Bad Weather
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- PecosRiverM
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#1 Bad Weather
Storm is on the way..
Maybe Tornado.. We will see in about 30 minutes or so..
Maybe Tornado.. We will see in about 30 minutes or so..
#2 Re: Bad Weather
Batten down the hatches and beware the flying cows seriously, be safe.
The best form of help from above is a sniper on the rooftop....
- scole of TSBT
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#3 Re: Bad Weather
See any old lady's riding a bicycle up in the air?
- PecosRiverM
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#4 Re: Bad Weather
Just went to the North.. (at least the worst of it)
No Tornado's as of yet.. Still might be some 2" hail.
These storms are normal for May in this area.
No Tornado's as of yet.. Still might be some 2" hail.
These storms are normal for May in this area.
- PecosRiverM
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#5 Re: Bad Weather
Made it through the night.
Still here..
Still here..
- scole of TSBT
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#6 Re: Bad Weather
I fear hail. It can do terrible damage. The baseball size stuff is downright terrifying
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#7 Re: Bad Weather
Glad you made it safely. For us it will be Hurricane Season soon.
- PecosRiverM
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#8 Re: Bad Weather
They had Golf ball size by work (5 miles from home).
Almost every May we have a nice Hail Storm sometimes up to softball size.
At least with a Hurricane you have more than a few minutes of warning. Tornado's/ Hail not so much.
Almost every May we have a nice Hail Storm sometimes up to softball size.
At least with a Hurricane you have more than a few minutes of warning. Tornado's/ Hail not so much.
- scole of TSBT
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#9 Re: Bad Weather
The problem with hurricanes is you can experience the worst for 12 hours or more. And people will never learn that you can't start prepping for one just 24 hours before it hits your area. Supplies are gone and if you have lawn/patio furniture or other outside prep that needs to be taken care of, you be doing it in the rain if you wait until T minus 12 hours.
- Megacruncher
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#10 Re: Bad Weather
I hope you are all okay guys.
We are lucky, by and large, bad weather in Scotland tends to just be of a degree that dents one's spirits rather than being a major risk to life or property.
We are lucky, by and large, bad weather in Scotland tends to just be of a degree that dents one's spirits rather than being a major risk to life or property.
Willie the Megacruncher
#11 Re: Bad Weather
Exactly the same when we had typhoons in China and Australia, difference was in Oz, generally the local bar was the reinforced building to shelter in place Golf ball hail storms in Texas really used to mess the trucks up at work so I'm told.scole of TSBT wrote: ↑Thu Apr 29, 2021 10:59 pm The problem with hurricanes is you can experience the worst for 12 hours or more. And people will never learn that you can't start prepping for one just 24 hours before it hits your area. Supplies are gone and if you have lawn/patio furniture or other outside prep that needs to be taken care of, you be doing it in the rain if you wait until T minus 12 hours.
The best form of help from above is a sniper on the rooftop....
#12 Re: Bad Weather
It's May, in Scotland and it's battering down hailstones. It was so hard last night it set off the car alarm. Can someone tell the beloved saint Greta I'd like a word please ?
The best form of help from above is a sniper on the rooftop....
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#13 Re: Bad Weather
I think this is fool-proof but could you just try it for me please? • There are 10 types of people in the world; those who understand binary, and those who don’t
#14 Re: Bad Weather
Just mad for May. Should be racing this weekend if we get the van back after the whole 20 miles, gearbox and clutch gone episode. Will it be wet tyres or slicks ? More to the point, is it shorts or long johns ????
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#15 Re: Bad Weather
A few years ago we had Hurricane Irma and when the 135 mph winds hit Naples it did a lot of damage. Punched a small hole in the side of my house, I do not know what hit it, but during the winds we saw a palm tree flying horizontal to the ground and 10 feet off the ground. Ripped out of the ground a 10 foot tall grapefruit tree and I have no idea where that ended up....maybe in Scotland?
- scole of TSBT
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#16 Re: Bad Weather
It's difficult to grasp the anxiety homeowners have when a hurricane hits close. I know tornadoes and severe thunderstorms do as bad if not worse damage but the feeling you have watching the forecasts and seeing it coming closer and having to wait and see if a bad squall will tear things up is gut wrenching. Alcohol and antacids.