Re: Tornadic Conditions

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Tornadic Conditions
• From: Theresa t*@sbcglobal.net
• Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:19:47 -0700
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And here, it is STILL raining!
Does anyone have an ark they can loan me??
Theresa

Marge Talt wrote:

>Good Grief  you guys!  Sounds like the middle of the country is
>really getting it!  Glad it appears all have survived and with no
>major damage.  We actually had a thunderstorm with teeny hail and
>about 5 minutes of actual raindrops - got the patio wet; doubt
>seriously it penetrated the dry soil, but at least it was
>something...now the wind is howling out there and the temps are
>dropping.  Ah....spring.
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@hort.net
>Shadyside Garden Designs
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>>From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
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>>>Cathy C., looks like you and most of Illinois are in the middle
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>of some
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>>>terrible weather right now.  Take care.  We are under a tornado
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>watch until
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>>>midnight.  I do not like scaru storms.
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>>It was a big one -- probably the worst I've seen in the past ten
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>years!
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>>My parents were visiting and were just about to leave when the
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>tornado
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>>sirens went off; they wouldn't believe a big storm was coming and
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>still
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>>wanted to drive!
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>>I finally herded everyone into the basement just in time for the
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>power to
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>>go out, so I rummaged around and set up my propane camping lantern.
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> The
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>>wind really started picking up then; we could hear things thumping
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>and 
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>>blowing around.
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>>After about an hour the storm let up, so we walked down the street
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>to 
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>>survey the damage.  Sticks and branches were everywhere and garbage
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>cans
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>>were rolling around in the streets.  Three doors west of me a 30'
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>high
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>>linden was snapped at the base and tossed against the house, and I
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>found
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>>out today that a 60' pine across the street fell in their backyard.
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>>Anyhow, my parents left and I stayed up checking on the water level
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>in
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>>the sump pit, bailing it out by hand as necessary until the power
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>came
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>>back on around 8:30.  I need to get one of those water-powered sump
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>pumps.
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>>The good news is that as far as I know, nobody was hurt.
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>>Chris
>>Urbana, IL  61801
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