***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

[cowgirl836]

Anybody translate hieroglyphics for us peasants?

yeah I see a lot of these but they're always ones for storm days, I need to see like a normal or very weak storm day example so I can tell what the hell to look for

 

[cmjh10]

Northeast of Wesley would be the heavy stuff.

Coworker who lives in Wesley supposedly had knee deep water in his house

 

[AgronAlum]

Any updates on the trend/outlook for central IA? All the warnings are still there but the short term forecasts seem to have died down a bit. Debating on whether to head home from work early.

 

[wxman1]

Numerous great Cyclones in this picture keeping us aware.

 

[isufbcurt]

Anybody translate hieroglyphics for us peasants?

The world ends tonight

 

[cowgirl836]

Tornado on the ground near Red Oak.

 

[cyfanatic]

 

[Gonzo]

Omaha Wx stations thinking storm intensity could increase as it moves east due to higher temps and humidity.

I was just out in the garage trying to pull a MacGyver fix on my lawn mower and it's muggy as f*ck.

 

[BCClone]

Okay, where the heck is Sherman, ia? I’ve heard of all the others but not that town.

 

[CY88CE11]

Meanwhile in Omaha.

...why? Back in my day, we waded out of the dugout and took our damn ABs like men.

 

[cowgirl836]

now East of Red Oak but looking big.

 

[cycloner29]

Okay, where the heck is Sherman, ia? I’ve heard of all the others but not that town.

It probably tanked.

 

[cs6804]

It should've happened sooner, really. What sounds safer, sending kids home early to distribute them and put them back under family care during an emergency, or have all of them shuttled together into one space when there's only enough adults around to attend them at a 20:1 ratio?

If the school has a safe room they are 100% safer at school vs home in a basement.

 

[BCClone]

It probably tanked.

I searched for it on google maps and got nothing.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Friendly reminder to those in the earlier path, weather radios are great, charge your cell phones/power banks and for the littles (and yourself honestly), have shoes and bike helmets ready if you'll be going to a basement or interior space. And any critical prescriptions/meds close at hand.

Never thought of helmets but that's a good one or the kiddos. If I ever have to do a basement dive again I might opt for my old hard hat or better yet, old German WWII helmet my dad bought back.

 

[NorthCyd]

Storm moving at 60 mph. I bet that's fun for storm chasers to try and keep up with.

 

[cycloner29]

I searched for it on google maps and got nothing.

Between Ellsworth and Hubbard.

 

[ISULibrarian]

If the school has a safe room they are 100% safer at school vs home in a basement.

That's a pretty big if though. Very few schools have a safe room, I'm pretty confident that none of the elementaries in Ankeny do. I asked my son where they went this morning when the sirens went off, and they went to their collaboration room, which is just an interior room with no exterior windows.

 

[cs6804]

That's a pretty big if though. Very few schools have a safe room, I'm pretty confident that none of the elementaries in Ankeny do. I asked my son where they went this morning when the sirens went off, and they went to their collaboration room, which is just an interior room with no exterior windows.

they are required in the newer additions of the IBC. I would be surprised if the new schools in Ankeny don't have them. My kids are in Waukee and there elementary (Eason) has one.

 

[Clonehomer]

That's a pretty big if though. Very few schools have a safe room, I'm pretty confident that none of the elementaries in Ankeny do. I asked my son where they went this morning when the sirens went off, and they went to their collaboration room, which is just an interior room with no exterior windows.

Just because it’s not a dedicated shelter doesnt mean it wasn’t designed to be a safe room. Schools can’t afford to have wasted space, so the tornado shelter doubles as a classroom 99% of the time. It’s about how it is constructed, not what’s in it. I’ll take the concrete building over a stick home every day of the week. Biggest thing to worry about with schools is the roof. And any newer building has those designed with storms in mind.