I live 30 miles north of Georgia and 50 miles north east of Alabama in a tornado alley it seems. Four years ago we lost 2 cars and needed a new roof. During other recent storms, neighborhoods adjacent to us lost entire homes and unfortunately some lives. Now we are under another tornado possibility. We have supplies ready. I don’t know if this is due to climate change, but it was not this frequent 30 years ago when we moved here. Oh well.

Stay safe. You'll be in all of our thoughts.

CZ

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more tornado control laws ~



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Remember the John Wayne movie about fighting oil well fires? They could only be extinguished by blowing up a high explosive close to where the oil or gas turned into flames?

What if that worked with tornados? My research into the Tao suggested this tactic to me...

Am I on to something?

How can I monetize it?

What if you could buy anti-tornado kits at Circle-K?

elderolddog Wrote:
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> Remember the John Wayne movie about fighting oil
> well fires? They could only be extinguished by
> blowing up a high explosive close to where the oil
> or gas turned into flames?
>
> What if that worked with tornados? My research
> into the Tao suggested this tactic to me...
>
> Am I on to something?
>
> How can I monetize it?
>
> What if you could buy anti-tornado kits at
> Circle-K?




Didn't the last POTUS suggest using a-bombs to do what you are suggesting...... then the wheels came off the cart.

I think a good strong fart in the tornadoes general direction might do it.

Get up close and give it a try. What do you have to lose?

Besides his dignity?

Too late for that!

Well, there is that!

Dignity is as dignity does! I am very highly dignant!!

Then you must be standing on a stool.

My special five-legged pedestal of low height

That's not the sort of stool I had in mind.

I thought they would stop once I left the place. It felt like they were following me around down there!

Seriously, good luck. They are destructive, frightening and uncomfortably frequent.

One did do damage today right near where I lived S of Birmingham, AL. My friends are without power. I hope everyone is safe.

Tornadoes are one reason I could not live in your area
It is my religion I am a devout coward

The way I look at it, there isn't any place in the USA, (don't know about the rest of the world) where you could be 100% safe from any natural disaster, be it be tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, ice storms, temperature extremes, etc.

Yes, there are few perfect places to live. We moved here from northern Wisconsin where winters are long. Wife suffers from severe arthritis so a warmer climate was preferable. Being surrounded by religious fundamentalists is also a negative, though we have a small circle of friends that help to maintain sanity.

Ditto me. I've seen them form several times near my home in Georgia, and was extremely afraid. We also had one nearby at night. I went outside to see if I could see anything. It was pitch black, and you could hear the tornado, but couldn't see it. That was even more frightening. Now I live in the Pacific NW, where we are more likely to get wiped out by a good earthquake, but they are not seasonal, are they?

In Europe, tornadoes are reasonably rare (in 60 years I've never seen one myself, in France or the UK) and, from what I've seen in the newspapers, usually much less powerful and long-lasting than yours. Here they just remove a few roof tiles, usually.

What do you do Eric? Do you have a storm cellar or shelter or something?

Tom

This is where Eric lives: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie_Alley

The U.S. also has this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornado_Alley

And we get hurricanes too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Alley

Man or man! I hope your homeowners' insurance companies haven't seen that data!!!

California is going to fall into the ocean. I can't say that I'd blame it.

Nope!

It will be as in the song, we're just gonna drift away.

Yeah, they are getting more frequent, widespread, and more destructive even.

Where I come from, in southern Mississippi, we NEVER used to see them. They were always north of us, in OK, MO, KS, IN, OH, TN, maybe No. Miss..., but never so far south.

Living there in the mid-20-teens, a few tore through North-Central Ms. (while we drove kids to school/ camp activities) doing their typical destruction... I thought those were close. Wshew!

Then, further south, just a few years later:

February 10th, 2013 (I believe), around 5pm, a terrible tornado barreled through a multi-county area (destroying high school play fields, a university campus, and over 600 homes, multiple businesses, and multiple churches, amongst other destruction), and was a close call for us. It took years, or more, for some to fully rebuild or recover.

January 21st, 2017 (I think), around 1pm, a mighty tornado ripped through a different part of town, destroying homes, another university, one of those same churches [that had just completed rebuilding] (it came from a different angle-direction), claiming lives, and causing quite a mess.

Last year - April 12th, 2020, Easter Sunday, around mid-day, a tornado tore though multiple states, from Texas, Louisianna, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and wherever else, and destroying hundreds of area homes, with some losing nearly everything, and some, not nearly so lucky, losing it all. Nearby: friends, teachers, relatives, neighbors... Pretty bad stuff.

Climate Change = greater and more destructive wind and rain (and other events like Earthquacks, Volcanos, etc.), tornados, and the like.

Early American home on the plains.
https://images.app.goo.gl/ccDxg42Wr35fRjYA7

Living in certain regions of the country, Id consider Extra Strapping, a Storm Shelter, Basement, Sod Roof, Underground Options, Earth-Shelter, Mound Building, etc.

Does it make us wonder why Earlier Americans, especially in the mid-west-south built this way?

Midwest sod roof home-
https://images.app.goo.gl/bmZrK5sxNa9tfxBG9

Look at the Mark Twain biography video. In it, going west, at horse refreshing stops, they came across people whom he'd never seen before, the first people he said he'd seen that had their yard on their roof.

Makes sense
Especially these days



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If you guys would just wear your masks . . .

We aren't dead yet-
Hence, no mask!

Totally huh

I just want to have/ make one for fun, conversation piece/ art/ nature/ emergencies/ (sometimes) save a bundle...

Looks like this part of TN will be spared. Alabama gets slammed frequently and I am afraid many are suffering. My home is 2 story and no basement. We hide in the laundry room when these events occur.

At least you'll come clean. That's the important part!

I live in L.A. county.

My two experiences with tornadoes: One, down the block from me, I sit on a block wall for a few minutes before I head back home. While sitting there, a miniature tornado occurred around my feet, for just a second or two.

The first time was a much bigger experience: I was sitting outside the station on a bench in Arizona, waiting for someone to come and pick me up. while sitting there, a much larger tornado which was switching unevenly across the desert, suddenly turned directly to where I was sitting--where it embraced me, picked up my suitcase, and then set it down again.

For me, it was a small thing to have happened, and happily caused me no trouble. Besides, who would of guessed that after all these years, I would have a chance to recite my little story.

You could move to Arkansas. It is warmer than the North and beautiful. I live in Missouri and while there are some I've never been directly affect in 20 years.

https://www.policygenius.com/homeowners-insurance/tornadoes-by-state/

I checked last night and there was nothing said about your area getting hit. Closest I saw was Nashville. I need a better weather place to check.

We were under a tornado watch from 10:30 PM to 2 AM this morning. It was after the weather seemed like it cleared. The local TV meteorologists did not take the late watch announcement too seriously so we went to sleep. Schools closed early and many businesses sent employees home early as well in anticipation of this storm. It was a long day watching the weather. Finished a book while keeping an eye at weather maps.

You are not allowed to have bad weather I don't know about! It's the LAW!

Stay safe, Eric!!

(This includes you, and everyone you love and care for.)

Please let us know when the danger dissipates.

Wishing you good luck and safety, Eric.

Yes, I can imagine that you are tired of them. I saw some of the destruction on the news last night, and it looked terrible. It's so odd how a tornado can entirely destroy one house and leave the one right next to it intact.

Maryland gets the occasional tornado or waterspout, but it's the hurricanes that can do the real damage here. Thankfully we don't get hurricanes that often.

Washington coast has tornado warnings this morning.

https://mynorthwest.com/2704457/washington-coast-tornado-warning-march-2021/

I've never heard anyone say they were not tired of tornadoes.

I'm astounded that the Big Guy In The Sky has missed another golden opportunity to smite you down and strike you with His patented Holy Fury Lightning in retribution for all of the grief and loss of revenue you have caused Him and His Son's church with the running of exmormon for three decades.

Eric, I sleep well at night knowing that Stan has your back!

My gosh!

-Right Now-

All across the south
Texas, No. Miss & Alabama, Tennessee (omG), Georgia and the S&N Carolinas...

Wind, rain, HELL?/ tornados likely...

I get mixed up sometimes and forget when HURRICANE season starts and when TORNADO season is DANGEROUS!

Off and On the NW Washington coast, the Olympic Peninsula, the Puget Sound/ Seattle/ Bellingham/ Northwestern Washington on alert tonight and Sunday: Rain & HIGH winds (30-40+ MPH), HELL possible, and snow. No tornados likely. Just cold, wet, wild and windy wintery weather.

Stay Safe Out There - or In There (if you're in there) - y'all!... And Duck And Cover if danger calls.


Hope this isn't a big one.