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Tornado

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by pussycat, Sep 22, 2018.

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  1. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    Well, it's daylight. Time to go out and look at how much damage the storm did. At least it had the courtesy of waiting 'til it passed us before turning into an F3. Feel sorry for the poor buggers in Ottawa.


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  2. TriadSibling

    TriadSibling Bro/Sis Enthusiast

    Yeah, tornadoes are not fun to experience.
     
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  3. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    Seems like we got lucky, just a lot of trees down, but the west end of Ottawa's a mess. Unbelievable nobody got killed.
     
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  4. Curmudgeon

    Curmudgeon Moderator Staff Member

    Glad you're okay.
    How far away is the damage shown in those pictures?
     
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  5. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    About 4 hours by car.
    The same storm rolled over us earlier, but it was just a bad thunderstorm here.
    Today its clear skies and cool, beautiful fall day.
    The joys of living in paradise.

    (if that funnel cloud had been 5 miles further east, it would have hit downtown Ottawa, I hate to imagine the damage, a city of a million people!)
     
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  6. Akbloke

    Akbloke Ex Pig-Fixer "Videmus Agamis"

    Nope....I wouldn't want to wish that on anyone. I'm glad that you're safe & well pussycat. And if that was only the storm......thank Gad it was n't the F3 when it did hit!!
     
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  7. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    I was awakened by the sound of a train. There aren't any tracks by the house. It was very loud and very close. Went back to sleep. In the morning the tops of trees were broken off. We were lucky. I now know what a tornado sounds like.
     
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  8. Insp Gadget

    Insp Gadget Trusted.Member

    Now that is a scary story - good ending, thankfully !
     
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  9. Insp Gadget

    Insp Gadget Trusted.Member

    Wow - so close, good to hear you are safe !
     
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  10. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    Airial shot

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  11. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    Incredible! Thank what ever diety you believe in that no one was killed. However were there any injuries? Serious or minor?
     
  12. Akbloke

    Akbloke Ex Pig-Fixer "Videmus Agamis"

    ...........And it is all over in just a quick minute!!! Those poor folks lives turned upside down and inside out with there homes reduced to smashed up firewood!!
    Where do you start with the clean-up??? and while that is going on, where do you stay....??

    And the home 3 doors down was hardly touched...........
     
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  13. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    That's the thing about tornado's, they can "jump".
     
  14. pussycat

    pussycat Administrator Staff Member

    It takes a while to decipher things in an emergency, but it turns out there were 3 separate tornados that touched down, an F3 and two F2's. 70,000 people still without power and hundreds of homes destroyed.
    Fires in BC and California and Ontario, hurricanes in the Carolinas, tornados practically in my backyard - makes you realize just how quickly life can totally change without warning.
     
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  15. Brutus58

    Brutus58 Trusted.Member

    HOLY SHIT!!! And nobody died?!?!?! That's amazing. Very sad and upsetting so many people with their lives turned upside down in an instant. This is just as bad as war. Just hope for a speedy recovery for all.
     
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    leon Phillips Trusted.Member

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