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General Discussion / Re: Happy 15th Birthday, Curt (curtjr4)!
« on: May 02, 2011, 10:21:13 PM »
Happy birthday Curt 
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Local Forecast / Re: May 2011 Playlist
« on: May 02, 2011, 05:28:29 PM »
5:28pm - Guyute by Phish
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General Discussion / Re: The Front Porch
« on: May 01, 2011, 11:07:10 PM »
Some random news, ABC news is reporting Osama Bin Laden is dead.
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork
« on: May 01, 2011, 12:59:53 PM »Cool! I have no idea how you guys use Photoshop that way. I can never figure that software out
I didn't use Photoshop, I have Photoshop but I rarely use it.
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TWC Fan Art / Re: Weatherlover's Artwork
« on: May 01, 2011, 11:00:33 AM »
A Local Forecast System for DirecTV and Dish Network on TWC HD (Works in the same way as the SD DirecTV LF does now) only difference is it would be enough forecast products for it to run through the entire LF instead of cutting back to the HD Satellite LF.
That black dot thingy (I don't know what it's really called) above the title bar was made by Donovan, the titlebar I made from scratch along with everything else. The picture of the Atlanta city skyline I got from Google Images.
That black dot thingy (I don't know what it's really called) above the title bar was made by Donovan, the titlebar I made from scratch along with everything else. The picture of the Atlanta city skyline I got from Google Images.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 30, 2011, 07:28:54 AM »
The basement theory is the most likely reason for a lot of people behind the massive deaths, even met James Spann believes so.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110429/sc_livescience/whywerethesoutherntornadoessodeadly
I'm thankful we have a basement, but we would have to take shelter in the exterior part of the basement (which is still inside the house) The only problem with that is that there's windows in that area. I rather take a chance of being in there than in the other part of our basement our house is nearly 90 years old and there is a spaghetti string of pipes that run about 8 feet off the ground in there. If it wasn't for that it would be perfect because it's nothing but soundproof cement.
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"The truth is, even if you did everything you were supposed to do, unless you were in an underground bunker, you weren't going to survive," James Spann of the ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., told the New York Times.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110429/sc_livescience/whywerethesoutherntornadoessodeadly
I'm thankful we have a basement, but we would have to take shelter in the exterior part of the basement (which is still inside the house) The only problem with that is that there's windows in that area. I rather take a chance of being in there than in the other part of our basement our house is nearly 90 years old and there is a spaghetti string of pipes that run about 8 feet off the ground in there. If it wasn't for that it would be perfect because it's nothing but soundproof cement.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 29, 2011, 06:55:34 AM »The death toll from this horrific tornado outbreak is more than likely going to pass the Super Outbreak from April 3-4, 1974. A total of 315 people died in the Super Outbreak, and the fact we've just witnessed an outbreak that may be on par with the worst outbreak on record in many categories is mind-boggling.
What's ironic is that when I rewatched the episode of When Weather Changed History on the Super Outbreak of '74 they mentioned that something like that would probably never occur again because of how well advanced our technology in radars has gotten and earlier Tornado Warnings. Well, that belief for sure has been blown out of the water. What a tragic event this was, I expected there to be deaths from that tornado in Tuscaloosa, but never to this extreme magnitude or for it to travel hundreds of miles to cause more death and destruction. It's been hard not to cry at some of the stories you hear. At another weather forum I was at, they had been watching this storm on the models for over a week and it looked aggressive that far out! It's almost like thinking about how we were able to forecast the Superstorm of '93 a week ahead of time.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 28, 2011, 06:42:11 PM »Well, at least Alabama is eligible for federal help/funds.
On the local news, I heard Gov. Deal is expected to declare a Federal Disaster claim to President Obama for federal aid. He took a helicopter tour of the tornado damage in all the counties affected today. Also the death toll has risen to 14 and unfortunately is still expected to rise because there are people reported to still be missing atm.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 28, 2011, 05:04:14 PM »Unless they had a weather radio or someone called them early enough they may have not known what was coming for them.
Is there ever an excuse for not owning a weather radio, especially in tornado-prone areas?
No, but that doesn't mean there aren't people who don't own them.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 28, 2011, 04:32:06 PM »You're right, my bad.
Speaking of which, mini-rant. WHY is it that we have such better technology to detect tornadoes than we did in 1974 during the Super Outbreak, when 300-odd some people died, and yet we are on track of beating that record today? Why did so many people die now?
The common person probably thinks that they are invincible to weather and get in their minds "that will never happen to me". Populations were probably less back then, and less building and debris to be picked up. Ignorance is one of the main causes of weather related death in my opinion.
It's also possible some people didn't get the warnings because of the strong S winds that may have knocked out their power and communication lines ahead of the storms. Unless they had a weather radio or someone called them early enough they may have not known what was coming for them. When that tornado hit Tuscaloosa it not only knocked out some communication lines, it also knocked out the power to the Northern half of AL and on top of that most of the NWS offices in AL were transferring their duties to neighboring NWS offices while they took cover from the tornadoes. I heard on several occasions yesterday that radars were completely down or showing old data so that certainly didn't help any.
EDIT: I found a video of the tornado forming/hitting Ringgold,GA last night, you can't really see it after 32 seconds, but you can definitely hear it.
| Ringgold, GA Tornado, 04/27/11 | |
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 28, 2011, 04:01:07 PM »Toll now stands at 231, and still rising. General consensus now is that the Birmingham tornado was the latest EF5 tornado since Greensburg in 2007.
Actually I think the tornado that hit Parkersburg, IA in 2008 was the most recent EF5 tornado.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 28, 2011, 07:41:21 AM »Death toll from the storms is 72, but that could change as numbers are still sketchy..
http://www.freep.com/article/20110427/NEWS07/110427043/Deadly-storms-rake-South-72-dead-buildings-obliterated-
According to what Steph got from AP, the death toll is close to 170 now. She also heard the same report from FB, but she said that still could be flawed/unofficial. I saw a report on FB last night about a housing shelter collasped in Birmingham I believe where there were bodies found laying everywhere. That might be where that high death toll number is coming from.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 27, 2011, 08:54:25 PM »
The same storm that produced the Tornado in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham is on it's way to Rome, GA
Here's a link on the live coverage from one of our affiliates if you're interested in watching it.
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/27695563/index.html
EDIT: I read from a member who lives in North GA from another forum that our FOX affiliate said that a report of a tornado of possible a mile wide touched down in Cave Spring, GA then apparently the member said they cut back to Americal Idol WOW, Really? WTH?
Also, NWS in Birmingham has taken cover, NWS in Mobile will take over for them.
Here's a link on the live coverage from one of our affiliates if you're interested in watching it.
http://www.wsbtv.com/video/27695563/index.html
EDIT: I read from a member who lives in North GA from another forum that our FOX affiliate said that a report of a tornado of possible a mile wide touched down in Cave Spring, GA then apparently the member said they cut back to Americal Idol WOW, Really? WTH?
Also, NWS in Birmingham has taken cover, NWS in Mobile will take over for them.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 27, 2011, 07:47:44 PM »
Hmm, Dr. Forbes mentioned the supercell south of Tuscaloosa could hit Atlanta within the next 3 hours and he said a debris ball looks to be developing. I'm gonna keep monitoring it as it gets closer. Boy, you see tornado damage all the time, but when it's this extreme, it really hits you hard in the heart. I haven't been this jumpy from a tornado outbreak in a while.
EDIT: As a side note, it's still 80° here.
EDIT: As a side note, it's still 80° here.
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Severe Weather / Re: Severe Weather Season 2011/Severe Wx thread
« on: April 27, 2011, 07:17:34 PM »
Correction on that Tornado Watch #241 it is a PDS Tornado Watch. The 4th one in effect right now.