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At 2:30 this afternoon we heard the warning. There was a tornado about 10 miles south, headed straight north at about 25 mph. I began watching the sky out of a south/southwest windows. At about 2:50, the wind picked up wildly; it was very grey and spitting rain drops the size of grapes. My wife and I headed down to our basement after I saw our deck furniture flying around on the top deck. My grill cover, a heavy one, popped straight up in the grey air about 10 feet before dropping again. Then the sound — a train? Or, I thought a jet engine. Hail came. In 5 min it was over and had calmed down to a normal drizzle. Later, we found our neighbor who had a better view to the south had seen it headed our way. It’s tail floating, undulating just above the ground. It wasn’t one of those massive ones that can obliterate an entire town, but it would have been a bomb to any structure it hit. It seemed it popped up and went right over our neighborhood. I’ve seen a couple at distance before but many are at night or in thunderstorms where there is no visibility. This neighbor had two 70 foot pines ripped out and dropped over the highway. Another on our other side had large heavy limb broken out of a huge tree and it dropped over our private road. Smaller limbs and sticks everywhere. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/sDVq0Cts/IMG-0544.jpg) We were pretty fortunate..
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Glad you are all safe. We got a half inch of rain.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
"May the Good Lord take a likin' to you"
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Damn George. Good to hear you are ok
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Dying gets closer every day
Lloyd McCarter and the Honky Tonk Revival
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Campfire Kahuna
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I am MAGA.
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Sam......
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Will raise the hairs on the back of your neck. You guys dodged a cannonball.
Glad you’re safe.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Glad to hear you were missed!
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire Tracker
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Scary stuff! Glad all is relatively well.
Dale
This space for rent
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Campfire Regular
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Where about are you? We had 2” rain , lots of hail 1/2 to quarter size lots of wind a tornado west of us 10 miles and one north 15 miles both on ground
We might have to be neighbors, but I don’t have to be neighborly. John Chisum
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Campfire Oracle
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Ecc 10:2
The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but that of a fool to the left.
A Nation which leaves God behind is soon left behind.
"The Lord never asked anyone to be a tax collector, lowyer, or Redskins fan".
I Dindo Nuffin
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Thankful you were spared.
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Founder
Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
WS
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Scary stuff - glad it missed you..
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024/2028 !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Bristoe
The people wringing their hands over Trump's rhetoric don't know what time it is in America.
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Lots of funnel clouds in the area today. Pictures on KTIV’s website and Tea Storm Chasers. Funnel clouds right over Sioux City.
"I was born in the log cabin I helped my grandfather build"
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Very glad that you came out A OK! Certainly could have been much worse. memtb
You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong." -Bob Hagel
“I’d like to be a good rifleman…..but, I prefer to be a good hunter”! memtb 2024
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.gov/NWS put the warning on local cell phones about 3 oclock today, but the local sirens didn't go and we had only heavy rains and squirrelly winds
Glad you dodged the bullet...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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There'll be a comfy chair and a comfort kit in my basement til around halloween, now...
"Chances Will Be Taken"
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