Thunderstorm Warning/Watch

[Leroy]

ive been struck by lightening si-six-six-sixty-sixty-sixty six times!

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[Cronos]

woke up to another thunderstorm this morning. i think st. louis is going to wash away.

The thunder was so loud and shaking that I thought the earthquakes were happening again.

[fulldeck]

I work with a young guy who is probably the biggest baseball fan I have met. Cub fan, but great guy. He goes to several different parks every year, so I asked him about Miller park last week. Yesterday I get an email saying he was sorry he didn't get back to me, that he was down in Texas catching an Astros game and a couple of Rangers games, and "chasing storms".

I thought he was kidding, maybe he got caught up in some bad weahter accidently or whatever, but he was not. He signed up for a class at a local college and went down chasing storms, and he came within 1.2 miles of a F3/4 tornado that went through the town of Earle, Arkansas. The video footage is unreal, I'll have to ask him where he put it and get a link.

That would be sweet but I would never have the guts to do it.

[KyCardinalFan]

Who wants to see video that my across-the-street neighbors took of our big hail storm on Saturday?

They couldn't wait until the storm stopped before running out there to pick one up?

So is your house the blue one?

My neighbors like to run around in storms. I swear, they're intelligent and fun loving.

And nope, my house is behind some trees down the street. But you're welcome to come over and have a beer, if you can find me.

LOL, I'm gonna need better directions than this.

I just thought when you said across-the-street, you literally meant across-the-street.

[planet planet]

How are you doing in tornado land, Rad?

[Radbird]

Okay, since I'm in Wash DC this week.

The town that got hit (Windsor) is up around Ft. Collins. I called home and we got some wind, rain and hail but nothing worse. We have some friends up there who we are trying to reach to see if they're okay.

That was one big ass twister. Especially for our neck of the woods.

[Simbagal23]

We had tornado warnings the other night....the alarms sounded, I stood on our front porch checking things out. I love the "calm before the storm"....until too much lightening appeared, then I went inside and turned on the local news to get the weather reports. The weather dude said a funnel cloud was spotted near my house (well, he didn't say my house, but near a mall by my house) so I grabbed the dog and we went to the basement. Stayed down there for 20 minutes, came back up to check the weather report. The storm passed with no tornado forming.

My rant: Our local weather guy was on top of things, showing the radar, storm movement, etc. He had GREAT info. However, the stupid "Emergency weather system update", with the annoying beep and they put up a screen with the ticker that contains a very basic statement such as "Tornado warning in xxx county". This system would constantly interrupt the local weather guy, which really ticked me off. Believe it or not, his info was much better.....I found this to be very annoying.

That is all.

[Popeye_Card]

I stood on our front porch checking things out. I love the "calm before the storm"....

This reminds me that in general, I love storms. I love going out on a covered front porch and just watching them, drinking a beer. Obviously, it sucks when trees get knocked down or my roof starts leaking or something. But storms are awesome.

[Simbagal23]

I stood on our front porch checking things out. I love the "calm before the storm"....

This reminds me that in general, I love storms. I love going out on a covered front porch and just watching them, drinking a beer. Obviously, it sucks when trees get knocked down or my roof starts leaking or something. But storms are awesome.

I do, too. Many times, I'll put a lawn chair in the garage, keep the door open and watch the storm. I even love thunderstorms at night....too bad my dog is a scaredy-dog.

[wart57]

We just ended 89 days without rain here in PHX. Still didn't get any rain at my house though. About 15 to 20 miles away they got an inch of rain, my house, 3 drops.....