Wild times, I have never been told to seek shelter from a Tornado in CT in my life. It was interesting to see everyone get the emergency all at the same time.

(05-16-2018 10:49 AM)mike012779 Wrote:  Wild times, I have never been told to seek shelter from a Tornado in CT in my life. It was interesting to see everyone get the emergency all at the same time.

*Yawning in Kansas* ... Go sit on the porch and enjoy the show!

(05-16-2018 10:56 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 10:49 AM)mike012779 Wrote:  Wild times, I have never been told to seek shelter from a Tornado in CT in my life. It was interesting to see everyone get the emergency all at the same time.

*Yawning in Kansas* ... Go sit on the porch and enjoy the show!

Haha....agreed as someone who lives in the South and has to deal with these things all the time.

Just FYI, they hand out tornado warnings like candy on Halloween nowdays.

Some meteorologist sees a wild pixel on their weather radar, soils himself and slams down the red button.

Meanwhile the local TV stations cut into programming and immediately send out a trucks to find some 90 year old lady with a branch down in her front yard to interview.

Then they wonder why nobody listens to them if there is a real tornado.

I remember sleeping through those annoying sirens in Memphis.

The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

there's four inches of ice in tulsa right now?

http://www.tornadohistoryproject.com/tor...cticut/map

Couple F4's touchdowns in CT back in the day. Seems like a good amount of Tornados for such a small state as well over the years.

We had a tornado warning here in Columbus right before I left work Tuesday. As per usual with tornado warnings here, nothing really happened... we get a weak one occasionally, but nothing like the F-4's we would get in Cincinnati growing up. Severe weather is much less likely up here even though it's only an hour and a half up I-71.

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

(05-17-2018 11:45 AM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

To counter this argument ... nearly EVERY time there is a large tornado that does damage .. there is 3-5 days of warning that there will be a severe weather day ahead. You have plenty of time to prepare. They are rarely "unexpected"

(05-17-2018 11:53 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:45 AM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

To counter this argument ... nearly EVERY time there is a large tornado that does damage .. there is 3-5 days of warning that there will be a severe weather day ahead. You have plenty of time to prepare. They are rarely "unexpected"

I'm aware of Torcon ratings, we get a few high days around here too, but if you left the state every time tornado's were expected that's not very feasible. Where are you going anyway, the threat seems to extend across the entire country for those type of weather systems as they move so it's not like you are getting away from the threat by going anywhere reasonable. Other than staying close to your underground bunker or sleeping in a bunker I don't think there's much preparation you could do. Is that what people actually do out there or just hope it doesn't drop on their house seems to be the attitude I've seen and go about their daily life. That's what we do here but the threat is certainly less for the ones that could wipe out entire structures.

(05-17-2018 12:02 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:53 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:45 AM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 11:16 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  The local Connecticut news/weather goes crazy when there are conditions that could produce a tornado... Similar to when the deep South gets a few inches of snow and treats it like a blizzard.

Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

To counter this argument ... nearly EVERY time there is a large tornado that does damage .. there is 3-5 days of warning that there will be a severe weather day ahead. You have plenty of time to prepare. They are rarely "unexpected"

I'm aware of Torcon ratings, we get a few high days around here too, but if you left the state every time tornado's were expected that's not very feasible. Where are you going anyway, the threat seems to extend across the entire country for those type of weather systems as they move so it's not like you are getting away from the threat by going anywhere reasonable. Other than staying close to your underground bunker or sleeping in a bunker I don't think there's much preparation you could do.

You can be prepared to go in a basement in the very unlikely event that a tornado hits your house ...

(05-17-2018 12:03 PM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 12:02 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:53 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:45 AM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-16-2018 12:11 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  Bwahahaha

Wish we got snow. Its 4 inches of ice here in God's country. Tornados, earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes. The legislature just cut taxes again so I'm sure a volcano or two will make their way from the high tax Hawaii.

With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

To counter this argument ... nearly EVERY time there is a large tornado that does damage .. there is 3-5 days of warning that there will be a severe weather day ahead. You have plenty of time to prepare. They are rarely "unexpected"

I'm aware of Torcon ratings, we get a few high days around here too, but if you left the state every time tornado's were expected that's not very feasible. Where are you going anyway, the threat seems to extend across the entire country for those type of weather systems as they move so it's not like you are getting away from the threat by going anywhere reasonable. Other than staying close to your underground bunker or sleeping in a bunker I don't think there's much preparation you could do.

You can be prepared to go in a basement in the very unlikely event that a tornado hits your house ...

Do most homes there have basements or storm shelters? That's what I would have concern about or getting stuck out in town at the gas station or under an overpass or sleeping through a warning or storms. That's always what you see in these videos.

(05-17-2018 12:08 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 12:03 PM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 12:02 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:53 AM)Stickboy46 Wrote:  

(05-17-2018 11:45 AM)StillJonesing Wrote:  With Fracking you got the next best thing to a volcano. Just go in the back yard and light your well water on fire or so I've heard. I'll take 10 inches of snow all day everyday over even a small tornado's BTW. Heck hurricanes move so slow you could ride your bike and still get away from them if you had any sense. I don't stick around for hurricanes, the last 2 small hurricanes we've had I'll go hang out in Boone. Completely avoidable.

I drove through Joplin 6 months after it happened, I never won't to see anything like that and F4's can pop up about anywhere unexpectedly. It's not that but it opened my eyes to the damage and how fast those big tornados can take you out.

To counter this argument ... nearly EVERY time there is a large tornado that does damage .. there is 3-5 days of warning that there will be a severe weather day ahead. You have plenty of time to prepare. They are rarely "unexpected"

I'm aware of Torcon ratings, we get a few high days around here too, but if you left the state every time tornado's were expected that's not very feasible. Where are you going anyway, the threat seems to extend across the entire country for those type of weather systems as they move so it's not like you are getting away from the threat by going anywhere reasonable. Other than staying close to your underground bunker or sleeping in a bunker I don't think there's much preparation you could do.

You can be prepared to go in a basement in the very unlikely event that a tornado hits your house ...

Do most homes there have basements or storm shelters? That's what I would have concern about or getting stuck out in town at the gas station or under an overpass or sleeping through a warning or storms. That's always what you see in these videos.

In the regions that normally get a lot of tornados .. yes they do.

I read an article where less than 20% of new homes built in the South in the last 5 years had basements. (Compared to almost 80% of homes built in New England.)

Lived through a tornado in Greenville when I was 9 years old. 10 o'clock at night, blew away the roof, ceilings collapsed, blew out the windows and trees fell all over the house. Destroyed our station wagon. Very scary. If you feel pressure in your ears like being at the bottom of a deep pool, something is about to happen.

(05-17-2018 01:09 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  I read an article where less than 20% of new homes built in the South in the last 5 years had basements. (Compared to almost 80% of homes built in New England.)

Far south (like Texas), it's extremely expensive to add basements due to how hard the ground is.

(05-17-2018 01:09 PM)HuskyU Wrote:  I read an article where less than 20% of new homes built in the South in the last 5 years had basements. (Compared to almost 80% of homes built in New England.)

I'm surprised it's that high. You can't have basements in most of eastern NC is my understanding. It's to near the water table and moist without installing humidifiers and extreme drainage systems that aren't feasible. I would imagine it's like that in most of the south.