We are IN the basement...Tornado Warning

[greenbriar]

This time it is us...

[Bluebear]

1. Holy tomolley, stay there and sing campfire songs. Loudly.

Thinking of you.

[TomInTib]

2. Dearest greenbriar.

Safe wishes flying your way from the Bay.

Good luck.

Tom

[eleny]

3. Oh no!

Be safe. I hope the storm falls apart quickly.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

4. stay safe!

[aquart]

5. Be safe. Be safe. Be safe.

May it pass over like a harmless cloud. Hope the basement is well-equipped for nervous hours.

[Roxy66]

6. Where exactly are you?

[phantom power]

7. liveblogging the tornadoz! good luck!

[ikojo]

8. Where are you located?

I hope you're OK!

[greenbriar]

9. we got all the stuff we need unless it gets bad

we even got the dog and Spooky down...


we are camped out with our laptops and the ham radio flashlights and tv...


hopefully it will be fast

[ikojo]

10. You have the necessities

then....ice cream, potato chips and a Mountain Dew would be icing on the cake.

[fight4my3sons]

11. .

:hug:

I have memories of being in the closet with my mom during tornado warnings. Please stay safe. Let us know you are ok.

[Zynx]

12. Praying for you. That is a frightening prospect.

Best wishes.

[niyad]

13. be safe. our thoughts are with all in the danger areas.

[leftyclimber]

14. Good vibes to everyone in your area.

Hopefully it skips over all of you. :hug:

[MuseRider]

15. I just got all my animals housed

and battened down. I just came in and saw you were under the gun. It is getting awfully close to me now but nothing yet. I can't believe what it feels like out there and the wind! Lordy the wind! Wizard of Oz indeed! I have not seen Mrs. Gulch yet but it can't be long.

I can see the front line coming in, storms still aways away. Shelters are now open and people are going to them.

The radar over you looks terrible. I hope you are far from the worst of it.

I don't think I have ever yelled at my goats. Poor boys, they did not give me one bit of trouble coming in, they just looked at me kinda strangely.

Gotta go get things ready since I am alone I have 4 dogs to deal with. Satellite will not last long so if it goes out before I get back I will see you on the other side of this nasty line. Be well.

[Jane Austin]

16. Let us know you are ok

when it's over.

You, too, Greenbriar.

[MuseRider]

18. Will do and thanks

for your concern. This is really really nasty looking. Not the usual Kansas tornado kind of situation. Much worse. Greenbriar is in the middle of some really nasty looking radar images.

[TomInTib]

22. Take care of those goats, MR.....

Buena suerte!

Tom

[MuseRider]

23. Ahhh Tom!

I owe you so many emails! I am so sorry I have been such a slacker lately.

Thanks so much. We did our dancing early to avoid this.

The storms are tilting, not good but that means it may be a little longer before I see them. I am hoping they poo out before they get here.

[TomInTib]

27. If you can, let me know how you are, later.

I am doing a songwriters-in-the-round tonight, but I will check in when I can.

But I am glad you got your dancing done before the storm.

I will be thinking good thoughts and flinging them your way.

[MuseRider]

28. I will.

Thanks so much. Right now it looks like the storm has tilted and I will be OK until sometime after 9.

You must tell me about the songwriters-in-the-round. I love your songs, I would guess you are quite popular. Have fun!

[TomInTib]

29. Thanks, you are far too kind. nt

[Booster]

32. My best vibes to you, MuseRider, and all your animals. Be safe.

:hug:

[kevinbgoode]

36. Do take very good care!

And huddle those dawgs around you. . .This must be an awful storm.

[uppityperson]

17. Stay low, stay safe, good luck all. eom

[wryter2000]

19. I'm pulling for you

Hang tight, and stay well.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

20. Thank goodness for tornado warnings!

I always appreciate advanced warning when it comes to a beast like a tornado.

Try and relax and go with it, but keep a close eye on your dog. If he gets to acting extra jittery, or just odd, be ready to clam him down if need be. Or restrain him if you must. Mine, which is deaf so I know she felt it and didn't hear it, went nuts a few weeks ago when we were under a tornado warning as the storm cell moved over us. I think it's it's because they're hyper sensitive to the sudden pressure change.

Stay safe! That's an order.

[LiberalPersona]

21. Yeah

I was just under it too, but the threat seems to have passed now because they cancelled the warning.

[malaise]

24. Please stay safe

:grouphug:

[gulfcoastliberal]

25. Scary! Gloabl warming is a bitch, eh?

Good luck.

[Gormy Cuss]

26. I hope that nothing happens. No tornado in your area or anywhere else.

Stay safe, greenbriar.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

30. You're in my thoughts, please be safe! n/t

[HeeBGBz]

31. We will get that line of storms after midnight

Stay safe! I hate middle of the nighters.

This wind is bizarre. Hot wind gusting about 40.

[Booster]

33. Stay safe, Greenbriar. My thoughts are with you and all that are

in the basement with you.

[bdamomma]

34. please be careful and be safe.

[Canuckistanian]

35. Whatever you do, don't let your BIL in.

He can take his chances outside.

[greenbriar]

46. he lives in a different city

they had their share


and fires too

[Seedersandleechers]

37. I'm in Kansas City

but I read that the chances of a tornado hitting a major city was once every 1000 years.

[The Backlash Cometh]

38. Anyone heard from her yet?

[Junkdrawer]

39. .

[greenbriar]

40. I am back

we lost power for about 16 hours

Almost as soon as we went to the basement.


Downed power lines I guess from the wind.

the tornado threat lessenend almost as quickly as it came


but we just now got power

[The Backlash Cometh]

45. Thanks for the update.

Glad you're okay.

[greenbriar]

41. thank you

thank you for all your prayers and good thoughts
it worked.


It was a LOT more mild than we could have had


Thanks to you all!!!

[Shoelace]

42. there were 35 tornadoes yesterday (Thur.) + 409 "severe storm reports"

I've been sending prayers throughout this awful storm situation that happened yesterday and am so happy to hear you are ok Greenbriar!

Here's the situation from Thursday's reports and at the link, you can see what happened in previous days, weeks too. Several days ago, there were 65 tornadoes so it's really been an active season so far with lots of damaging straight line winds, huge hail, etc:

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NOAA's Storm Reports page is here:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/

[greenbriar]

43. I said it was going to be a huge storm year

.

[Shoelace]

44. according to scientists, these storms will increase in intensity

due to climate change. Good little read about tornadoes and climate change on "The Daily Green" (a good website for environmental news) here:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/tornado-47060602

(excerpt)
There had been 1,258 tornadoes reported through May 30, a tally that nearly matches the 10-year average for an entire calendar year, according to Storm Prediction Center data. While the figure is inflated because some storms are reported twice, storm watchers say this is an extraordinary, if not unprecedented, tornado season.

The 112 reported deaths to date are significantly more than the death count seen in recent years. The 2008 tornado season is the deadliest in a decade and on pace to be the deadliest ever recorded in the United States.

This could be a harbinger of things to come. Some scientists have warned that global warming will create conditions that make violent tornadoes more frequent.

[JeanGrey]

48. Actually that is not entirely true:

2008 Fatality Pace vs. 1998
1998: 125
2008: 113


We haven't matched 98 yet. But I bet we will before the end of the year.

[JeanGrey]

47. Me too because we had a bad winter. Very cold winters are

sometimes followed by extremely violent spring/summer storms, it is all that hot air, cold air colliding thing...................