t0rnado]

I'm in NJ right now though.

 

[acptulsa]

LOL Well, I'm glad I was able to let everyone know you'd be in this thread.

Last thing we need in this recession is a drought around here. The Dust Bowl didn't do anything to get us out of the Great Depression.

 

[Matt Collins]

Pshhh amateurs... we already had several tornado warnings this year in FL

You live in FL now? What part?

 

[Matt Collins]

I was already IN one this year, it was not pleasant. I was almost in a second two.

I've been in 4 or 5 total. The very first one almost killed me, but I was very fortunate.

All of these were rain wrapped or at night. Unfortunately I've never seen a funnel cloud as it is my wish to do so, from far away of course.

 

[AFPVet]

We don't get the big ones too often here in Indiana... just the little 60-140mph ones. They throw a lot of dust on your barn and take out a few trees. I didn't like cleaning up the downed trees on my farm. The one from a couple years ago threw a plastic chair at one of my old cars and left white paint and a nice dent

 

[acptulsa]

The one I saw on the ground was beautifully clear and a little F1 or 2 'rope tornado'. It was inconceivably tall and powerful, yet the most graceful thing I have ever seen.

It was, fortunately, east of us. We watched it a bit, and then this horrible feeling came over me. I then began watching over my shoulder. When one fades, it is possible for another to appear. Not this time, though...

Twice in a century we've had 'supertwisters'. A mile wide. Still not as bad as a hurricane, but pretty damned impressive nonetheless. And people wonder why folks in this end of the world tend toward religion.

 

[Tinnuhana]

Without typhoons, we'd be in constant water rationing here. Occasional water spouts are spectacular: white funnel against a dark sky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yS4O6mOmhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZPUS-0C8W4
These are actually two views of the same waterspout. If you look in the background in the first video, you can see Yomitan, a peninsula north of Ginowan and Kadena Air Base.

 

[MelissaWV]

Matt, as I've answered you the other dozen times you've asked, I am currently in Gainesville, FL, helping out my parents.

 

[Matt Collins]

Matt, as I've answered you the other dozen times you've asked, I am currently in Gainesville, FL, helping out my parents.

I have bad memory sometimes. Sorry about that. I remember you saying you had grown up near my area here in Wn Pk.

 

[acptulsa]

Another one! Starting to feel like spring. Maybe we'll avoid a drought in the heartland after all.

 

[easycougar]

Tulsa County is about to get slammed! I'm waiting patiently in Joplin MO

 

[acptulsa]

Yeah, this end of the state is getting wet this time. And you will indeed get it soon enough. Unless it's seriously deadly; in that case it'll dive right down into the heart of the Ozarks.

The sirens, the ozone, the deep rumbling. Finally feels like spring! Very majestic.

 

[acptulsa]

I stand corrected, cougar. Finally dug up a radar. This thing reaches all the way to Omaha. Get your Mercury in that garage.

 

[BamaAla]

Congrats on the rain!

We've had a few tornadoes here in north Alabama in the past few months, and we're supposed to get your's tomorrow.

 

[acptulsa]

Congrats on the rain!

Thanks! Can't tell you how good it smells. Glad I went to the store earler. Lucky--had no clue it was coming.

 

[raiha]

Stay safe y'all. We are seeing dramatic footage of yr twisters here thanks to Shep Smith. I'd love to see a tornado before I die but I would love to be able to skedaddle into a shelter when it got too close.