Tornadoes....whew, that was close

[GrnBay007]

Glad that you are safe, 007. When I saw all the warnings last night for IA, I was thinking about ya. You guys def get your share of storms, that's for sure.

Thanks. Yeah, the kids were camping in WI so I was watching the weather in both places.

Wow, have you seen the pics of the damage in Parkersburg? Horrible how many people lost their homes.

[MadtownPacker]

A tornado hit my place a few years back. I live in N.W.Missouri so we have our share of warnings. What was so scary was how fast it happened. I have 4 kids and had no time to get in the basement. It took out a few trees (put one through the roof) and some windows but no one was hurt. We were extremely lucky.

Thats some crazy shit man. I have never been anywheres near a tornado.

[GrnBay007]

A tornado hit my place a few years back. I live in N.W.Missouri so we have our share of warnings. What was so scary was how fast it happened. I have 4 kids and had no time to get in the basement. It took out a few trees (put one through the roof) and some windows but no one was hurt. We were extremely lucky.

You were lucky Jeff. And you are right, sometimes it hits so fast there is little time to react/prepare. I bet your kids were scared! Windows and a roof can be repaired. Glad everyone was ok.

[The Leaper]

Sure seems like twisters are hitting everywhere right now.

I saw something on the weather channel today...we've had as many twisters to this point in 2008 as we normally have in an entire year.

[GBRulz]

A campground with a bar?

Obviously they were not camping in Utah

[GrnBay007]

A campground with a bar?

Obviously they were not camping in Utah

Heck no. They were camping in WI. So it would be more like....a campground without a bar????

[GBRulz]

A campground with a bar?

Obviously they were not camping in Utah

Heck no. They were camping in WI. So it would be more like....a campground without a bar????

I don't know that such a thing exists, lol.

[Deputy Nutz]

About 25 years ago a Tornado swept threw Kettle Moraine area in Wisconsin, my family lived in Wales and my mom had to dive in a culvert on her way home from work. I was only 4 or 5 years old and ran to the basebent, but nobody else followed, I went back upstairs and my aunt was hanging out the window taking pictures of the thing and everyone else was trying to find a better view of thing. Only one year later a Tornado went threw our subdivision in Waukesha. It tore the next door neighbor's roof off and then smashed in the school behind our house. Our house went untouched.

[oregonpackfan]

About 28-29 years ago, I introduced my fiancee' to my mother during the middle of a tornado.

We were driving to my mother's home in Rice Lake. Prior to arriving at the house, the weather was threatening with dark skies, humid weather, and strong winds. As we pulled into the driveway, the Tornado Warning sirens went off.

We scurried into the house, greeted my mother and dashed down to the basement. With the wind screaming through the narrow basement windows at a high pitch, I screamed at the top of my lungs, "Mom, I would like you to meet Lynn, my fiancee'"

My mother could only give her a hug and shout back to her "Welcome to the family and Wisconsin weather."

After we married, for some unknown reason my wife starting suggesting we move to her native state of Oregon...

[BallHawk]

Just a quip from the JSO Blog about Kampman's role in the clean-up.

Green Bay - The grandfather of Green Bay Packers defensive end Aaron Kampman underwent surgery today for injuries he sustained as his home was destroyed in Sunday's devastating tornado that hit near Kampman's hometown of Kesley, according to Packers.

Adam Woullard, the team's assistant director of public relations, spoke to Kampman this afternoon.

Claas Kampman, 71, resides in Parkersburg where the most serious damage occurred.

Kampman is at the site of the devastation, helping in relief efforts with his wife, Linde.
"Aaron said he has a chainsaw running and doing anything they can to help," Woullard said.

The Kampmans are asking anyone who would like to make a monetary donation to call Lincoln Savings Bank at (319) 347-2305.

As for less important matters, Kampman is unsure whether he will be able to attend this week's organized team activies, which start Wednesday.

[red]

i had a funnel cloud dip down right over my house in illinois a few years back

it came about half way down, then went right back up

i thought for sure the house and the whole subdivision were goners

i saw the whole things from about a half mile down the road

[HarveyWallbangers]

I grew up in a prairie state, so I've seen several tornadoes in my time. Most weren't that huge, but we had one enormous one that came close to destroying my hometown. It wouldn't have been pretty. Middle of the day, my cousin and I look up and see this funnel forming. We hauled ass home, jumped in Dad's truck, and darted off to the north-side of town--where we watched it from the top of a big hill. The tornado hit a few miles south of town.

Kampman's hometown has a ton of damage.

[GrnBay007]

A guy from our district office lost his home in the Parkersburg mess. An email we got today at work said the families get two days to try to find/gather any of their belongings and then they will be bringing bulldozers in.

[GBRulz]

For whatever reason, GB seems to have some magical weather shield where all the major storms either go north or south of here. I wonder if it has something to do with the amount of water that surrounds it. dunno.

So, I've never been through or seen a tornado. I have however, experienced a hurricane when I lived in Florida as a kid. We lived about 45 miles from the coast so we didn't get the full force of it, just alot of wind and rain.