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Posted by just_dave on Jul. 03 2001,21:07

We just had a f1 tornado hit our city and our house.. our house is fine.. my car got a tree but man its scary... it sure does sound like a train......

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Posted by Dysorderia on Jul. 03 2001,21:09

quote:
Originally posted by just_dave:
We just had a f1 tornado hit our city and our house.. our house is fine.. my car got a tree but man its scary... it sure does sound like a train......

F1?
and that might mean what exactly?

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Posted by just_dave on Jul. 03 2001,21:10

F1 is classified as tornado with 100+ mph winds... its crazy... i cant remember but I know the biggest like in twister the movie was a f5

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Posted by askheaves on Jul. 03 2001,21:15

Sweet

So, the double-wide held up, huh? It's scary when the twister done hit the park.

Posted by just_dave on Jul. 03 2001,21:21

I dont live in a double wide i live in a single story three bedroom home with a basement thank you....

here is the f-scale < http://www.spc.noaa.gov/faq/tornado/f-scale.html >

This message has been edited by just_dave on July 04, 2001 at 04:23 PM

Posted by Dysorderia on Jul. 03 2001,21:28

only 100mph?
example:
compare Floyd(left) to Andrew(right)

and you think that experiencing Floyd was any better?

*edit* Floyd was Category 4/Category 5

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This message has been edited by Dysorderia on July 04, 2001 at 05:32 PM

Posted by KL1NK on Jul. 03 2001,21:56

quote:
Originally posted by Dysorderia:
Floyd was F4/F5

Floyd wasn't a tornado.

edit: stupid UBB code

This message has been edited by KL1NK on July 04, 2001 at 04:57 PM

Posted by Dysorderia on Jul. 03 2001,22:22

quote:
Originally posted by KL1NK:
Floyd wasn't a tornado.

No shit, Sherlock.

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Posted by just_dave on Jul. 04 2001,01:37

I just want to go through any of it again.... that sucked so bad...

Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on Jul. 04 2001,02:03

quote:
Originally posted by Dysorderia:
only 100mph?
example:
compare Floyd([b]left) to Andrew(right)

and you think that experiencing Floyd was any better?

*edit* Floyd was Category 4/Category 5
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yes but 100 mph winds are different from a funnel. The shearing effect in a 100 mph f1 is equal to 485 lbs/in^2. Think what 485 lbs/in^2 would do to trees/houses/mailboxes/cars/anything bolted/not bolted down.

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Posted by Rhydant on Jul. 04 2001,06:20

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Originally posted by just_dave:
I just want to go through any of it again.... that sucked so bad...

did you see any strange flying debris? or where you in a basement/shelter/bathroom?

i think natural disasters suck ass. so the only safe place to live is in colorado or something. a place where you dont get earthquakes/hurricanes.

i remember the big-ass earthquake that hit LA a couple of years back. i was lying in bed when all of a sudden it started to shake. then a picture fell from a wall and i heard a bunch of car alarms and dogs barking. scary shit.

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Posted by TheTaxMan on Jul. 04 2001,16:59

Catagories for hurricanes aren't the same as the F scale for tornadoes. Andrew was a Catagory Four officially. The problem with measuring strong storm winds, is they tend to break the instruments used to take the reading. I've read articles that report wind gusts over 200 miles per hour in Andrew. 'Size' doesn't always matter w/ huge storms, as obvious by Andrews small size compared to Floyd, yet still causing much more damage (Floyd an estimated 6 billion, Andrew an Estimated 25 billion).

Posted by just_dave on Jul. 04 2001,19:52

I was in the basement... no windows... but my patio set was found about a mile away in pieces... it was sorta funny....dad had put our names on it.. for some reason ... guess when he bought it.. some guy came over with a leg from one of the chairs was like
"over there in pieces near the school is the rest."

Posted by blanalex on Jul. 05 2001,01:17

quote:
Originally posted by Rhydant:
i think natural disasters suck ass. so the only safe place to live is in colorado or something. a place where you dont get earthquakes/hurricanes.

Well, you could come to Quebec, no earthwakes to speak of, one or two teeny twisters per year (and only in the northern part), no hurricanes, some snowstorms in the winter.

The last two big natural desasters whe had are a rainstorm in the Saguenay area 3 years ago, where some old dams broke causing a big flood. And the one after that (3 years ago) is a 10-day ice storm that caused almost every power line to collapse in the southwest (I was in one of the worst areas that they called the black triangle), some people had no power for almost one month.

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Posted by RenegadeSnark on Jul. 05 2001,05:37

quote:
Originally posted by just_dave:
We just had a f1 tornado hit our city and our house.. our house is fine.. my car got a tree but man its scary... it sure does sound like a train......

your sig is wrong. it's /dev/null fruity. stop this:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/brain

you'll hurt yourself

Posted by SLATE on Jul. 06 2001,01:42

quote:
Originally posted by just_dave:
"over there in pieces near the school is the rest."

haha what a hick!
correct he isn't gramatically!

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