Comments | tracy_d74: Surprise! Bad Weather . . . AGAIN!

tracy_d74

Surprise! Bad Weather . . . AGAIN!

Jun 15, 2011 10:50

I am CONVINCED that my city made a bet with a Zeus and lost. We keep getting our a** handed to us. Last night, around 7:30, a MASSIVE mircroburst* hit us. Supposedly the winds were ONLY around 70 mph. I'm not buying it. The damage was HUGE. Powerlines down, roofs ripped off, structures destroyed, roads flooded and power....half the city was in the ( Read more... )

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anabelgonzalez June 15 2011, 16:26:32 UTC

Oh my God!! I'm glad you are ok!

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 16:58:05 UTC

Yeah, me too. I was lucky enough to be inside when it hit. But the building I was in flooded and had windows blown out. One of my friends was driving with her 5 y/o in the car. He started crying. She said they just climbed in the backseat and hugged each other. It really did just pop up.

anabelgonzalez June 15 2011, 17:14:59 UTC

oh I can imagine how your firend felt with her kid in the car. The video is terrifying . I hope it don't happen again.

mtlawson June 15 2011, 16:35:38 UTC

I'm just glad you're okay.

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 16:54:08 UTC

Me too! I don't know if you watched the video. But that apartment complex and that leaning power line...VERY close to my place.

peadarog June 15 2011, 16:53:08 UTC

Wow! That's serious stuff!

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 17:13:51 UTC

It was. The city has A LOT to clean up. What kind of Mother Nature events do you guys get in Ireland?

peadarog June 15 2011, 17:30:15 UTC

Small ones, usually. Long may it continue!

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 17:31:49 UTC

Lucky! Maybe I should move to Ireland.

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kimberlywade June 15 2011, 17:09:06 UTC

Glad to hear you're okay. I just got an email from a friend whose house burned to the ground--poof! He saved his dog, cat and a pair of flip flops. Crazy world!

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 17:22:02 UTC

WOW! That is awful. I'm glad he saved his pets. And having shoes is also a good thing. :)

bogwitch64 June 15 2011, 17:29:42 UTC

You know...I feel like you're a woman in one of those slasher movies. "Get out of the house! He's in there!!!" But you keep going from room to room, looking, just asking to be slashed.

Norman is that house, and the weather is the slasher, and you really need to GET OUT OF THAT HOUSE!

;)

tracy_d74 June 15 2011, 17:34:23 UTC

LOL! My dad said the same thing last night. He was like, "Uh, doesn't this weather concern you?" "Yes!" "Then maybe you should ....MOVE!"
"I know. I know.""Until then, I'll just keep watching the weather channel to make sure my daughter doesn't get blown away, frozen to death, or sucked into the ground after an earthquake."