- City
- Reston
- State
- VA
BigWalton, is it almost Thursday yet? - AKA did that pesky tornado delay you?
- Thread starter rustycrawler
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- City
- Madison
- State
- AL
Guys, might be a little while.
Just heard Dexter, Michigan had a tornado touch down a little bit ago.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/
Hope that wasn't his news. Nostrawalton....
I've sent him a txt message, may call in a bit if he hasn't replied.
Just heard Dexter, Michigan had a tornado touch down a little bit ago.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/
Hope that wasn't his news. Nostrawalton....
I've sent him a txt message, may call in a bit if he hasn't replied.
- City
- Madison
- State
- AL
Just went ahead and called him.
He said it went within a few hundred yards of a neighbor's house.
They are ok. No damage to his house.
He was helping get some of the neighbor's house covered up as it "had some 2x4's in it". Not sure what that entails - perhaps they were thrown and impacted the house, don't know.
Either way, he said they are fine and that this little "project" he was to share here is on hold. No internet or power at the moment and needed to conserve the cell phone battery.
He said it went within a few hundred yards of a neighbor's house.
They are ok. No damage to his house.
He was helping get some of the neighbor's house covered up as it "had some 2x4's in it". Not sure what that entails - perhaps they were thrown and impacted the house, don't know.
Either way, he said they are fine and that this little "project" he was to share here is on hold. No internet or power at the moment and needed to conserve the cell phone battery.
- City
- Reston
- State
- VA
I am so glad to hear he is OK, thank you.
I'm sure he will post up photos and updates when he is back on line.
Dexter:
I'm sure he will post up photos and updates when he is back on line.
Dexter:
- City
- Lexington
- State
- SC
some more
Strangely enough.. Eric and I were actually on the phone right as it was happening. He had walked out the door to let the dogs outside and said something to the effect that "it was getting really windy out there" and then a few minutes later he said he saw stuff flying around in the back yard. And he was hearding himself and the dogs to the basement. I called a bit later tonite and he said Kate and Laura had stayed away in town during the sirens but they were fine. He didn't expect power for a few days.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/images-michigan-storm-damage_2012-03-15
Strangely enough.. Eric and I were actually on the phone right as it was happening. He had walked out the door to let the dogs outside and said something to the effect that "it was getting really windy out there" and then a few minutes later he said he saw stuff flying around in the back yard. And he was hearding himself and the dogs to the basement. I called a bit later tonite and he said Kate and Laura had stayed away in town during the sirens but they were fine. He didn't expect power for a few days.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/images-michigan-storm-damage_2012-03-15
- City
- Dexter
- State
- MI
Yeah, how's this for dedication, I was on the phone talking about this forum to the forum owner as I was getting dressed to go look at scrambler parts with a fellow scrambler owner when I spotted the tornado just a few hundred yards from my back door.
Matt stayed on the phone with me as I scrambled to get windows cracked open and herd the dogs into the basement so I could watch quarter sized hail fall as my wheelbarrow did cartwheels across my yard before busting my siding. Thankfully that was all the damage and it never got closer than a couple hundred yards. A bigger one hit our town directly (we are outside of town) and flattened a lot of homes and a couple businesses.
I'll post the pics from the help we gave to a new neighbor who had pieces of a house a hundred or so feet away that was under construction smash through parts of his walls. One 8' 2x4 went through their bedroom wall, through their headboard and into their mattress right in the center of the bed. We were pulling the siding and nailing up plywood past sunset.
I have pics of the actual tornado once it passed us to the SE. But they're on my good camera and I have to get them onto the laptop and then connect online through my phone.
Power company pulled the time estimate off their site to get power back on, but just with the wires ive seen down in our immediate area, that could be a while. I REALLY need to wire the generator into the damn house circuits directly
Check YouTube for Michigan tornado, there's a long video from huron mills metro park that I think is the same one that went past us, just 10 min or so later as it moved SE of here.
If you see the really bad houses that are really close together, that is not our neighborhood, that's right in town. One neighbor lost a back window, another lost his shed (again, like the fourth time) lots of smaller siding damage.
Found out a guy on my basketball team lost his house, he's directly across from the metro park from that video. Luckily they have a ton of family in the area.
Feel so bad for the guy we helped, they'd only been in that house a month and a half, they just built it. Thankful though that we made it through ok.
Crazy damn day...
Matt stayed on the phone with me as I scrambled to get windows cracked open and herd the dogs into the basement so I could watch quarter sized hail fall as my wheelbarrow did cartwheels across my yard before busting my siding. Thankfully that was all the damage and it never got closer than a couple hundred yards. A bigger one hit our town directly (we are outside of town) and flattened a lot of homes and a couple businesses.
I'll post the pics from the help we gave to a new neighbor who had pieces of a house a hundred or so feet away that was under construction smash through parts of his walls. One 8' 2x4 went through their bedroom wall, through their headboard and into their mattress right in the center of the bed. We were pulling the siding and nailing up plywood past sunset.
I have pics of the actual tornado once it passed us to the SE. But they're on my good camera and I have to get them onto the laptop and then connect online through my phone.
Power company pulled the time estimate off their site to get power back on, but just with the wires ive seen down in our immediate area, that could be a while. I REALLY need to wire the generator into the damn house circuits directly
Check YouTube for Michigan tornado, there's a long video from huron mills metro park that I think is the same one that went past us, just 10 min or so later as it moved SE of here.
If you see the really bad houses that are really close together, that is not our neighborhood, that's right in town. One neighbor lost a back window, another lost his shed (again, like the fourth time) lots of smaller siding damage.
Found out a guy on my basketball team lost his house, he's directly across from the metro park from that video. Luckily they have a ton of family in the area.
Feel so bad for the guy we helped, they'd only been in that house a month and a half, they just built it. Thankful though that we made it through ok.
Crazy damn day...
- City
- Reston
- State
- VA
It's funny how priorities can change in an instant. I'm glad that your family, your dogs, and you are in good health. Nothing else really matters.
Orionn
Vehicular Packrat
- City
- Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti
- State
- Mi
I am glad to hear you and your family are OK Eric. 
I faired well as well, as I am SE of you. I was outside looking for it to hit, I could hear the tornado, but I did not see a funnel. come to find out it skipped over me.
I have had alot of tornados all around me over the years, so far I have not been hit
Mark
I faired well as well, as I am SE of you. I was outside looking for it to hit, I could hear the tornado, but I did not see a funnel. come to find out it skipped over me.
I have had alot of tornados all around me over the years, so far I have not been hit
Mark
bobbysjeep
Legacy Registered User
- City
- Charlotte
- State
- NC
Glad you and your family are ok.
