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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 04:38pm
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Rocky, you see any signs of storm where you are?? off topic

We've got a "tornado" going through SW Washington/Vancouver area. You mid-westerners would probably laugh, but it's a big deal here. Apparently no humans injured, but since the Natonal Weather Service issued an alert here, it's a big deal. Our weather is so mild that when anything happens, it's enough to get news people looking for as much overtime pay as they can milk out of it. The only effect on me is that I'm missing my soap opera. Stupid weather.
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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 04:48pm
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Tornados are big deals no matter where you live. If you have ever seen entire towns and neighborhood wiped out up close you will not take them very lightly. And in this state there have been many towns ran through and millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of people killed. That a big deal no matter where you live. At least it should be.

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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 04:53pm
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Tornados are big deals no matter where you live. If you have ever seen entire towns and neighborhood wiped out up close you will not take them very lightly. And in this state there have been many towns ran through and millions of dollars in damages and hundreds of people killed. That a big deal no matter where you live. At least it should be.

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Well, you're right, but frankly I"m not sure this thing would qualify as a tornado by midwestern standards. In one hour of news casting they've basically shown pictures of every building that was damaged and that's inbetween the weather maps and the picture of a car that got picked up and set on top of a log somehow. THey've shown that pic about 27 times.
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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 05:02pm
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Anytime you have a tornado touch down and it is moving cars around, that is a big deal. Consider yourself blessed when no one is hurt or killed. Just because it is not torn through an entire town does not mean it is not serious. Consider yourselves really blessed if all it did was turn over a car or two.

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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 05:56pm
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Tornadoes in metro areas are, honestly rare. Jeff's right, it's a blessing no one was injured. Strong enough to pick up a car is pretty strong, IMO. May not be strong my tornado standards, but it's strong enough for my tastes.

I'm happy that where we live now, tornadoes just don't happen (due to the mountain terrain.)
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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 06:03pm
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Well I started this thread to see if rockyroad had been involved in any of the "action". They said on the news that several schools had been locked down. Some had lost power, some lost phones. This is the time of day when he's often on the board, and since he's NOT here right now, I"m assuming his school was infact in the path. But we'll see what happens.
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Old Thu Jan 10, 2008, 06:31pm
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If it's still hanging around, they're likely taking shelter.
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