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rackem



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nah..
my shift key is busted atm so its been a bitch to lighten sentences up with smilies.
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Dyslexicate said: Wow thats expensive. Do you have a crazy view on that mountaintop?
it's not that bad, it's along the national average for a 4br/2200sq feet, it's low for my area which is around $850/yr
and the view is pretty good
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341813 - 04/24/11 01:43 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Still its an extra bill to worry about. Do you have a nice porch area to look at your view with a hammock or couch? Does the view overlook a city with lights at night or what?
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: rackem]
#14341816 - 04/24/11 01:43 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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rackem said: safe bet..
al gore has never been wrong
al gore invented the internet, how could he possibly be wrong
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Dyslexicate said: Still its an extra bill to worry about. Do you have a nice porch area to look at your view with a hammock or couch? Does the view overlook a city with lights at night or what?
city, lol... I live in a town with a population of 800, I'm surrounded by other mountains, I get a nice view of my yard and the hills around me, I can strip naked and not gross out the first neighbor and I can shoot guns all day and the only person that will bitch will be my ex wife, but that's all she does
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341824 - 04/24/11 01:47 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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shit thats right..
thanks for reminding me.. i know have an answer to all the 'what is the internet' posts..
its al gores ego..
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341826 - 04/24/11 01:48 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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Yeah but then you don't have access to friends, family, or fun events or clubs.
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341831 - 04/24/11 01:50 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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what's fucked is that they tell you to find some place in the house to get away from windows ans shit, it doesnt make a difference when the tornado rips your house apart, there really is no hiding from a tornato unless you're under ground
That depends upon the strength of the tornado.
An F5, by the old scale, if you take shelter in your home will sweep your entire house of its foundation and make mince meat of your family but an F1 or F2 and you're probably fine.
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Last week our civil defense sirens went off five times in one day from tornado warnings. We were smack dab in the middle of the sweet spot for tornadoes and I honestly lost count of how many storms we had those two days.
It was a murderer's row of storms, one after the other..no sooner would one sweep past than another would take it's place. At least a dozen from dawn till dusk..
That last day the mother, and I mean MOTHER, of all storms blew in ..the weather channel said my town had a tornado at the airport and like any sane person I IMMEDIATELY got in my car and went to confirm this..
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341844 - 04/24/11 01:56 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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it would be a true honor to be able to see storms of this nature.
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Dyslexicate said: Yeah but then you don't have access to friends, family, or fun events or clubs.
who says? it's just a few miles drive to get to a few bars and a little trouble, it's an 80 mile drive to get to atlanta and a shitload of trouble and it's not as though you cant make friends in small towns, there's other people here, that's why the population is 800
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341846 - 04/24/11 01:57 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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My home is tree bound so there is no visual of the skyline and I hate that..always wanted to see a tornado..drove one mile south and got some clearance..pulled into a parking lot to see angry, black skies..seemed to be moving east so I got on highway and was immediately hit by torrential downpour and hail...thought for sure my windshield would get cracked..then it cleared and I kept taking quick peaks to my south where the action would be..wasn't disappointed..angry, black clouds dipping down..
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341858 - 04/24/11 02:02 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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The quarter sized hail was hitting my windshield like popcorn..I pulled into an overhead awning at a gas station on a hill ( my plan all along) near fields, no trees..this is what I saw:
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341864 - 04/24/11 02:04 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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what's fucked is that they tell you to find some place in the house to get away from windows ans shit, it doesnt make a difference when the tornado rips your house apart, there really is no hiding from a tornato unless you're under ground
That depends upon the strength of the tornado.
An F5, by the old scale, if you take shelter in your home will sweep your entire house of its foundation and make mince meat of your family but an F1 or F2 and you're probably fine.
an f3 would wipe out a home and drop a dump truck on it, the scale seems to only really denote the size of the storm and the enormous path of destruction it can cause. if an f1 hit your house it would do a great deal of damage here's a sample of F1 damage


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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341869 - 04/24/11 02:06 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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so in ohter words an f1 would knock your socks off and thats just teh begining of the wrath
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: Prisoner#1]
#14341880 - 04/24/11 02:10 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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the scale seems to only really denote the size of the storm and the enormous path of destruction it can cause
If you're referring to the F scale, no, the numbers refer to the wind speed- has nothing to do with the radius or path of the tornado.
I really doubt an F1 did that kind of damage unless the structure was a mobile home. Those look like three different structures ( love the untouched boots on pic #1)..the last pic was some serious winds judging from the brick exterior.
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: rackem]
#14341883 - 04/24/11 02:11 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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rackem said: so in ohter words an f1 would knock your socks off and thats just teh begining of the wrath
No, an F1 would be comparable to straight line winds and might break limbs, take a roof off or knock some trees over.
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341884 - 04/24/11 02:12 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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gotcha.
should have waited to read your post
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: rackem]
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I was in straight line winds too and they're no joke. Heard the roaring minutes before it hit and it knocked so many trees down that I was trapped out at my friends in the country all day until they cleared the road.
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Re: Ever seen a tornado? [Re: zorbman]
#14341902 - 04/24/11 02:18 AM (12 years, 9 months ago) |
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jesus,
and this type of weather happens year in/out? and its just.. a part of life?
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