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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: 1epic1 on October 10, 2006, 05:56:43 PM
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I got home from school and i got on the computer to check out whats new and blah blah blah...ok a bad storm was being reported to hit Houston with Hail and minor strong winds, so my practice was cancled and im stuck at home...around 3:30 i hear what i thought to be a plane but the noise didnt go away and it just got louder and louder...next thing i know my house started vibrating and i admit i was getting kinda scared, i go outside and i see the base of the tornado maybe a half-mile away, not a big tornado but one non-the less and it was moving sorta towards me and to the left...after about 4 or 5 minutes after it started it was gone, nobody i have heard yet is hurt..
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Had one nearly hit my house 3 years ago. Did some minor damage to the house, but it carried my well house (8 x 10 steel frame building) 185 yards off it's foundation.:eek:
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Originally posted by 1epic1
I got home from school and i got on the computer to check out whats new and blah blah blah...ok a bad storm was being reported to hit Houston with Hail and minor strong winds, so my practice was cancled and im stuck at home...around 3:30 i hear what i thought to be a plane but the noise didnt go away and it just got louder and louder...next thing i know my house started vibrating and i admit i was getting kinda scared, i go outside and i see the base of the tornado maybe a half-mile away, not a big tornado but one non-the less and it was moving sorta towards me and to the left...after about 4 or 5 minutes after it started it was gone, nobody i have heard yet is hurt..
:o you shoulda turned on your tv to your local news station channel right when you got home
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Now you need to all the tv stations and have them film you describing what the "to-nader" sounded like
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Glad your ok.
I grew up in tornado country as a kid. It's something you never forget.
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and it wasn't that bad of a tornado probaly barely a F1 if the sirens didn't go off
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Raider you're exactly right because an F-1 tornado wouldn't kill anyone and is perfectly safe.
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Originally posted by Golfer
Raider you're exactly right because an F-1 tornado wouldn't kill anyone and is perfectly safe.
technically it is if your a bathroom or interior room of your home if you are outside find a low ditch
but anything above a F3 and your just basically screwed unless you try to outrun it in your car
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
technically it is if your a bathroom or interior room of your home if you are outside find a low ditch
but anything above a F3 and your just basically screwed unless you try to outrun it in your car
Oh well I'll tell that to anyone who's lost a family member to a small harmless tornado.
Do you even know, without research, the first thing about the Fujita scale? F1 tornadoes are roughly between 75-115 mph winds .
I don't even know why I put forth the effort sometimes. Nothing has ever proven to be worth it when you open your mouth.
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Id be more worried about being impaled then the tornado.
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yes I do know what the fugita scale is and how it works it is rare that someone might die in a F1
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F.3 Tornado can own you pretty hard
(http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/tornado-f3_8.jpg)
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Id be more worried about being impaled then the tornado.
thats why all the news stations say go to your interior room of your home closet/bathroom and take a matress with you to cover yourself with
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Yes, I know. Ive watched tv before. :p
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RAIDER14,
Do you know your posts are barely understandable? Ever hear of a comma? A period? An upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence?
By the way, girls like good grammar.
Probably still wouldn't make much sense but at least they would be readable.
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Originally posted by fuzeman
RAIDER14,
Do you know your posts are barely understandable? Ever hear of a comma? A period? An upper case letter at the beginning of a sentence?
By the way, girls like good grammar.
Probably still wouldn't make much sense but at least they would be readable.
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
That right there is signature material.
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
Addy please!!!!!
I Need a new monitor , after I spit a mouthful of super big gulp cherry coke all over this one.:rofl
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Im a teen. I have a year left of being one. The ladies really do love those commas and periods. (No pun intended)
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i had a run in with an F2 when i was in basic training in OK. was cool, laying in a ditch next to large trees. getting pelted with hail and sticks n stuff. glad your ok bud.
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Don't know many ladies who love periods. I sure don't.
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Originally posted by RedDg
Don't know many ladies who love periods. I sure don't.
:lol
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
So they teach 'teen style' in school opposed to the 'Dallas/Texas school system' method of grammar?
Only you set the limits of what you learn.
And by the way, what happens when you turn 20?
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I grew up in Altus OK and would see at least a dozen every year. I watched a large one hit Altus AFB in the early 80's from the back porch with my Dad. Tore that base apart. Picked up a C-5, spun it 180 degrees, moved it 200 yards north on the flight line, and rammed it into anouther parked C-5. Leveled 3 barracks, the Commisary and Exchange were destroyed, and it tore the roof off the largest hanger on the base. We had hail the size of grapefruits. It was pretty wild watching that one.
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Originally posted by fuzeman
So they teach 'teen style' in school opposed to the 'Dallas/Texas school system' method of grammar?
Only you set the limits of what you learn.
And by the way, what happens when you turn 20?
Have you seen the way some of these 20-30 year old hipsters on here type?:eek:
P.S. A mattress does nothing against a 75MPH 2X4:aok
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Originally posted by nirvana
P.S. A mattress does nothing against a 75MPH 2X4:aok
Nuh uh! 2x4s can travel through walls but not a mattress. Everyone knows that.
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Dag blasted mattresses. I blame the faulty school system.
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I blame them for the state of the economy too. All that money stuffed underneath them.
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
Oh NO! It just happened!!!!
I THINK I just reached the point of thinking "these young whipper snappers are going to ruin the world when they grow up" and I don't know what to do!
Do I need to change my hairstyle? Buy a Buick? Head to the mall and get a new wardrobe? Are Sansabelt pants in my near future? Should I start yelling at people to "Get off my lawn!”?
SOMEBODY HELP ME! I'm turning into a curmudgeon! What do I do?
(edit: if I have to start tying my ties so they fall mid-chest I am going to freak out)
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Well Lute....invest in the future's of fine young men such as BlueJ, he's a young man that knows how to type correctly! If that fails it's time to construct a porch with a nice awning on it. Go buy a nice comfortable rocking chair to put out there so those damn kids will stay off your lawn! Because kids gotta learn.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Nuh uh! 2x4s can travel through walls but not a mattress. Everyone knows that.
But what if I have a water bed????
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Originally posted by Hornet33
But what if I have a water bed????
Thats just uber l33t. You'll pwn any flying objects.
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Originally posted by fuzeman
So they teach 'teen style' in school opposed to the 'Dallas/Texas school system' method of grammar?
Only you set the limits of what you learn.
And by the way, what happens when you turn 20?
you'd have to be a DISD student to understand
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Originally posted by nirvana
Have you seen the way some of these 20-30 year old hipsters on here type?:eek:
P.S. A mattress does nothing against a 75MPH 2X4:aok
well the weather men say find something to cover yourself with and last time I checked steel plateing isn't something you find laying around a house
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Last time I checked they still tell school children to get under the desk when theres a nuclear attack.
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Originally posted by BlueJ1
Last time I checked they still tell school children to get under the desk when theres a nuclear attack.
well if there was gonna be a nuclear attack I'm would leave the country
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You wouldnt even make out of the city before the bombs hit
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Originally posted by Meatwad
You wouldnt even make out of the city before the bombs hit
I live fairly close to addison airport and love field so in the wide spread panic I might be able to catch a ride out
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I wouldn't let you hitch a ride.
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*hangs head in shame*
PEOPLE OF TEXAS
We are not all illiterate, unmannered, poorly educated, morons!!!
Do NOT feed into the idea that when someone from the North hears a Texas twang it's okay to automatically deduct 60 IQ points.
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back on topic
it is possible to outrun a tornado in your car
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
back on topic
it is possible to outrun a tornado in your car
That would depend on how fast the tornado is moving. As well as how fast your car can go given how open your path is.
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
I type teen style,and where do the commas go don't blame me blame the Dallas/Texas school system
Doesn't hold water. "teen style":rolleyes:
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Haven't you seen the South Park episode where they are told to hide under desks when the lava comes? It flows right over the desk. Same situation with the nuclear blast :aok
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Originally posted by nirvana
Haven't you seen the South Park episode where they are told to hide under desks when the lava comes? It flows right over the desk. Same situation with the nuclear blast :aok
"duck and cover":lol
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
back on topic
it is possible to outrun a tornado in your car
Depends on the Tornado - I outran one in a sailboat once. Admitedly, I could probably have sailed right through it with minimal damage, but this was in the Largs Channel, Scotland - a part of the world where the only tornadoes normally seen are the F.3 or GR.1 varieties debonair was talking about.
(http://img318.imageshack.us/img318/7083/pict0359ek6.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
yes I do know what the fugita scale is and how it works it is rare that someone might die in a F1
Ok, how about we plant you in the path of a "harmless F1" and watch you get smacked with a 2x4.
You sir should really STOP giving advice about the Fujita Scale, because any fool KNOWS ANY tornado has the ability to kill any animal, including the "perfectly harmless F1".
The Fujita Scale is based on DAMAGE, nothing else. From 1950-1994, 4% of Deaths were at the hands of "harmless F0-F1" tornaders. Here's what a "harmless F1 can do". I all but memorized this scale as a kid.
F1
Moderate tornado
73-112 mph
The lower limit is the beginning of hurricane wind speed; peels surface off roofs; mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned; moving autos pushed off the roads; attached garages may be destroyed.
My God how do you wake up in the morning and decide to spew so much drivel?!!
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
...mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned...
That's the thing about tornadoes I never could work out. How do they always know where the trailer parks are...?
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Originally posted by wooley
That's the thing about tornadoes I never could work out. How do they always know where the trailer parks are...?
I don't know, but in Raider's world, an overturned mobile home CANNOT kill you.
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
I don't know, but in Raider's world, an overturned mobile home CANNOT kill you.
:rolleyes: no comment:o
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
:rolleyes: no comment:o
I figured as much.
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
I figured as much.
Hes hiding under his mattress. No time to type a reply. :p
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I never said a mobile home couldn't kill you
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:rofl You seem to get yourself into some craaaazy predicaments Raider.
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Originally posted by nirvana
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:rofl You seem to get yourself into some craaaazy predicaments Raider.
can you tell me where the exit is????:confused:
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Originally posted by RAIDER14
can you tell me where the exit is????:confused:
Up top...where it says , LOG OUT.
Thanks for the sig stuff.:aok
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Originally posted by RedTop
Up top...where it says , LOG OUT.
Thanks for the sig stuff.:aok
its teen or myspace style
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up at the top corner of your browser window
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:lol you thought I was leaveing