Tornado sirens are going off...

PurdueBrad · 08-04-2008, 07:22 PM

So, the sky is green, the rain is sideways, and the dogs are going crazy. According to the TV, we're under the tornado warning for another twenty minutes. What should I do with my time?

MrBug708 · 08-04-2008, 07:23 PM

Grab Toto

Passacaglia · 08-04-2008, 07:24 PM

Warn me, apparently. Thanks for the heads up.

RendeR · 08-04-2008, 07:43 PM

Rub one out.

hoopsguy · 08-04-2008, 07:51 PM

I would be out checking out this storm if I wasn't home alone with a baby upstairs sleeping. Seeing as how we don't have a basement here, I'm mildly concerned.

SFL Cat · 08-04-2008, 07:56 PM

Hurricanes suck....but tornadoes are worse IMO.

hoopsguy · 08-04-2008, 07:56 PM

The lightning is pretty much constant outside - looking out the window, it is like the scene in Collateral where Cruise is blowing people away.

And weather.com is reporting winds out of the SW at 8 mph. Hmm - not quite. But at least the satellite has picked up a signal again. Enough to tell me to seek shelter in a basement

Lathum · 08-04-2008, 07:58 PM

I'm surprosed it's that bad that far north

SFL Cat · 08-04-2008, 08:03 PM

Head for a central bathroom, preferably one without windows...or a central closet.

PurdueBrad · 08-04-2008, 08:06 PM

We got through the first run fine...a touchdown about twenty-thirty minutes from here but it looks like we've got two more big ones coming on the back end over the next hour.

Pass and Hoops, I'll keep sending you our bad weather!

hoopsguy · 08-04-2008, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SFL Cat

Head for a central bathroom, preferably one without windows...or a central closet.

Yep, I've started clearing out a small little closet on the first floor, tucked under the stairs. Just in case. First time I've had to do this in six years.

cartman · 08-04-2008, 08:11 PM

Head into your front yard and re-enact "My Fair Lady". If God likes your performance, he won't smite you with a tornado.

King of New York · 08-04-2008, 08:12 PM

Two years of living in Alabama taught me one thing:

Do not screw around with tornadoes.

tarcone · 08-04-2008, 08:18 PM

I have lived in one house in my life without a basement. I will never do that again.

PurdueBrad · 08-04-2008, 08:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cartman

Head into your front yard and re-enact "My Fair Lady". If God likes your performance, he won't smite you with a tornado.

Sending the pregnant wife out to the yard to test this theory now...

sabotai · 08-04-2008, 08:40 PM

Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Senator · 08-04-2008, 08:48 PM

Move to Texas, we never have stuff like that.

hoopsguy · 08-04-2008, 08:51 PM

Worst of the weather appears to be gone. Hmm, put the stuff back in the closet or leave it for the wife when she gets home from her business trip?

Fonzie · 08-04-2008, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SFL Cat

Head for a central bathroom, preferably one without windows...or a central closet.

And then rub one out.

Isn't that what those rooms are for anyways?

Racer · 08-04-2008, 09:20 PM

Well, where I live just under tornado warning.

Chief Rum · 08-04-2008, 09:33 PM

Have sex.

What you do with the last 18 minutes is up to you.

Passacaglia · 08-04-2008, 09:40 PM

Everything cool here. In the middle of it, our landlord showed up with some prospective renters, just as I was saying, "No *way* they're coming in this weather."

sterlingice · 08-04-2008, 11:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PurdueBrad

We got through the first run fine...a touchdown about twenty-thirty minutes from here but it looks like we've got two more big ones coming on the back end over the next hour.

Pass and Hoops, I'll keep sending you our bad weather!

Twenty to thirty minutes from you? That's probably not even in your county, you pansy

Tornado Night Drinking Game

(Hm... that's a bit old, tho. We've added some rules since that)

SI

Tasan · 08-05-2008, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Senator

Move to Texas, we never have stuff like that.

Speak for yourself.

So far in the north Houston area, I've stared down a cat 3 and cat 1 hurricane, and several tornado warnings right near my house. And my brother in law has a pretty picture of a tornado that hit the north Ft. Worth area a couple of months ago, plus the one that hit the big bank building downtown Ft. Worth a few years ago.

Groundhog · 08-05-2008, 12:27 AM

Sounds like a good time to fly a kite to me.

Senator · 08-05-2008, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Tasan

Speak for yourself.

So far in the north Houston area, I've stared down a cat 3 and cat 1 hurricane, and several tornado warnings right near my house. And my brother in law has a pretty picture of a tornado that hit the north Ft. Worth area a couple of months ago, plus the one that hit the big bank building downtown Ft. Worth a few years ago.

So, it should be odd I wrote that then, considering I live in Fort Worth. Hmmmm.

Tasan · 08-05-2008, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senator

So, it should be odd I wrote that then, considering I live in Fort Worth. Hmmmm.

Hey, I wasn't sure where you were, just seemed a little odd, didn't see any hints of sarcasm either. Never mind then ;- )

Senator · 08-05-2008, 12:47 AM

I wasn't too clear with my sarcasm. Is there a safe place anywhere in Texas from these things, I am not sure?

Raiders Army · 08-05-2008, 06:39 AM

Hrm. We don't have local channels and we don't have a radio to warn us. Thanks for the reminder.

We do, however, have a storm shelter that's outside. It's pretty much a concrete block that's 10x10' in the ground.

Raiders Army · 08-05-2008, 06:40 AM

dola, and after we moved to Oklahoma we learned that by law you have to give people shelter from tornados. We didn't know that, but it's a pretty good law.

Coffee Warlord · 08-05-2008, 08:50 AM

Didn't get nearly as much wrath of god as I'd hoped.

Went from grey to pitch black in about 30 seconds flat, hellacious wind, and then some quite nice lightning. Unfortunately, no tornado sirens, and the storm blew through rapidly. Lightning WAS pretty impressive, though.

M GO BLUE!!! · 08-05-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by King of New York

Two years of living in Alabama taught me one thing:

Do not screw around with tornadoes.

Do they wear white sheets?

As far as the tornado, by all means go directly to your computer and post in a thread on a forum where you are likely to get some sage advice. Don't leave the computer until all possibilities are exhausted, as you want to make the proper decision on what to do.

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08-04-2008, 07:43 PM	#4
RendeR Coordinator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Buffalo, NY	Rub one out. __________________ http://wotlabs.net/s...8/signature.png http://wotlabs.net/sig_dark/na/banichi18/signature.png

08-04-2008, 08:11 PM	#12
cartman Death Herald Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Le stelle la notte sono grandi e luminose nel cuore profondo del Texas	Head into your front yard and re-enact "My Fair Lady". If God likes your performance, he won't smite you with a tornado. __________________ Thinkin' of a master plan 'Cuz ain't nuthin' but sweat inside my hand So I dig into my pocket, all my money is spent So I dig deeper but still comin' up with lint

08-04-2008, 08:12 PM	#13
King of New York High School Varsity Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Edge of the Great Dismal Swamp	Two years of living in Alabama taught me one thing: Do not screw around with tornadoes. __________________ Input A No Input

08-04-2008, 08:48 PM	#17
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	Move to Texas, we never have stuff like that. __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

08-04-2008, 07:23 PM	#2
MrBug708 Head Coach Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Whittier	Grab Toto

08-04-2008, 07:24 PM	#3
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Warn me, apparently. Thanks for the heads up.

08-04-2008, 07:51 PM	#5
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	I would be out checking out this storm if I wasn't home alone with a baby upstairs sleeping. Seeing as how we don't have a basement here, I'm mildly concerned.

08-04-2008, 07:56 PM	#6
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Hurricanes suck....but tornadoes are worse IMO.

08-04-2008, 07:58 PM	#8
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	I'm surprosed it's that bad that far north

08-04-2008, 08:03 PM	#9
SFL Cat College Starter Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: South Florida	Head for a central bathroom, preferably one without windows...or a central closet.

08-04-2008, 08:06 PM	#10
PurdueBrad Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: DeKalb, IL	We got through the first run fine...a touchdown about twenty-thirty minutes from here but it looks like we've got two more big ones coming on the back end over the next hour. Pass and Hoops, I'll keep sending you our bad weather!

08-04-2008, 08:18 PM	#14
tarcone Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Pacific	I have lived in one house in my life without a basement. I will never do that again.

08-04-2008, 08:40 PM	#16
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Smoke 'em if you got 'em.

08-04-2008, 08:51 PM	#18
hoopsguy General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Chicago	Worst of the weather appears to be gone. Hmm, put the stuff back in the closet or leave it for the wife when she gets home from her business trip?

08-04-2008, 09:20 PM	#20
Racer College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fort Wayne, Indiana	Well, where I live just under tornado warning.

08-04-2008, 09:33 PM	#21
Chief Rum Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Where Hip Hop lives	Have sex. What you do with the last 18 minutes is up to you. __________________ . . I would rather be wrong...Than live in the shadows of your song...My mind is open wide...And now I'm ready to start...You're not sure...You open the door...And step out into the dark...Now I'm ready.

08-04-2008, 09:40 PM	#22
Passacaglia Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Big Ten Country	Everything cool here. In the middle of it, our landlord showed up with some prospective renters, just as I was saying, "No way they're coming in this weather."

08-05-2008, 12:27 AM	#25
Groundhog Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia	Sounds like a good time to fly a kite to me. __________________ Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. --Ambrose Bierce

08-05-2008, 12:47 AM	#28
Senator FOFC's Elected Representative Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The stars at night; are big and bright	I wasn't too clear with my sarcasm. Is there a safe place anywhere in Texas from these things, I am not sure? __________________ "i have seen chris simms play 4-5 times in the pros and he's very clearly got it. he won't make a pro bowl this year, but it'll come. if you don't like me saying that, so be it, but its true. we'll just have to wait until then" imettrentgreen "looking at only ten games, and oddly using a median only, leaves me unmoved generally" - Quiksand

08-05-2008, 06:39 AM	#29
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Hrm. We don't have local channels and we don't have a radio to warn us. Thanks for the reminder. We do, however, have a storm shelter that's outside. It's pretty much a concrete block that's 10x10' in the ground.

08-05-2008, 06:40 AM	#30
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	dola, and after we moved to Oklahoma we learned that by law you have to give people shelter from tornados. We didn't know that, but it's a pretty good law.

08-05-2008, 08:50 AM	#31
Coffee Warlord Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Colorado Springs	Didn't get nearly as much wrath of god as I'd hoped. Went from grey to pitch black in about 30 seconds flat, hellacious wind, and then some quite nice lightning. Unfortunately, no tornado sirens, and the storm blew through rapidly. Lightning WAS pretty impressive, though.

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