Nice job Weather Channel

[knapplc]

I was reading about the researchers who lost their lives. Other researchers stated not only are they having to deal with the limited roads to get out of the storms path. But other thrill seekers that are out there to video tape the storm that are only in the way.

Yep. If you ever watched Stormchasers on the Discovery Channel, they showed a few shots of super-crowded roads just lined with people who were out trying to see the tornado. People are fascinated by these things, and they want to see them, it's just that getting that many people on the road in that many cars creates congestion, and when a tornado takes a left turn like the one that killed Tim Samaris, you have the potential for devastation.

One other note - we have acquaintances that live near Moore, OK. They don't have a basement, so the plan is that if there's a tornado and it crosses some certain street/road, they get in their car and drive away from it. If the whole neighborhood or town does that, suddenly you've got 10,000-30,000 people flooding the roads, and you've got more congestion, more potential for destruction. It's a rough situation down there.

 

[wildman]

I was reading about the researchers who lost their lives. Other researchers stated not only are they having to deal with the limited roads to get out of the storms path. But other thrill seekers that are out there to video tape the storm that are only in the way.

Yep. If you ever watched Stormchasers on the Discovery Channel, they showed a few shots of super-crowded roads just lined with people who were out trying to see the tornado. People are fascinated by these things, and they want to see them, it's just that getting that many people on the road in that many cars creates congestion, and when a tornado takes a left turn like the one that killed Tim Samaris, you have the potential for devastation.

One other note - we have acquaintances that live near Moore, OK. They don't have a basement, so the plan is that if there's a tornado and it crosses some certain street/road, they get in their car and drive away from it. If the whole neighborhood or town does that, suddenly you've got 10,000-30,000 people flooding the roads, and you've got more congestion, more potential for destruction. It's a rough situation down there.

In there type of situation thatd be tough choice either way. Risk getting in a traffic jam in a storms path, or stay in your home and hope it doesn't hit you.

I'll admit i'm one of those idiots that goes out looking for these. But I stick around lincoln, have yet to see one. If I do I plan to stay behind the storm and out of the real researchers way.

 

[knapplc]

I've lived in Nebraska for 40 years and I've never seen a tornado, either. And wildman, like you and most every other male in Nebraska, when tornadoes threaten I go outside to see what's what. Everyone in my neighborhood did that when I was a kid, and I think it's just a Nebraska thing. Or maybe it's just a guy thing.

 

[Lyons in the Sea of Red.]

Ive seen one tornado in my life, and they truly are mesmerizing. It is one of earths great creations and it is truly hard to not just stand there and watch.

 

[JJ Husker]

One other note - we have acquaintances that live near Moore, OK. They don't have a basement, so the plan is that if there's a tornado and it crosses some certain street/road, they get in their car and drive away from it. If the whole neighborhood or town does that, suddenly you've got 10,000-30,000 people flooding the roads, and you've got more congestion, more potential for destruction. It's a rough situation down there.

That is exactly why some of the 9 people in this latest tornado died. A bunch of people headed for the interstate to outrun it. When large portions of the population are doing that traffic gets bogged down. I believe quite a few of the fatalities were people stuck on I-40 in their vehicles. Our softball coach was pretty freaked out and kept wanting to leave the hotel to outrun it. Luckily we talked him out of it and had plenty of beer handy to help calm down those who had never experienced potentially being in the path of a tornado. If I had seen the destruction in Moore before Friday night, I might have been right there with him wanting to leave.

 

[HSKR]

This is from one of the tours. Pretty incredible video IMO. Really shows the speed of the tornado and how it caught them off guard of how fast it was moving. They took off and there was still a lot of people behind them.

 

[Chaddyboxer]

I've lived in Nebraska for 40 years and I've never seen a tornado, either. And wildman, like you and most every other male in Nebraska, when tornadoes threaten I go outside to see what's what. Everyone in my neighborhood did that when I was a kid, and I think it's just a Nebraska thing. Or maybe it's just a guy thing.

Ha. I do it all the time.

 

[HUSKER 37]

 

[StPaulHusker]

I did the same thing this past weekend visiting Nebraska. There were warnings all over the place, wind was strong. knocking over chairs and things. I put on my shoes and my wife asked me what I was doing. I said what every other Nebraska male is doing right now. Going outside to see what is going on.

 

[BigRedBuster]

I absolutely can not stand to be stuck in the basement every single time they believe I need to go. I'm the one standing in the front lawn looking at the clouds. If I see something or sense that it's getting bad, then I will go to the basement...and, I have done that before.

I have also been on my front lawn when the weather people were claiming there was a tornado spotted at my exact location and there wasn't anything there.

 

[ADS]

A buddy of mine is from West Point, NE and we were out drinking Friday, his Mom sent him some insane pics of a front moving in towards their home.

 

[StPaulHusker]

A buddy of mine is from West Point, NE and we were out drinking Friday, his Mom sent him some insane pics of a front moving in towards their home.

That is the general area I was at as well. Closer to Madison, NE. Pretty creepy stuff was going on as I was trying to get to my destination before all hell broke loose.

 

[wildman]

I absolutely can not stand to be stuck in the basement every single time they believe I need to go. I'm the one standing in the front lawn looking at the clouds. If I see something or sense that it's getting bad, then I will go to the basement...and, I have done that before.

I have also been on my front lawn when the weather people were claiming there was a tornado spotted at my exact location and there wasn't anything there.

You wuss lol j/k don't blame you

The closest i've been to seeing one or being in one was a few years ago. It was the storm that went through Omaha and Council Bluffs that killed the two boy scouts out at camp. I was staying at a friends trailor near the air port in Omaha. She woke up scared wanted to go to the shelter for the storm. When I asked why I noticed the ceiling fan swinging. Then I noticed the wind moving the trailor. The storm shelter was 10 feet from the front door. I still wouldn't budge as I wanted to watch it lol. Looking back at it was pretty stupid.