Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Maverick on May 05, 2003, 12:11:39 AM
-
Just saw on news a tornado hit the KC area. Toad, Rude you guys all ok? :confused:
-
news said 19 have died..
very tragic:(
-
Haven't heard a damn thing from the UN about helping out either. :rolleyes:
Seriously, you guys in the affected areas please check in!
-
29 killed and rising.. Liberty and KC hit pretty hard.
Let us know how your doing guys.
-
Still trying to get in touch with my sister who lives just East of KC...
-
Most of it went north of us Mav,,, lot of damage though.
One of the girls that works in my office had most of the sub div she lives in destroyed but her house only had minor damage.
I grew up in Eastern Colorado and have seen or been in 3 tornados and they are spooky, its the randomness of them that makes them so dangerous.
-
Just talked to my Dad, he lives NW of Camdenton. 2 people killed there. They were ready to hit the deck (basement) but it missed them by about 10 miles.
-
Email just received from my sister
Actually the tornados were about 20 miles North of us and 20 miles South of
us. Lots and lots of damage in KC - close to the airport and in pretty
populated parts of town. We spent yesterday watching the skies and weather
move around us from both sides. Wyandotte County (KS-North), Parkville
(MO-Northwest), Liberty (MO-North) and Warrensburg/Holden (MO-South) were the
hardest hit. I only heard of 1 death, but there were a great number in
critical condition, and the number of homes damaged or destroyed is immense.
The pictures on the news were reminiscent of Hurricane Andrew (in Florida).
Today is bright, sunny and beautiful. All here is OK - no damage to report.
Thanks for asking....
-
Tornados are one thing that i dream of seeing someday and if i ever actually do, i will crap my pants from the fear.
The damage that thing does to a city must be quite depressing sight..:(
-
Flash flooding was a problem too. We had a new record one-day rainfall here at the Columbia airport (2.6 inches). I had 2.9 inches at home. Note: Most of the rainfall occurred within an 8-hour time span.
-
All OK here Mav. Saw Oz and Zip post so they're OK too. Haven't heard from Rude but he's busy on Monday AM. I'm sure he'll check in here or post. Most of the stuff was not near any areas where AH guys live (the one's I know about.)
Hospitals prepare for the worst but are relieved by minor human toll (http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/5787082.htm)
One 82 year old guy died from head injuries but overall, the KC area got away very light with respect to death/injury.
Property damage, however, is going to be major $$$. Lots of homes, businesses, school and government damage.
At my house, it was really uneventful day. Didn't even notice the weather. I've been doing some studying and spent the day inside at the books. I did work the pup for about a 1/2 hour but it was just muggy outside... no major weather phenomena.
I was simply amazed when I finally put the books away and watched the evening news.
-
Tons of rain here from 2 storms.Not sure of the totals.
I think the last count was 84 tornados in the area.One storm was on the ground for 2 1/2 hours supposedly!The last count was 37 dead according to the news reports.
I left Bull Shoals Lake Sun.morning,and beat the storms home.They passed 20 miles south of here last night.Incredible light show!Wanted to play AH though.:D
If you are ever in one,you will feel like you are about 2 inches tall!
Frodo
-
32 now reported dead from this weather front in Missouri, Kansas and Tennessee.
-
Originally posted by Ozark
Flash flooding was a problem too. We had a new record one-day rainfall here at the Columbia airport (2.6 inches). I had 2.9 inches at home. Note: Most of the rainfall occurred within an 8-hour time span.
Growing up in South Texas, we always had the threat of hurricanes and most of the time when one would blow through the tornadoes would pop up. A friend's house down the street was flattened once....less than a mile from my house but not a bit of damage done to any other houses around it.
Thats some pretty heavy rain Ozark. I remember once in my senior year of high school we had a storm drop something like 6 inches of rain in a span of about 2 hours. Shut down the whole city for 2 days. We lived out in the country and couldnt leave our house for that time span because of the flooded drainage ditches that had water 6 feet deep surrounding them. At the time the "experts" said that was a "500 year flood"....something like a flood that severe only happens every 500 years.
-
Originally posted by sling322
At the time the "experts" said that was a "500 year flood"....something like a flood that severe only happens every 500 years.
I live near the Missouri River, back in 1993, the “experts” told us the Flood of 93 was a 500-year flood. I guess the Flood of 1995 was the 502-year flood. ;)
I got to admit, the 93 floods was more interesting. The Missouri River encroached on a cemetery in Hardin, MO. Nearly 700 graves from the town cemetery were eroded by floodwaters. We took one of the county fire department rescue boats up river to hunt caskets and bodies. I was somewhat surprised by the number of LPG (propane) tanks floating in the river releasing product. It was an interesting sight to see and smell.
-
OK here where I live.
My sister lives in KCK. They're OK (she lives off Parellel Parkway, near 88th), but alot of their friends didn't get so lucky.
My brother-in-law is a Firefighter, so he's a little busy today.
I'm not sure if it's true, but I heard on the news today that they literally had cows and horses stuck up in trees over in Wyandotte County.
One of the guys at work (near Parkville), saw the debris going by his basement window and thought they were in for it for sure, then it lifted up and came back down about 2 blocks from his house.
-
Originally posted by Stringer
One of the guys at work (near Parkville), saw the debris going by his basement window and thought they were in for it for sure, then it lifted up and came back down about 2 blocks from his house.
Yeah...they will do that jumping stuff on ya. My dad lived in West TX when he was younger and saw one that took out every single house in a straight line for about a mile then jumped up in the air over the elemetary school (that happened to be full of kids at the time) and landed on the other side and then proceeded to tear up every single house for another couple of miles.
-
Calling Cobra? You Ok?
Thorns
-
Yeah, Cobra is OK. It missed him too.
-
Originally posted by Tuomio
Tornados are one thing that i dream of seeing someday and if i ever actually do, i will crap my pants from the fear.
The damage that thing does to a city must be quite depressing sight..:(
LOL... So ya wanna see a Tornado? Come on down, I live in North Central Texas. We get 20-30 Watches every Spring and 10-20 Watches every Fall. You will never forget one if you see one.
-
Thanks Toad.
Thorns
-
Thanks for asking Mav.
I’m fine.
These suckers didn’t get me this time but I did live through a Kansas City tit twister as a child.
But that’s another story………
-
Originally posted by Thorns
Calling Cobra? You Ok?
Thorns
Thorns,
Stringer = Cobra. :)
Glad to hear ya made it thru ok, all of yas who live down in that area.
Up here in the north country, we all have cement basements to protect us against tornados. I can't imagine not having a basement! I hear there are lots of houses without basements in the south. That's gotta be a scary proposition.