Severe Thunderstorms and Tornado Warning

[Gritsngumbo]

for our area. Touchdowns sighted just a few miles away. We're hunkered down in the bathroom and the center hallway. Never done this before even when we lived in S.E. Missouri (which is in tornado alley).
Still have power, internet and TV which is strange.

http://www.weather.com/weather/map/inte ... p=h&zoom=7

They say to listen for the sound of a freight train. Only problem is that freight trains cross the end of our road several times a night and we never notice them.

[rickairmedic]

Grits keep your head down and stay put in the Tub till alls clear . We have warnings here till around 5 am fortunately we do have a basement . Right now the rest of the bunch is in bed unless I wake them and send them to the hole .


Rick

[Toyz]

Looking at the radar, it looks as if the worst is over for ya'll. Hope you are unscathed, Grits! The tail of the system is just coming across our area; we haven't even had rain yet, but it looks as if it's coming. No weather alerts here currently.
Edit, 10:50, heavy rain here, and looks like a second round headed your way, the same line that's hitting us currently.
Paul

[Gritsngumbo]

They're saying it will be bad for another two hours or so. New rotations in the parish just south of us.

[Max]

Are you sitting in your tub on your laptop?

[rickairmedic]

Why not I'm sitting in my garage on mine . Granted I am watching the Tv at the same time .



Rick

[Gritsngumbo]

No the floor. My daughter grabbed the tub and my pillow. We can hear the TV from the living room. My wife's tweeting updates from her Facebook friends and the TV to one of the local radio stations.

[ezernut9mm]

keep your head down grits. we are very familiar with this type of weather up here in kc. i have herded the hoard to the basement on numerous occasions and luckily came back topside to see no damage. hopefully you will make it through this evening the same.

[slick4x4]

I live in a trailer house in Kansas....
No worries here
Living on the edge man.... Living on the edge

[Gritsngumbo]

Thanks Chris. Looks like the worst has passed
When I moved to Springfield MO, the first few weeks I was on the job, we spent more time in the basement of the newspaper than on the main floor.

[rickairmedic]

Nothing to exciting here yet other than some good wind bouncing the overhead door screen off of the overhead door . Been pretty windy here all day . We are supposed to get hit somewhere between 1 and 4 according to the last report I watched may go take a nap for a few hours .


Rick

[Gritsngumbo]

I live in a trailer house in Kansas....
No worries here
Living on the edge man.... Living on the edge

Why is a tornado similar to a divorce?

Either way, someone's going to lose a trailer house.

[rickairmedic]

Thats the only part of Nado's that skeeres me We live between 3 trailer parks and everyone knows thats the first place Nado's head .


Rick

[slick4x4]

It's actually 2 trailers side by side... Covered with a roof & siding
It looks like a ranch home
It works though.... Fooled them tornadoes the last 20 years !

[R Pope]

And I thought I was hard done by having to stay in the house while the blizzard raged outside for a day or so! 4 foot drifts in the yard this morning. Good tryout for the new-to-me 4WD Ford pickup, I guess.

[rickairmedic]

Alright Grits report in and let us know the all clear is good and yall are still with us .


We had sirens finally start up around 4AM and they kept going off till about 5 am . We had some nasty wind but as far as I know no Nado's here . I just got up I crashed about 5AM once the family was up getting ready for work and school . I told em my watch is over tag your it .

Rick

[Gritsngumbo]

All is fine and dandy with us. I finally called it quits and went to bed about 12:30. Took my friend's advice: "If the Lord wants me, he knows where to find me". No damage on our property but lots of water.
Sorry for not updating earlier. I had to leave home at 6:00 this am to pickup two workers from the half-way house to load up a bunch of doors, windows , cabinets and commercial light fixtures on my trailer.
The stuff was from a tear-out of a home builder storefront sales office and the leasing agent told my wife she could have it all if she hauled off. 911 - Husband
A good dozen multi-panel doors, one very nice french doors and three "french style" floor to ceiling windows (for my wife's "tiny house" project). Thirty of the "drop-in" ceiling light fixtures with T-8 bulbs. Need a few these for my shop.
And a bunch "showroom samples" of kitchen and bathroom cabinets. What can I say? I'm a hoarder.

[rickairmedic]

Good to know yall are alright especially seeing as the same section of storm that passed over you is tearing the snot out of Georgia .


Rick

[slickmainer]

Don't let this happen to you!

[Gritsngumbo]

Did see a large portable building, 12'X24' or so (being used as storage at a local convenience story) literally on it's roof this morning.
Here's a pic: