 Freak'n tornado!, Twisters arn't supposed to bother me in PA |
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| VaccaRabite |
 Jul 28 2008, 04:20 PM
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En Garde!  Group: Admin Posts: 13,443 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
So, yeah. Got home from vacation today. As I turned on to my street, I started noticing lots of downed trees.
Pulled into my drive, and saw that my neighbors tree had come down, took out my garden, bounced off my garage, and crushed my mulching pen. On the other side of the house, the mellon patch is DEAD. Corn and beans should pull through, but the other plants (peppers, tomatoes, squash) are toasted. Appearently there was an inch of hail that came down and took everything out. Depending on who you ask in the neighbor hood, there was either just viscious storms or a small twister that bounced down the street. I have seen them here, so I guess it is not unheard of. I am really glad I trimmed my trees a few weeks ago, I did not loose any. The 914 is okay (was in the garage) and the Jeep (in the drive way) was covered in downed tree parts, but unharmed. Hell of a home-coming. Zach |
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| Grelber |
Jul 28 2008, 04:31 PM
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Insert favorite Don Rickles joke here. Group: Members Posts: 690 Joined: 30-May 06 From: McKinney, Texas Member No.: 6,107 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Shucks, that's just a normal summer afternoon here in North Texas.
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| 904svo |
Jul 28 2008, 04:32 PM
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904SVO Group: Members Posts: 1,118 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Woodstock,Georgia Member No.: 5,146 |
Back on 5-20-08 we had a tornado which came thru or neighborhood I had a
few trees come down in our backyard (10 trees total), lucky none on them hit the house.  That root ball was 25" in Dia. |
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| jsayre914 |
Jul 28 2008, 04:45 PM
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Speed Up !!! Group: Members Posts: 3,188 Joined: 10-February 08 From: Timonium MD 21093 Member No.: 8,696 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
It did rain really hard a few times with lots of lightning, but I dont remember the tornado. Sound like you are very lucky, better the garden than the house (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Anyway your homeowners insurance probably has your garden insured up to 30K with a 500 dollar deductable (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
did you get yours runnin yet?? joe |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 28 2008, 05:29 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,443 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
When I was a kid growing up in Tx, I spent plenty of time in the bath tub with a matress over top until the twister passed by.
They are rare on the right coast, but I guess they do happen from time to time. if it actually was a tornado, it was small. I'll have to put off some of the clean up till later. I have exams tomorrow, and a presentation at work. Zach |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jul 28 2008, 06:31 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Yeah but did your calipers arrive? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 28 2008, 06:46 PM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,443 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(Eric_Shea @ Jul 28 2008, 08:31 PM)  Yes, but I had to dig to get them. They were under tree matter, and part of someone's chair. The box was a little beat up, I have not yet checked the contents yet. Studying. I'll look into that stuff tomorrow night after work and classes. Zach |
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| Eric_Shea |
Jul 28 2008, 06:59 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Studying? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)
You mean there's more important things than boxes of Porsche parts? Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... |
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| davep |
Jul 28 2008, 09:25 PM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,143 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada  |
Just keep those twisters on your side of the lake please. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
Very glad to hear that you had no serious problems. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) |
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| rick 918-S |
Jul 28 2008, 09:52 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,457 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region
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Be sure to have your house roof checked for hail damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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| Spoke |
Jul 28 2008, 10:56 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,978 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None
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Zach,
When did the twister hit? On Thurs July 17 there was a nasty storm in Allentown about 6pm. Saw the storm coming from the 3rd floor windows at work and I've never seen clouds so low and so black. I got caught in part of the storm in my 914. There were trees down in one town and by the time I got home the sun was out. Spoke |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 29 2008, 07:24 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,443 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I don't know. I was way north on vacation. I did not even know that there was a storm until I got home monday afternoon to find my neighbors yard occupying my space.
Depending on who you ask, the storm was either "just a bitch'n storm with huge hail" - the pizza guy, "huge wind shear" - mother in law, or "a tornado that went up the street" - next door neighbor. We got a pretty violent storm at the lake Friday night, but I don't know if the two were connected. We got thunderstorms almost every night last week. Zach |
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| dbgriffith75 |
Jul 30 2008, 01:15 PM
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TheGrif Group: Members Posts: 509 Joined: 25-July 07 From: Iowa, USA Member No.: 7,945 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Good to hear your house or anything wasn't damaged by it. Particularly the teener. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I remember when I was still an over the road truck driver, I was headed West on I-70 thru Kansas, and it was storming like a bitch. Rain was coming down so fast and hard I could barely see 30 feet in front of me. So I'm creeping along at about 25 MPH when out of nowhere a tornado drops right in front of me. I swear I got stopped right in the middle of the damn thing. I just set the air brakes and flashers as fast as I could and dove into my sleeper, face down on the bed. The truck was shaking so bad I thought it was gonna tip over, but I was lucky to have a 41,000 pound load, so altogether my rig was around 80,000. It couldn't have been a very strong tornado though, because after it was about a mile behind me, I got out and walked around my truck. The only damage was my blind (passenger) side mirror had been torn off and the hood latch on the same side had been ripped loose. I then looked behind me to see if any cars had been flipped but couldn't see anything, so I got back in, notified dispatch what happened, checked the skies to make sure it wasn't raining cars, then went on my way. About 2 hours after the incident, the reality of how fortunate I was sunk in and I thanked my lucky stars. I later learned that it was classified an F1 and had I been driving anything other than my rig, I could have been in a very nasty situation. |
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