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06-08-2009, 08:44 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Had a little storm last night..........
Got these photos from a neighbor. Here's what it looks like when a funnel cloud drops down and becomes a tornado.......
tornado1.jpg tornado2.jpg tornado3.jpg And here's what it looks like when baseball-size hail hits a plastic table. In summary, the table usually comes out the loser...... haildamage.jpg |
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06-08-2009, 08:52 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: C-Town
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wowzers... glad to see you're okay.
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06-08-2009, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Those are some great funnel cloud and tornado pics
SI
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06-08-2009, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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You'll love this little addendum. We had my sister-in-law and her husband in town from Baltimore. SIL is from this area, but her husband is an East Coast/New England guy. We went out to take a peek at the tornado as it was still a couple of miles away. He was flipping out. You would have thought the Grim Reaper was in my front lawn staring him down. We went to the basement eventually to be safe, but it wasn't nearly quick enough for him. This tornado is only a F1 or F2, so relatively small. We had a F4 go within a half mile of our house last year and you could feel the house and ground moving. That's a bit more intimidating. Glad our East Coaster wasn't there for that one. |
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06-08-2009, 09:02 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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If the hail did that to the table, what did it do to your roof?!?
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06-08-2009, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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The benefits of a steep roof. While it's a bitch to shingle, the steep angle allows the hail to deflect with minimal damage. We did have a neighbor that had a hail stone go through a roof vent. It tore the vent right off the roof and it flew into the attic. The metal was twisted up pretty good. |
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06-08-2009, 09:34 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Wisconsin
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That is the coolest thing you have contributed to the forum. You will not top this.
You can walk away now. 
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06-08-2009, 09:41 AM
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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***walks off into the sunset*** Hey, wait a second! |
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06-08-2009, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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Nicely done, both of you
SI
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06-08-2009, 09:56 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Back in Houston!
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That reminds me of a story of my wife's from last year, back when we lived in Lawrence. She was with some people from her work at a conference in Albuquerque. They had a little F0 spotted like 20 miles away. Everyone at the conference was freaking out except for the Kansans who wanted to go chase it. SI
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06-08-2009, 09:59 AM
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Location: Kansas City, MO
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LOL....yeah, that sounds about right. |
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06-08-2009, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Yeah.. MMBF is a little closer to tornado alley than I am.
 Great pics.. btw... Last edited by MizzouRah : 06-08-2009 at 11:58 AM. |
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06-08-2009, 12:01 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Burke, VA
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Nice pics MBBF... almost makes me want to go back to Oklahoma for tornado season. It's been at least five years since I've covered one!
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06-08-2009, 12:04 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Winnipeg, MB
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I'm confused why I can't see the pics. All I see is file names and sizes.
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06-08-2009, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
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Great pics. Did it damage any of the cars outside?
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06-08-2009, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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It's been, gosh, more like 15 years for me but I think those days are over. Last time I tried getting nice & close to one to be first on the scene (had a good pursuit angle, enough daylight for good visibility, minimal traffic between me & it, was working out perfect) I ended up leaving the recorder in the car & helping locals make sure nobody was trapped under what little was left of a couple of mobile homes. Somehow the fun just sort of sapped out of it for me after that. But it can definitely be a hoot if you're in the right mindset about it that's for sure.
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06-08-2009, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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Oh yeah. There were very few windshields and back windows that survived if they were outside. Couple that with the dents and there will be a ton of totalled cars in the area. I guess it's a good time to replace one if you have to do so. |
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06-08-2009, 12:44 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Some cool pics indeed.
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