***Official 2024 Weather Thread***

Some of the livestream/videos this afternoon showed the blades being carried up and around as the tornado passed over them. Truly awesome in a unique way. Trying to imagine the force necessary is impossible for me.
EDIT: yes, the above is one of those videos.
Those blades being aerodynamic, they get up in the air they could gona long ways if not broken up.
Would hate to be anywhere near they land.
 
Buildings that are not complete are very susceptible to storm damage
No sheathing. If they're not going to sheath the walls as they build up, the need to have it braced to hell. Looks like the had a few braces but obviously not nearly enough. It wouldn't take much wind to knock that thing over.
 
No sheathing. If they're not going to sheath the walls as they build up, the need to have it braced to hell. Looks like the had a few braces but obviously not nearly enough. It wouldn't take much wind to knock that thing over.
When my company built their previous location, it blew down twice in the course of construction. Mostly bad timing and pretty severe wind, but I can tell you all of us got nervous anytime a big storm was coming through lol. Our owner had them put hurricane straps on the last time though, so probably not as much to worry about from an ordinary storm.
 
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Man my side got lucky. Neighbor lost a tree but Madison schools closed today because so many trees down and blocking roads.
 
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Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry for your family but glad to hear everyone is physically okay.

Question for others, when I see pictures like this... How are these monster tornados even survivable in the basement when it literally rips the entire house off the foundation? These are my worst nightmare.

A friend of my brother lived through the Parkersburg tornado in their basement. His wife, his daughter and he were in the back corner of their walk-out against the slab wall. They were wrapped in debris and he said a few times the winds were pulling his eyelids open. When it was over he looked up and both their vehicles were partially hanging over the wall above them.
 
waking up this AM all I can ask is why didn't NWS tor-e that one? Not like it was a hindsight thing. We were thinking that in real time.
I think the answer might be a little different. Today with all the technology and live streams/radar feeds, individuals need to be proactive. It’s probably better to shelter unnecessarily a couple times a year if you are uncertain how bad something could be.
 
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I know it's paper so it can travel farther, but this is still insane!
My wife and I took a walk down our lane last night and found a school picture of a kid in kindergarten from 1960 on the ground. I wonder how far it traveled.
 
Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry for your family but glad to hear everyone is physically okay.

Question for others, when I see pictures like this... How are these monster tornados even survivable in the basement when it literally rips the entire house off the foundation? These are my worst nightmare.

When I was in Texas my home didn't have a basement. I was pretty concerned about shelter during a storm event.

Being under the stairs sounds fine until I see crazy footage like what happened yesterday

Whew. I certainly hope folks can get back to some type of normal as soon as possible.
 
I think the answer might be a little different. Today with all the technology and live streams/radar feeds, individuals need to be proactive. It’s probably better to shelter unnecessarily a couple times a year if you are uncertain how bad something could be.

I'm really curious to know what criteria they think this one didn't meet. They've issued it for multiple storms this year in the EF2-3 range. They got criticism for issuing Barnsdall (F4) too late - especially bad because that was well after dark. This one is definitely Barnsdall's strength.
 
A friend of my brother lived through the Parkersburg tornado in their basement. His wife, his daughter and he were in the back corner of their walk-out against the slab wall. They were wrapped in debris and he said a few times the winds were pulling his eyelids open. When it was over he looked up and both their vehicles were partially hanging over the wall above them.
Someone told me they found receipts from the Parkersburg bank up in the middle of Wisconsin.
 
Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry for your family but glad to hear everyone is physically okay.

Question for others, when I see pictures like this... How are these monster tornados even survivable in the basement when it literally rips the entire house off the foundation? These are my worst nightmare.

It certainly makes you think about building a safe room (reinforced concrete or ICF walls/ceiling) or buying one of those storm shelter rooms to put in your basement. As I get older, I also think about the ability to get to the basement.
 
I'm really curious to know what criteria they think this one didn't meet. They've issued it for multiple storms this year in the EF2-3 range. They got criticism for issuing Barnsdall (F4) too late - especially bad because that was well after dark. This one is definitely Barnsdall's strength.
My initial reflex is to say they are doing the best they can in a chaotic situation, thus my initial comment. But it is valid, especially for them, to look back at why they didn't for next for the next time.