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Horse with no Name

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24. I live in Tornado Alley and they both fascinate and terrify me

Tue Apr 29, 2014, 01:55 AM

Apr 2014

I do have a storm shelter....but honestly, when one bares down on you in the middle of the night, the chances of getting everyone up and out and in are pretty slim, and we do have alternate plans.

So we have sleepless nights while the storms pass....days this week where we were told that we were going to be in the middle of all of this...and luckily at the last minute, they veered off.

Tonight, my brother is in the way of these storms...and we begin the vigil until they pass and we know everyone is safe and accounted for.

The storms are becoming monsters...the ones that I heard about tonight in Birmingham left me speechless.

People around here are actually starting to have plans for these--this is a new thing...generally the plans were just to get to an area without windows but it seems that just isn't enough with these monsters and now the majority of the ones around here are rain wrapped so you won't see them until they are right on top of you.

I have a friend who has started putting life jackets and bicycle helmets on the kids during the warnings. Not a bad idea.

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Pics of the Tornado damage in AR. juxtaposed against Google Earth shots. [View all] A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 OP

Geezus! Tornadoes scare the crap out of me..... Little Star Apr 2014 #1

Yeah...me too. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #2

My nephew drives an 18 wheeler all over the country.... Little Star Apr 2014 #6

Care to say who he drives for? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #14

I've been pretty close to one and it was scary. Skidmore Apr 2014 #32

They scared the crap out of my girlfriend, she moved out of OK when they had an outbreak sakabatou Apr 2014 #3

It's practically Lovecraftian in its horror, if you ask me. arcane1 Apr 2014 #5

Give me my hurricanes malaise Apr 2014 #12

That's the thing, Malaise..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #15

True but we are already prepared for the hurricane malaise Apr 2014 #18

Yup. My mom and dads house in Miami was a victim of Andrew A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #19

MIL's house in Cutler Ridge was like match sticks - as was the entire neighborhood malaise Apr 2014 #20

Then if you know the area..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #21

Damn!! malaise Apr 2014 #30

I was on a team that inspected libraries in South Dade after Andrew. Sometimes buildings mfcorey1 Apr 2014 #29

Yep post-Gilbert will remain with us to our graves malaise Apr 2014 #31

Completely leveled all those homes. lpbk2713 Apr 2014 #4

Holy crap! truebrit71 Apr 2014 #7

Tornadoes are immensely and immediately devastating. SheilaT Apr 2014 #8

Seeing the damage in person is a shocking experience. laundry_queen Apr 2014 #11

I was in Joplin a few weeks after that big one in 2011. A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #16

Yes. SheilaT Apr 2014 #22

.... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #23

I was a 2naSalit Apr 2014 #28

All that damned open land just by that neighborhood. nytemare Apr 2014 #9

God, in his mercy... FiveGoodMen Apr 2014 #10

Wow. nt DanTex Apr 2014 #13

.. Liberal_in_LA Apr 2014 #17

I live in Tornado Alley and they both fascinate and terrify me Horse with no Name Apr 2014 #24

I in no way mean to make light of your fears or your situation..... A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #25

In tornado alley on the Arklatex border? Horse with no Name Apr 2014 #26

AGAIN...I understand your concerns A HERETIC I AM Apr 2014 #27