OT Moore, Oklahoma...playing twister again...

[Soonersincefitty]

Man alive...what's up with Moore, DAMN!

I mean come on...what are the odds of a major weather event in the form of a tornado hitting the same area three times in 20 years?

Like 10 quintillion to 1?

Unbelievable, biblical even...

 

[Section22Sooner]

5 times. This was number 5.

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Thanks for the correction 22...I was just winging that one...

 

[Section22Sooner]

I was wrong. Tonight is #6 since 1998.

 

[iasooner1]

I see Tulsa is getting hammered about now; ya'all stay safe out there!

 

[Soonersincefitty]

Thanks wood...

Got the fraidy hole all ready...

Lot's of candles, Jack Daniels and coke, beef jerky and other 'unmentionables'.

We're good to go!

 

[K2C Sooner]

Major hail damage at my house two miles north of Catoosa. I just got my power back on. Thank goodness I have a basement. I heard the choo-choo sound a tornado makes before it hits. It didn't drop at my house.

 

[PryorFan]

Fortunately Shawnee was spared this go around. Seriously considering installing a concrete storm shelter in my garage.

 

[WhyNotaSooner]

Well I missed it but Hannity had a panel discussion about his news conference. Did anyone catch it?

 

[iasooner1]

Originally posted by WhyNotaSooner:
Well I missed it but Hannity had a panel discussion about his news conference. Did anyone catch it?

I did; the Armed Services delivered a major blow to potus' 5-1 savage swap for the traitor Berghdahl. Epic!
(not sure what it has to do with OK springtime weather though)
This post was edited on 3/25 10:48 PM by iasooner1

 

[Medic007]

Tornadoes form where they want and do what they please. Chances? Who knows. Weak tornado tonight in Moore. Fatality in Sand Springs. My heart goes out to those affected.

 

[Oklabama]

We installed a safe room in our garage last year, which is an above ground F5 rated tornado shelter. Although we are in south Tulsa and only had high winds and a lot of rain, I did have my wife in the safe room while I watched the skies. Fortunately we didn't have to shut the door and sit it out. I've lived in Oklahoma and Texas for 59 of my 68+ years and have never seen a tornado, only the aftermath, but I respect the devastation one can produce. Seems the older I get the less courage I have (and maybe the smarter I get) so we finally have a real place to go now should I get to see my first tornado up close and personal. One the children that drown in the Moore school tornado was a family member and our niece lost her home in the same tornado. A lot of family have installed shelters within the last couple of years.

This post was edited on 3/26 3:35 AM by Oklabama

 

[Section22Sooner]

Oklabama, they may have sold you a shelter that can sustain F5 wind speeds with a 2x4 flying through the air, but when I saw what an airborne truck did to my buddy's house in Bridge Creek in 1999, I surmised that I don't want to be in a safe room in an F5. It was a massive pulverizing grinder. Fortunately, you are likely not to ever experience that extreme.


This post was edited on 3/26 5:49 AM by Section22Sooner

 

[Oklabama]

If I were 20 years younger, I would have installed an underground shelter in my garage floor, but with two bad knees and my wife's hip (she is having a hip replacement on April 7) I had to consider how much use I would get from an underground shelter as I get older and quickly become unable to get in and out of it. That's just my risk management mindset. In other words, something is better than nothing. I'm fairly satisfied the Atlas box will protect us in most situations and if not, it will be a hell of ride!

 

[Section22Sooner]

Very good point Oklabama.

I don't have a shelter. And I learned a couple of years ago that fleeing in a vehicle isn't a great idea especially when 15,000 other neighbors have the same idea. I may have to jump into my gun safe if a biggie comes my way. That safe will be the last thing standing if my house gets it.

 

[Oklabama]

You bet it will be, which is the theory I have about my safe room. It is essentially a 2 1/2 ft by 4 1/2 ft safe. No air can get underneath it to lift is up but as you said, a flying F250 landing on it will dent it,. LOL

 

[DallasSooner]

It's kind of like living in Galveston. I guess you know it comes with the territory. You know if you live in that area you are going to get hit with a hurricane.

It's awful I feel for those folks, I know a lot of them probably just rebuilt from the last big one that came through. Scary part is it' just March. Hope this isn't a preview of what's to come for April May.

 

[gsxrace01]

Originally posted by iasooner1:

Originally posted by WhyNotaSooner:
Well I missed it but Hannity had a panel discussion about his news conference. Did anyone catch it?

I did; the Armed Services delivered a major blow to potus' 5-1 savage swap for the traitor Berghdahl. Epic!
(not sure what it has to do with OK springtime weather though)

This post was edited on 3/25 10:48 PM by iasooner1

hannity is a right wing nutjob,possibly the most annoying cheese packer that's ever walked the earth.

 

[JConXtsy]

Originally posted by gsxrace01:

hannity is a right wing nutjob,possibly the most annoying cheese packer that's ever walked the earth.

To his credit, he gets paid to do that. He gets paid very, very well to do that. I think for the amount of money these guys get paid, I could put all logic aside and stoke fires with the best of them.

 

[HighStickHarry]

Is there any evidence of ancient native tribes staying away from the Moore area? Not the post removal natives but the ancients who would have generations of oral history of weather.

 

[pfka_ms]

My nephew shot this yesterday in Sand Springs. He chases for Fox 23.

Sand Springs tornado

 

[NWBoomer]

Originally posted by Medic007:
Tornadoes form where they want and do what they please. Chances? Who knows. Weak tornado tonight in Moore.

I bet when damage is assessed, it winds up being F2 - F3 damage.
you don't get a light show like that from power flashes with F1 winds.

looked like a tank division firing last night

 

[Oklabama]

EDIT: My post didn't have a single thing to do with the topic. Deleted.

This post was edited on 3/26 12:53 PM by Oklabama

 

[Section22Sooner]

During my half year absence and unbeknownst to me, it looks like political cheap shots became OK on this board. How unfortunate.



This post was edited on 3/26 6:24 PM by Section22Sooner

 

[Soonersincefitty]

That's right 22...where the hell did that come from?

That wasn't a part of the plan.

 

[BillyRay]

Originally posted by Oklabama:

If I were 20 years younger, I would have installed an underground shelter in my garage floor,

Okla, this reminds me of something. Back when i worked for my father, our business related mostly to new homes and real estate. It always amazed me that with Oklahoma sitting right in the heart of tornado alley, that you never, ever, ever see new homes these days built with any sort of storm/tornado shelters. I would think living in this part of the country, it would be a no-brainer to work a shelter into a budget for building a new home.

My parents just finished their retirement home here a couple of years ago and they absolutely included a storm shelter.

 

[iasooner1]

My folks built a bomb shelter into their former house in Miama that was designed to withstand an F4 if memory serves.

Sorry for my diversion but Bergdahl makes me sick.

 

[Oklabama]

Originally posted by BillyRay:

Originally posted by Oklabama:

If I were 20 years younger, I would have installed an underground shelter in my garage floor,

Okla, this reminds me of something. Back when i worked for my father, our business related mostly to new homes and real estate. It always amazed me that with Oklahoma sitting right in the heart of tornado alley, that you never, ever, ever see new homes these days built with any sort of storm/tornado shelters. I would think living in this part of the country, it would be a no-brainer to work a shelter into a budget for building a new home.

My parents just finished their retirement home here a couple of years ago and they absolutely included a storm shelter.

Billy, my brother-in-law lives outside of Harrah and is now 82. He had an underground shelter installed in the late 80"s but neither he nor his wife have been able to get in or out of the shelter for almost 10 years now. He had a stroke that left him unable to walk without a cane and his wife has problems as well. So this is why I decided to get an above ground after first contracting for an in the garage floor model. My brother has put the same garage floor model in his new house about four years ago and now his wife is having issues getting in and out. He lives in Edmond and has spent a lot of time in the shelter. Like I said, my wife is having a hip replacement on April 7 and is now walking with a walker. Wednesday night she could just walk into our shelter easily, so we made the right choice for our situation. Age alters many of our decisions. And, I agree that more people should install a shelter when building or even buying a new home. Considering the low interest rates for homes now, the additional expense is basically only a few dollars more per month and the interest becomes tax deductible if it is financed in the mortgage.