OT: Tennessee Tornado Revisited

[Moebius]

If anyone's curious, I found a decent album of aerial shots of the damage.

http://picasaweb.google.com/j.razz1/TornadoAerialPhotosOfJacksonTN


btw, the 3rd pic in the 6th row is the Walgreens by me. If you went diagonally up and left from the top of that picture, my apartment is about a quarter-mile away.

The only thing I can't find is a good video following the whole path of the thing. I can map it out based on the damage, and it carved a pretty straight line right though (with a couple hops) but I'd like to see one steady shot following the damage path of an f4.

[Ras]

I'm pretty amazed as to how the tornado's path went through the neighborhoods. Ten feet one way and this house would get blasted instead of the ones that did.

I guess depending on the size and force of the tornado, pretty much the path and its' wake of destruction is pretty random at best.

[Moebius]

I'm pretty amazed as to how the tornado's path went through the neighborhoods. Ten feet one way and this house would get blasted instead of the ones that did.

I guess depending on the size and force of the tornado, pretty much the path and its' wake of destruction is pretty random at best.

If you ever had a chance to watch a tornado in person, you'd swear it was a living thing. I've watched one reduce a house to toothpicks, and barely knock shingles off one 15 feet away.

This may mark the first time I was truly scared by one. I could hear it and knew it was close, but dark and storming, I never got a look at it so I had no bearing on it's heading or position to us. We took to cover.

[pookie]

Wow! Just wow.

[Moebius]

Wow! Just wow.


Yeah, I haven't been able to place where that pic is. I'm thinking east of me, but can't quite place it. It may be chapel hill subdivision which is pretty darn close to me.

[3 Point Stan]

Yeah but did you have to endure the pain and mental anguish of shoveling 6 inches of snow.... IN THE RAIN?!?!!!!

Seriously, this is Mother Nature at her most ridiculous. Glad you're ok and I hope that any negative impact this had on you and your loved-ones was extraordinarlily minimal.

[pookie]

Yeah but did you have to endure the pain and mental anguish of shoveling 6 inches of snow.... IN THE RAIN?!?!!!!

Seriously, this is Mother Nature at her most ridiculous. Glad you're ok and I hope that any negative impact this had on you and your loved-ones was extraordinarlily minimal.

It was awful for him, as he is now unable to purchase KY at the local Walgreens.

[3 Point Stan]

It was awful for him, as he is now unable to purchase KY at the local Walgreens.
FEMA really needs to act in a more swift fashion regarding such tragedies.

[Moebius]

It was awful for him, as he is now unable to purchase KY at the local Walgreens.

Luckily I had bought the gallon sized economy bottle not too long ago, so I'm all set.

[Moebius]

Yeah but did you have to endure the pain and mental anguish of shoveling 6 inches of snow.... IN THE RAIN?!?!!!!


I've had to shovel closer to 24 inches of snow in the rain if that counts. Of course the difference is, when you're done with that, your house is still there. :)

[3 Point Stan]

I've had to shovel closer to 24 inches of snow in the rain if that counts. Of course the difference is, when you're done with that, your house is still there. :)
I live in the hood, man. Believe me - it ain't always still there!!!

[Spentcartridge]

this is what I do like about living in NE. Very little danger aside from an occasional flood or huricane. Unlike other parts o' the country, mudslides, tornadoes, fires and on and on....

Hurricane Gloria in 1985 did freak me out a bit. I was driving to the White Mountains that day from southern N.H. and until I was approaching the mountains that wind was fearsome! Noisey too.