Our prayers are with you, Tuscaloosa.

rogerb on April 28, 2011 at 8:46 AM

My son and daughter-in-law live in Tuscaloosa along with their 3-year old son. All are ok with the exception of being homeless and losing most of their possesions. There dog was missing since the tornado hit yesterday, but good news someone actually found their dog! A silver lining and blessing from the lord in what was otherwise a really tragic day for many.

My thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the tornados and its aftermath.

The weather team at corporate sibling WJLA Wednesday night confirmed a tornado touched down around the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base.

Fortunately, the Secret Service wrestled the racist tornado to the ground.

“A federal government inspector general has revealed prima facie proof that the so-called independent inquiries widely if implausibly described as clearing the ClimateGate principals of wrongdoing were, in fact, whitewashes. This has been confirmed to Senate offices. It will not be released to the public for some time because the investigation is ongoing.”

the “climategate” controversy was refuted by several independent panels

sesquipedalian on April 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM

FALSE.

nukemhill on April 28, 2011 at 10:09 AM

Hey, you’re right down 140/795 from us! Howdy, neighbor.

Looks like the rain has stopped, but the flooding near my house is getting pretty bad. We’re on a hill, but there are two farms along Little Pipe Creek that are quite flooded, with one house being completely cut off from the road due to the depth and speed of the water. I feel very fortunate we didn’t have any tornadoes up here – we had a few the last time major thunderstorms came this way. Crazy spring.

sesquipedalian on April 28, 2011 at 9:25 AM

Talk about “carnival barker”…

This outbreak may surpass the historic Super Outbreak of 1974 in number of tornadoes, but not death toll.

It isn’t global warming, it is regular weather cycles.

Brian1972 on April 28, 2011 at 9:31 AM

I was in a red Vega sedan on Rt. 49 just north of Homer Illinois when an F2/F3 tornado from that 1974 outbreak went directly over us and we were literally in the eye of the tornado. Our ears popped, corn shucks got washed through the seams of the doors and the car rocked but did not overturn. I asked my dad afterward why he stopped the car directly in the path of the tornado and he said they always say do not try to outrun a tornado. (I am not sure they meant to stop right in front of it.)

Years later, I met a man who told me that he had seen a tornado hit a little red car on Rt. 49 near Homer lake; but amazingly, after the tornado passed, the car just drove on. I laughed and told him I was in the car.

I don’t think we could survive here if it were F-3,4 or 5.

Brian1972 on April 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM

We lived a mile south and three east of the F4 which wiped Hallam, NE off the map a few years back. We were huddled in the basement watching it arrive via local weather channel.
It was coming straight east for us, then veered northeast and wiped out Norris school and a few more villages. At the same time, there were two more coming at us from the south and southeast. Don’t know where they went. 10 inches of rain that night, and our first experience with FEMA’s incredible incompetence as the neighborhood pitched in for cleanup. Farmers finally told them to get the hell out of the way, and the locals did it themselves.

Let’s table climate change talk, how about it? At least until we bury the dead.

bamaconservative on April 28, 2011 at 10:46 AM

I agree. I couldn’t help but slap him back.

This will be an historic event, it might surpass the 1974 Super outbreak, which spurred the development of the warning systems and radar network.

The images I have seen look really terrible, and those videos of the tornadoes show that they were just about as bad as it can get. The only scarier one I have seen is the 1999 Oklahoma City F-5.

Prayers for all you guys in Alabama.
My brother was born in Birmingham.

HIDE THE DECLINE!

I’m positive that didn’t mean what it so clearly meant. And I’m also sure that all those killer hurricanes we’ve had since Katrina absolutely prove that global warming is a real…what? No hurricanes since Katrina?

I blame global warming.

I was lucky–only lost power from about 8:30 last night–still out at home. I drove into work, which never lost power and didn’t sustain damage.

Our yard is littered with debris from tornado damage–roof shingles, insulation, tree branches. Drove through a section just south of where I live where whole stands of trees were snapped in half. Helicopters circling–in search of survivors? I”m not sure.

Let’s table climate change talk, how about it? At least until we bury the dead.

I’ve been to Thibodeaux in summer a couple of times–talk about hot! I used to know the people at Robichaux Ford and I’ve explored Bayou Lafourche in a mudboat.

flyfisher on April 28, 2011 at 10:37 AM

I lived there for about 2 years, 20 years ago.

I went through the only hurricane experience of my life there.

It was only a Cat 1, but it still was frightening.

At least I know I did not contribute to that disaster, because I was getting around on a Mongoose BMX bicycle at the time. :)

sesquipedalian on April 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM

That was really stupid.

The only worse place to be is when I lived in Thibodeux, LA., about 60 miles southeast of New Orleans. Around July 14 my air conditioner crapped out.
Took three days to get someone to come and look at it.

Man, that was miserable. The humidity must have been %95+, temps in the mid to upper 90s all day, only upper 70s at 3 am.

Brian1972 on April 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM

I’ve been to Thibodeaux in summer a couple of times–talk about hot! I used to know the people at Robichaux Ford and I’ve explored Bayou Lafourche in a mudboat.

the “climategate” controversy was refuted by several independent panels

If by “independent” you mean, “insitutions with financial interests in the continued existence of their climate science programs,” then, well, yeah.

It is politics disguised as science.
Hide the decline, ect.

Brian1972 on April 28, 2011 at 9:53 AM

the “climategate” controversy was refuted by several independent panels, but you rather listen to politicians and “carnival barkers” repeating the same lies.

in any case, i don’t claim to know the extent of global warming’s role in this year’s unusually deadly tornadoes. but i do know that if morrissey can illustrate his climate change-denying posts with a picture of his snowed-in porch, i too can link extreme weather events to analyses predicting these phenomena, even if they’re only coincidentally correct.

also, i hear that the US has been in debt before, so our current fiscal situation is just part of a natural cycle. there’s really nothing we should do about it, because the trend will just reverse sooner or later. please don’t even mention phony “experts” who say otherwise, because they’re beholden to special interests.

Nice “science” you got there.

it would be better than riding out a tornado in a bathroom, which is what most people around here do.

flyfisher on April 28, 2011 at 10:25 AM

Yep. in 2003 a guy I know tried to sell me one for $6,000 installed.

It is just a fiberglass sphere buried in the ground big enough for maybe 5 adults to cram in it.

Better than nothing.

By the way, Tim Simpson is one of the few people around here with a basement.

flyfisher on April 28, 2011 at 10:07 AM

They are the best, IMHO.

I don’t have a basement either. It’s the bathroom at the center of the house, and pray it’s only F-0 or F-1.

I don’t think we could survive here if it were F-3,4 or 5.

Brian1972 on April 28, 2011 at 10:15 AM

After that storm hit Jackson in 2000, the Fains sold the heck out of those pre-fab storm shelters. For around $2,000 they would use their backhoe to dig a hole and then they dropped a shelter in the ground. My in-laws and their neighbors all got one. I would sure hate to spend more than a few minutes at a time in one, but it would be better than riding out a tornado in a bathroom, which is what most people around here do.

After that first night in a hot dark house, my wife took the kids to stay with her parents until power was restored.

flyfisher on April 28, 2011 at 10:17 AM

No power, no air conditioning down here in the summer can get quite torturous.

The only worse place to be is when I lived in Thibodeux, LA., about 60 miles southeast of New Orleans. Around July 14 my air conditioner crapped out.
Took three days to get someone to come and look at it.

Man, that was miserable. The humidity must have been %95+, temps in the mid to upper 90s all day, only upper 70s at 3 am.

darwin on April 28, 2011 at 10:12 AM

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