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Sun Feb 17, 2008 9:55 pm

Tornado went through my neighborhood today about 3:00 pm..

http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/Vintagevolks/Prattville%20Tornado/

Sun Feb 17, 2008 10:16 pm

Yikes, are you and your family ok?

Mon Feb 18, 2008 3:04 am

Damn dude,
we just got some heavy winds

Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:06 am

Lots of damage, family ok..

Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:16 am

man that sucks.

Mon Feb 18, 2008 9:23 am

Good thing you and your family are ok. how bad is your home?

Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:53 am

looks like more than one bummed car-guy from the pics...hope you and yours came out okay

Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:54 pm

vintagevolks wrote: Tornado went through my neighborhood today about 3:00 pm..

http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/Vintagevolks/Prattville%20Tornado/

I was actually thinking about you when I heard it hit Pratville.

Mon Feb 18, 2008 1:42 pm

You going to repair your house or part it out now?

Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:25 pm

Poor fastback mustang.

How are your vehicles?

Mon Feb 18, 2008 4:20 pm

...........

Mon Feb 18, 2008 5:25 pm

DeathBus wrote: You going to repair your house or part it out now?

I dont get it? :?

Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:25 pm

Rusted Rockers wrote: DeathBus wrote: You going to repair your house or part it out now? thats not funny.......

I dunno, I thought it was the funniest thing I've read in here in two weeks.

Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:41 pm

coad wrote: I dunno, I thought it was the funniest thing I've read in here in two weeks.

Me too

Mon Feb 18, 2008 6:42 pm

I hope you and your family walked out of this ok. Your cars and your home can be replaced......

Mon Feb 18, 2008 8:57 pm

We are still in shock and I dont think it's hit me fully yet.. They said it came through @ 150mph. I cant believe no one was killed!! It looks like a bomb went through the whole neighborhood. We have gone through most of the homes and have not found any one seriously injured. No power in most of the area..

Updated pics.. http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/Vintagevolks/Prattville%20Tornado/

Tue Feb 19, 2008 10:57 am

vintagevolks wrote: We are still in shock and I dont think it's hit me fully yet.. They said it came through @ 150mph. I cant believe no one was killed!! It looks like a bomb went through the whole neighborhood. We have gone through most of the homes and have not found any one seriously injured. No power in most of the area..

Updated pics.. http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/Vintagevolks/Prattville%20Tornado/
Damn!

Now that's why I like hurricanes -- you can see them comin'.

Tornadoes (where is Dan Quayle?) sneak up on you when you least expect it.

Tue Feb 19, 2008 11:14 am

Bugs'n'Pugs wrote: vintagevolks wrote: We are still in shock and I dont think it's hit me fully yet.. They said it came through @ 150mph. I cant believe no one was killed!! It looks like a bomb went through the whole neighborhood. We have gone through most of the homes and have not found any one seriously injured. No power in most of the area..

Updated pics.. http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q129/Vintagevolks/Prattville%20Tornado/
Damn!

Now that's why I like hurricanes -- you can see them comin'.

Tornadoes (where is Dan Quayle?) sneak up on you when you least expect it.

They do? That's news to me, because Norman, Oklahoma, is home of one of the most advanced weather radar research centers in the US. Weather forecasters can determine if a storm cell has the potential to develop into a tornado. The storm cells are tracked via radar as well as air and ground storm chasers. A tornado is very visible.

Here's the infamous F5 that ripped through the State of Oklahoma on May 3, 1999. At over 15 miles away, I could hear it from my front porch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pbqGsS5iB4

Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:48 pm

what he is saying is you know when a hurricane is coming.
"the potential to develop" is not the same as knowing one is on the way and you have 2 days to get your shit ready.

don't get huffy about it.
i'll take a hurricane over a tornado also.

:lol:

Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:51 pm

Foxx wrote: what he is saying is you know when a hurricane is coming.
"the potential to develop" is not the same as knowing one is on the way and you have 2 days to get your shit ready.

don't get huffy about it.
i'll take a hurricane over a tornado also.

:lol:

So how come so many people "ride out a hurricane"? ;)

Depending on conditions, we can get up to an hour of advanced warning of a pending tornado. Thanks to the news media, tornadoes seem to be the most misunderstood weather phenomenon.