tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post780314345623932510..comments2023-05-24T09:41:52.181-04:00Comments on Running In the Yard Next Door: Twister!Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-59813488508428482432012-05-09T19:13:23.144-04:002012-05-09T19:13:23.144-04:00Bijoux - That must have been utterly horrifying. ...<b>Bijoux</b> - That must have been utterly horrifying. There were huge chunks of the city that were just demolished, all in a few minutes that afternoon. . .<br /><br />In case anyone is interested, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Outbreak" rel="nofollow">here</a> is the Wikipedia article on the 1974 tornado outbreak that included Xenia. Xenia is about a quarter of the way down the page. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-59121558624764186132012-05-09T17:56:34.264-04:002012-05-09T17:56:34.264-04:00My husband's uncle's family survived the X...My husband's uncle's family survived the Xenia tornado. He also has a co-worker who was working in Xenia at the time in a retail store that oddly enough, had a basement (it was more like a small city shop). He and the one customer at the time went down to the basement and when it was all over, they came back up the stairs and the entire store was gone. Hard to even fathom that!Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-43799439941263126052012-05-09T17:37:51.015-04:002012-05-09T17:37:51.015-04:00Buck - Yeah, about 50 miles or so, as I read the m...<b>Buck</b> - Yeah, about 50 miles or so, as I read the map. Maybe their schools played sports against each other. . .<br /><br />;)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-56802051031930982582012-05-09T16:16:39.702-04:002012-05-09T16:16:39.702-04:00Jen grew up in Croswell, 25 miles north of Port Hu...<i>Jen grew up in Croswell, 25 miles north of Port Huron, and 5 miles inland from Lexington. </i><br /><br />That's a fur piece from Harbor beach, so it's doubtful they knew each other, despite the (apparent) similarities in age.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-51759670393233950952012-05-09T13:14:55.865-04:002012-05-09T13:14:55.865-04:00Shrinky - You know, I've often wondered what p...<b>Shrinky</b> - You know, I've often wondered what people think, who live in places that never get tornados, when they read about tornados. I mean, how do you even imagine it?Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-2717265246227376732012-05-09T12:48:00.844-04:002012-05-09T12:48:00.844-04:00Oh my goodness, someone was looking over your shou...Oh my goodness, someone was looking over your shoulder that day, for sure. Yikes, I can't even imagine living through something like that - we never have weather conditions resembling anything close to it (thank God)..!Shrinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18401403773851253351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-48674805890804003552012-05-09T10:29:41.096-04:002012-05-09T10:29:41.096-04:00Suldog - Here in Michigan, we're nothing like ...<b>Suldog</b> - Here in Michigan, we're nothing like Oklahoma or Kansas, either. And I'm very glad for <i>that</i>. . .<br /><br />(And even so, Flint, and Xenia OH, have had a couple of the most horrendous tornados in history. . .)Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-58900835149294787622012-05-09T08:53:43.037-04:002012-05-09T08:53:43.037-04:00My goodness. I've never encountered anything c...My goodness. I've never encountered anything close to a tornado. We don't get them very often here in the Northeast, of course. And I'm very glad :-)Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-37861338520995834822012-05-08T16:19:40.403-04:002012-05-08T16:19:40.403-04:00JM - Yeah, I've been in several storms that sp...<b>JM</b> - Yeah, I've been in several storms that spawned tornados, and seen a few green skies in my day. But I've never actually laid actual eyes on an actual funnel cloud. Which is fine by me. . .<br /><br /><b>Flutter</b> - I wondered if tornados made it as far north as you on the prairie. . . Storm-chasers are a unique breed of cat, methinks. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-48630357777329556262012-05-08T15:48:09.979-04:002012-05-08T15:48:09.979-04:00I have seen some scary clouds at times, torrential...I have seen some scary clouds at times, torrential storm conditions and those creepy skies like Just Me talked about. But, thankfully, have never been close to an actual tornado that has touched down. We do get them very occasionally on the prairies... nothing like those areas of the U.S. that see such regular tornado action. One of my derby teammate's friends is a storm chaser and amazingly talented photographer. Some of the photos he has captured are astounding; both dreadful and beautiful.flutterbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460436620025386593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-19327081029093667112012-05-08T14:29:39.359-04:002012-05-08T14:29:39.359-04:00I've been driving at least two different times...I've been driving at least two different times as tornadoes passed through my town, either touching down or just ripping the tops off of trees without fully touching down. In both cases the green sky was really creepy and I carefully scanned for signs of an actual tornado but saw none.Principled Sluthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06934648394282476836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-2857921522539729832012-05-08T11:15:48.686-04:002012-05-08T11:15:48.686-04:00Xavier - Darned inconsiderate of it to ball-peen y...<b>Xavier</b> - Darned inconsiderate of it to ball-peen yer new car like that.<br /><br />When I was living w/ my folks in the Chicago 'burbs, a couple times, we watched tornados starting to form right above us, like a swirling cauldron of heavy clouds; then we heard about the havoc they caused a few miles 'downstream'.<br /><br />All in all, I think I was just as happy not to have seen exactly what I was dealing with. 'Course, if I'd seen it, I might've taken shelter a little sooner. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-14482306222058618102012-05-07T16:13:32.452-04:002012-05-07T16:13:32.452-04:00I've witnessed 3 tornadoes forming out of near...I've witnessed 3 tornadoes forming out of nearly clear skies. Best I can describe what it looks like is 2 astoundingly huge freight trains materializing and colliding in slow motion ...... on a curve ... ;-) <br /><br />Scary stuff. We had a nearly new car completely dimpled by the side-swipe of one, very similar to your experience only in day-light and in full view. <br /><br />Our car looked like old fashioned hammered wrought iron. For the final 3 years we put up with it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-84251327831604918982012-05-07T15:40:14.334-04:002012-05-07T15:40:14.334-04:00Buck - Well, I'm certainly not hankerin' f...<b>Buck</b> - Well, I'm certainly not hankerin' for a reprise of my closest tornadic encounter.<br /><br />Jen grew up in Croswell, 25 miles north of Port Huron, and 5 miles inland from Lexington. On certain summer days, when the tailings from the sugar-beets at the sugar factory have had ample time to ferment, the town can have a real, uh, uniquely pungent aroma. . . And she and yer ex are within a month or two of the same age (but you didn't hear that from me). . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-41453434809251695322012-05-07T14:46:06.966-04:002012-05-07T14:46:06.966-04:00Tornadoes are scary thangs, indeed. I spent two a...Tornadoes are scary thangs, indeed. I spent two and a half years in OKC and simply DREADED every Spring. I never got up close and personal with a twister but I've seen my share off in the distance... sometimes as close as a mile or two. I NEVER want to see another one, thank ya.<br /><br />Where is Jen's ancestral home in the Thumb, as in town? The Second Mrs. Pennington grew up in Harbor Beach and I know the Thumb area fairly well... or at least I used to. Given the Thumb is a small area they may have known each other, assuming they're close in age (my ex turns 56 next month).Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-31742326603297091312012-05-07T11:31:39.546-04:002012-05-07T11:31:39.546-04:00Bijoux - See now, that's the way to view a twi...<b>Bijoux</b> - See now, that's the way to view a twister - across miles of open cornfields. Anything much closer than that can get pretty dicey. . .<br /><br /><b>Lime</b> - Well, whatever a 'po-po' is, I'm sure mine was puckered; 'cuz pretty much my whole body was puckered. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-48421569991989628782012-05-06T19:23:07.552-04:002012-05-06T19:23:07.552-04:00holy crap! if that doesn't put a pucker in ye...holy crap! if that doesn't put a pucker in yer po-po i dunno what does!limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3449788532742031864.post-87096985009044731652012-05-06T12:44:41.745-04:002012-05-06T12:44:41.745-04:00That is so frightening. We drove through something...That is so frightening. We drove through something similar during a family vacation in Illinois back in the '70's. Saw a double twister across miles of cornfields out the window. Everyone was pulled over and in ditches and my dad kept driving. I really need to do a post someday about our wacky family vacations.Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.com