THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Great Rumbler on April 28, 2011, 09:13:31 PM
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Veteran tornado watchers saw Wednesday's mega-twisters coming.
But they were still staggered by the destruction that a massive storm system unleashed across the Southeast that leveled broad swaths of Tuscaloosa, Ala., and killed more than 280 people.
"I've been at this for a while, and I've never seen anything like this," said Chris Weiss, an associate professor of atmospheric science at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Tex.
Some of Wednesday's tornadoes could have traveled dozens, or perhaps even hundreds, of miles before eventually dissipating. Typical twisters survive only minutes. Based on early observations, a few of the twisters probably were more than a mile wide, Weiss said.
As of Thursday evening, there had been 173 reports of twisters touching down in the U.S. on Wednesday, said Greg Carbin, warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla.
That number of reports might be typical for an entire April, he said. This year's national preliminary tornado estimate for April has already hit 600, with several days left to go.
"We will finish out with more in this April than in any month we've seen in the last 60 years," Carbin said. "It's really hard, even for me, to get my mind around that number."
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-tornadoes-weather-20110429,0,5095782.story
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Man, this is absolutely crazy. Terrifying. There was a tornado a couple weeks ago that destroyed a town here in Oklahoma, took out the school and destroyed some house, but it wasn't anything compared to this latest outbreak. We got lucky this time, just some downed trees and loss of power, it didn't really get back until it hit Arkansas.
They were even talking about a tornado that was tracked for 370 MILES. :-\
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Fucking crazy. There was a F2 in Erin, NY. A F2 in NY! We are supposed to be immune to this shit. That;s like a half hour from where I live.
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the fucking apocalypse
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Crazy earthquakes/tsunamis, crazy tornadoes. I thought the 10's were supposed to be a turnaround decade! :-\
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yeah, everyone is getting turned around and fucked in the ass
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Wars, terrorism, natural disasters, civil unrest. Everyday, something new and horrifying beamed directly to your television or computer. It's getting biblical up in here.
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Family of a guy I know died, and people found documents from the family business the next state over. :(
The week before an F4 hit part of the metro St Louis area about 5-10 miles from where I live, including our major airport, but it was nothing compared to this. You can see a lot of the destruction from the highway, but only minor injuries the last I heard.
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Family of a guy I know died, and people found documents from the family business the next state over. :(
Hate to hear that, but tons of just horrible stories are out there about the storm.
(http://i.imwx.com/web/news/2011/april/tuscaloosa3-042911-600x405.jpg)
Haven't gotten a chance to make my way to Tuscaloosa yet, not sure how I'll feel once I see it in person.