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we had some major storms roll through our county this afternoon.....multiple sitings of funnel clouds, unconfirmed reports of tornados all over the place, high winds, 3/4 inch hail, torrential downpours
as we were in full 'condition black' warning at the hospital i heard there was a sighting of 'nado in waterford.....hope you and yours are well
the first storm didn't do any damage here, but the second one brought down alot of LARGE brances ~~ looks to me like a downburst or sheer winds hit my house -- my kids were home but everyone is okay
i've got a helluva mess in the backyard to clean up though
(i did freak out a bit when i called home to warn my kids the second one was about to hit and my dtr said in a panicked voice "there are trees going past the windows!!!")
Posted : 07/06/2008 12:32 am
man, and people think we are crazy to live in earth quake country.
I hope all is well
Posted : 07/06/2008 4:13 am
I'll take Tornado Alley to an earthquake zone ANY time!!
One F-5 tornado in 34 years isn't bad!! 🙂
Posted : 07/06/2008 5:35 am
I'll take Tornado Alley to an earthquake zone ANY time!!
One F-5 tornado in 34 years isn't bad!! 🙂
hey! let's not bring the "earthquake zone" into this.. 😮 those are scary enuf!
i've lived through a 6.5 back in the early '60's here. i remember hugging the front lawn with my sisters/brother and my mom screaming at us from the front steps of the house. our roof had a large crack in it, with a ceiling beam nearly collapsing in our kitchen. 😮 we were lucky that day that it wasn't any worse.
tornados? i always watch those "storm chaser" shows and am fascinated, but when it comes down to it, i would not want to live in that alley!
be safe!! i worry about those of you who live in a path of destruction.. 
Posted : 07/06/2008 6:32 am
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speaking of the path of destruction...... 🙁
here we go again ~ we can only hope the worst of it skims us to the north
Posted : 07/06/2008 8:47 pm
hey! let's not bring the "earthquake zone" into this.. 😮 those are scary enuf!
i've lived through a 6.5 back in the early '60's here. i remember hugging the front lawn with my sisters/brother and my mom screaming at us from the front steps of the house. our roof had a large crack in it, with a ceiling beam nearly collapsing in our kitchen. 😮 we were lucky that day that it wasn't any worse.
tornados? i always watch those "storm chaser" shows and am fascinated, but when it comes down to it, i would not want to live in that alley!be safe!! i worry about those of you who live in a path of destruction..
Really, if you grow up here, you know what to watch for, which clouds bring which types of storms and what to do in all of them.
The only thing I don't like is that we don't have a basement and our little manufactured home will NOT withstand more than the smallest twister. That's my only fear. Otherwise...I figure, if it's my time to go...it's my time to go.
My sister has experienced an earthquake and a tornado both..and she said she'll take a tornado any day.
Posted : 08/06/2008 10:09 pm
hey! let's not bring the "earthquake zone" into this.. 😮 those are scary enuf!
i've lived through a 6.5 back in the early '60's here. i remember hugging the front lawn with my sisters/brother and my mom screaming at us from the front steps of the house. our roof had a large crack in it, with a ceiling beam nearly collapsing in our kitchen. 😮 we were lucky that day that it wasn't any worse.
tornados? i always watch those "storm chaser" shows and am fascinated, but when it comes down to it, i would not want to live in that alley!be safe!! i worry about those of you who live in a path of destruction..
Really, if you grow up here, you know what to watch for, which clouds bring which types of storms and what to do in all of them.
The only thing I don't like is that we don't have a basement and our little manufactured home will NOT withstand more than the smallest twister. That's my only fear. Otherwise...I figure, if it's my time to go...it's my time to go.
My sister has experienced an earthquake and a tornado both..and she said she'll take a tornado any day.
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how bout in the philipines and they had a huricane a major volcanic eruption and huge earthquakes all at the same time ..quite a few years ago maybe 10
talk about a adrenaline rush.
some sort of documentry on A&E
Posted : 09/06/2008 6:00 am
Hey Squirlz
Sorry it took so long for me to reply....we lost power for a few hours.But Damn these storms were insane! The tornado was out on highway 20 a few miles from me...thank god it didn't affect us. The flooding is bad.The next town over Mukwonago is about to lose their dam,Phantom lake will be no more,what a big ol mess.
Thanks for your concern Squirly girl. LOL
Posted : 11/06/2008 3:37 am
LOL I live in Illinois, we have tornadoes and earthquakes both. LOL Talk about bad luck! Actually we had a flood and strait line winds last weekend. My parents home was surrounded with water. It didn't get into the house but it came close. I actually sleep in the camper for now. And I woke up Sat morning on a lake. So instead of a camper I had a house boat. LOL
Anyhow hope all is well with everyone who was hit by these terrible storms.
Posted : 11/06/2008 11:02 am
LOL I live in Illinois, we have tornadoes and earthquakes both. LOL Talk about bad luck! Actually we had a flood and strait line winds last weekend. My parents home was surrounded with water. It didn't get into the house but it came close. I actually sleep in the camper for now. And I woke up Sat morning on a lake. So instead of a camper I had a house boat. LOL
Anyhow hope all is well with everyone who was hit by these terrible storms.
Glad you didn't float away Lori 🙂
Yes, everyone please take care during this crazy bad weather...I always head for the safe room but not before calling my daughter and grand kids over before the storm 🙂 ....sometimes I just stand outside and watch as the grandkids are in the safe room....tornado outside, tornado inside, it's about the same 🙂
Posted : 11/06/2008 2:40 pm
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Hey Squirlz
Sorry it took so long for me to reply....we lost power for a few hours.But Damn these storms were insane! The tornado was out on highway 20 a few miles from me...thank god it didn't affect us. The flooding is bad.The next town over Mukwonago is about to lose their dam,Phantom lake will be no more,what a big ol mess.
Thanks for your concern Squirly girl. LOL
😁 yeah!!!!! you're okay!!!! 😁
i was getting worried that you had sustained some real damage.....when you didn't reply i kept telling myself that you were just busy or maybe you were on vacation and missed it all 😉
ssdd....but thank God it seems to be going north of us tonight ~ pity those people that just keep getting socked repeatedly
((the doc i work with has not been fairing as well......he has a condo he's been trying to dumper...er, sell up in the dells, on what USED to be lake delton before the damn broke and the lake disappeared ~ now his big selling point is a condo overlooking a mud hole and the entire vacation economy is gone
.....and this after he lost his house in wtfd to a fire just a couple weeks before xmas))
Posted : 13/06/2008 2:26 am