Tornadoes in Alabama
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Brother_Love
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I have seen all the pictures on the news, it is horrible. Those folks need help and prayers right now. Our local churches are already getting things ready to go there.
Pistolero
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I have seen the aftermath ( month later, so much cleaned up) of tornadoes in
Missouri, hope to never personally experience one.
I have been through a number of hurricanes, but never lived right on the coast, and they
are nothing like that, more water damage along the coast, although the very worst
hurricanes get up to the bottom/middle of tornadoes. A bunch of trees down, branches
everywhere and power loss, not just flattened.
Glad it was not around you, Ben. Horrible for the people there. Even if you survived,
your life's accumulation of things, memories, tools, clothes all trashed. A whole lot of folks
are starting over from scratch.
Bill
Missouri, hope to never personally experience one.
I have been through a number of hurricanes, but never lived right on the coast, and they
are nothing like that, more water damage along the coast, although the very worst
hurricanes get up to the bottom/middle of tornadoes. A bunch of trees down, branches
everywhere and power loss, not just flattened.
Glad it was not around you, Ben. Horrible for the people there. Even if you survived,
your life's accumulation of things, memories, tools, clothes all trashed. A whole lot of folks
are starting over from scratch.
Bill
Wasalmonslayer
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That’s incredible....
I hope where you are Ben is safe!!
I hope where you are Ben is safe!!
Rally
NC Minnesota
When I see locations like this I wonder how they could ever find all the still missing people. There are only so many dogs available to sniff through an area like that and the debris piles can conceal a lot. I can hardly even image a family losing everything, and having a missing family member at the same time. I believe tornadoes are the worst case scenario. Floods do a lot of damage but are usually forecast in advance for all but the ignorant to get out of the way. Tornadoes just destroy everything in it's path, and leave a huge mess to clean up.
Rally, they bring in search and rescue teams from around the country. We have a couple local teams who travel to locations like that in times of need.
Lots of people who do some very good work with little recognition or public awareness. They are some of the true heroes in these situations. Many are volunteers.
Lots of people who do some very good work with little recognition or public awareness. They are some of the true heroes in these situations. Many are volunteers.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Not to be gross about it or anything, but bodies start to smell pretty bad even in cool weather rather quickly. Your local mutts will locate them for you, use your imagination, not a pretty sight.
Thoughts and prayers to all those affected. It's truly awesome, in a bad way, what nature can make of mans efforts.
Thoughts and prayers to all those affected. It's truly awesome, in a bad way, what nature can make of mans efforts.
Rally
NC Minnesota
I realize that Brad. However well intentioned, teams like those are still going to take several days, maybe hours if nearby, but then become recovery missions. A parent or family member, with a missing member, have a hard time comprehending that, onsite. Image holding a three year olds hand just minutes before, then look at the pictures Ben posted. Where would you look? Also consider, anyone onsite may be experiencing the same thing, emergency services are overwhelmed, and even getting to you is nearly impossible. Once you've seen the horror in the eyes of that person, you won't soon forget it.
Brets response may seem cold to some, but that is usually reality. Best thing you can do in that situation is organize those onsite, at least those capable.
Pistolero
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A friend is on a response team for tornadoes, has told some interesting stories. A lot of sad stuff,
besides the human injury part, it just dumps people's entire life upside down and smashes it all.
Tough to pick through, find a few things salvagable and go start over. Definitely a good thing
to have these volunteers helping. One job he had in Greensburg, KS was taking over all guns found
in the wreckage, cleaning, oiling and storing safely, so they could eventually get back to the owners
in as good shape as he could keep them. That one was an EF-5.
And there were more than
one tornado in that weather system.
en.wikipedia.org
Bill
besides the human injury part, it just dumps people's entire life upside down and smashes it all.
Tough to pick through, find a few things salvagable and go start over. Definitely a good thing
to have these volunteers helping. One job he had in Greensburg, KS was taking over all guns found
in the wreckage, cleaning, oiling and storing safely, so they could eventually get back to the owners
in as good shape as he could keep them. That one was an EF-5.
And there were more thanone tornado in that weather system.
Tornado outbreak of May 4–6, 2007 - Wikipedia
Bill
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I saw a report of a billboard showing up 20 miles away in someone’s yard. Yikes.
We get tornados here, luckily I have never been in one. Did help remove some downed trees a couple years ago due to one that hit real close. My parents had some large branches down from that one and a friend lost the end wall of the house.
We get tornados here, luckily I have never been in one. Did help remove some downed trees a couple years ago due to one that hit real close. My parents had some large branches down from that one and a friend lost the end wall of the house.
Went by Moore the day after the first and a couple days after the second. Town down here, (off I35) went by day after, not too bad. Next time it got hit, no visible damage, no grass, nothing to see, everything GONE. The big ones create a lot of widespread damage but the small ones don't leave anything left.
RBHarter
West Central AR
I drove across where one had crossed I40 just east of OKC after that double header 5 or so years ago . Having been through just a couple of months before it was still fresh in my mind because of the hay barn so close to the RR over pass and the depression that had RR base built up about 25 ft I guess .
Anyway , that hay barn was just 6-8 steel arches standing there . The 40-60x140ish roof sheet metal and perlings was across the freeway and had scooped up 60-70 trees down in the bottom of the depression and was neatly rolled up in what looked like a gigantic baked potato laying on the RR tracks . Wind doing stuff like that doesn't surprise me much , what did was that for about 3/10s of a mile every single shred of asphalt , slurry seal and anything else that wasn't part of the road concrete was gone , just sucked right out of the road .
I've been wowed by the force of nature but that was right there with a 24 ft round boulder moving across the canyon at Quake Lake , Montana . It's a 24 foot sphere of solid granite and mother nature hiccuped and now it's a mile from where it spent the last 30,000 or so years just as easy as playing skee ball and a 25-30 ton rock is over there now .
Anyway , that hay barn was just 6-8 steel arches standing there . The 40-60x140ish roof sheet metal and perlings was across the freeway and had scooped up 60-70 trees down in the bottom of the depression and was neatly rolled up in what looked like a gigantic baked potato laying on the RR tracks . Wind doing stuff like that doesn't surprise me much , what did was that for about 3/10s of a mile every single shred of asphalt , slurry seal and anything else that wasn't part of the road concrete was gone , just sucked right out of the road .
I've been wowed by the force of nature but that was right there with a 24 ft round boulder moving across the canyon at Quake Lake , Montana . It's a 24 foot sphere of solid granite and mother nature hiccuped and now it's a mile from where it spent the last 30,000 or so years just as easy as playing skee ball and a 25-30 ton rock is over there now .
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Rallys right, in times like that you have organize what people you can and start looking right then. You can't wait and hope for the miracle saves you read about in the news. Hard thing to do.
I've been through a few typhoons and a Microburst but never a real tornado. We get little teeny ones up here once in a while. Really more of strong winds in a circular motion in a heavy thunder storm type of thing. They call them "cyclones", but I don't think they really qualify. That type of weather is what keeps us in the east I suppose. Tornadoes and fires, everything gone. Even floods often leave buildings, so what if you have to gut them, at least they are still there. Terrible things.
I've been through a few typhoons and a Microburst but never a real tornado. We get little teeny ones up here once in a while. Really more of strong winds in a circular motion in a heavy thunder storm type of thing. They call them "cyclones", but I don't think they really qualify. That type of weather is what keeps us in the east I suppose. Tornadoes and fires, everything gone. Even floods often leave buildings, so what if you have to gut them, at least they are still there. Terrible things.
