OT: Michigan to possibly get tornadoes today
"Greenage".
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Does that mean that Narduzzi will come back to EL to reclaim the ruby football cleats?
Michigan has trailer parks?
http://thevane.gawker.com/study-trailer-parks-really-are-tornado-magnets-1567702160
They are scary, they sky turns green then sirens blare. Glad I moved out of the reach of tornadoes, but who new hurricanes hit NYC. Again be safe.
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here in the Ann Arbor area. I remember the tornado a few years ago that did a bunch of damage in the Dexter area. We saw the funnel cloud pass over our neighborhood after the tornado had lifted back into the clouds. I remember how black the sky got. Hope that doesn't happen again today.
Because of what I do for a living, I've already been on two conference calls trying to ascertain who is available, when can people work, who will work what shift, and all those fun questions. The next step is typically bailing out of every single commitment - work and personal - for the next few days, or at best telling everyone "maybe" to a few.
If you live in our territory, be sure to call 800-477-4747 if the lights go out, or report it our outage app. In some areas, your outage is automatically registered via the AMI meters we've been putting in, but that stage of the infrastructure is not everywhere yet. Oh, and the biggie - stay away from downed lines (20 feet at least, don't touch fences in areas where you suspect lines are down, go into water, etc...). As someone who has had to talk folks into kindly not driving their car over downed primary and that your trip to the spa can be put off while we create a situation where death is less likely, I cannot stress that one enough.
so we can contact you directly? Kind of a MGoBenefit.
everybody get your chainsaws ready.
our jennie is hooked to 1000 gal of propane, so assuming the tornado doesn't take out the actual house, we'll still have power. i recommend the same for all who live in our fair state.
and would whoever neg'd LSA please self-immolate.
that generator envy was a thing. And yet here I sit, green with envy at a generator that can probably power your whole house for weeks at a time.
/2,500 watt portable. Just enough juice to keep the steaks cold and the computer running.
This has been a PSA by LSA.
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of many things, but tornados scare the shit out of me. But since I'm not that bright, I'll be standing on my front porch watching the storm when the sirens go off, too fascinated by nature's fury to seek shelter.
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(Not actually doubting it, but wanting to lock in the comment via reply.)
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your post on general principal, but it was funny.
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I've got no dog in this hunt, although I think at his best the Mad Hatter is one of the funnier reincarnated posters around here. I mostly just wanted to capture the moment where one poster* wished a tornado death upon another.
What's the source of the vendetta against TMH that you're on? Are you, in reality, the Cheshire Cat?
*Jokingly, but still.
calling out another for a tornado death wish.
...it's WHAT the wind is blowin'. If you get hit by a Volvo, it doesn't matter how many situps you did that morning.
I'm not going to be picky. Whatever you have is fine.
In all seriousness, be careful today guys and gals!
June 8, 1953, 8:30 p.m.: 116 dead, 844 injured
A devastating tornado moved east across Beecher, obliterating homes on Coldwater Road.
May 25, 1896, 9:00 p.m.: 47 dead, 100 injured
Deaths were in Ortonville (22), Oakwood (10), Thomas (3), North Oxford (4), and Whigville (3).
April 11, 1965, 7:00 p.m.: 44 dead, 612 injured
The death toll: Branch County (19), Hillsdale County (11), Lenawee County (14).
April 3, 1956, 6:30 p.m.: 18, dead, 340 injured
This tornado destroyed part of Hudsonville, Standale, and homes west of Grand Rapids.
May 8, 1964, 4:59 p.m.: 11 dead, 224 injured
A short, wide and intense path was cut across the Anchor Bay area, north of Mt. Clemens.
April 11, 1965, 6:50 p.m.: 5 dead, 142 injured
Thirty two homes were destroyed and 192 damaged in the Comstock Park and Alpine (five deaths) area.
May 13, 1980, 2:58 p.m.: 5 dead, 79 injured
This tornado moved east following Main Street into the center of Kalamazoo; 47 homes were destroyed.
June 5, 1905, 3:30 p.m.: 5 dead, 40 injured
Entire farms were “wiped out of existence” near Shabbona in Sanilac County.
June 8, 1953, 6:25 p.m.: 4 dead, 18 injured
Before moving out over Lake Erie the tornado destroyed homes near Telegraph, Monroe County.
June 8, 1953, 7:40 p.m.: 4 dead, 13 injured
Five vacation cabins were leveled near Big Island Lake, Iosco County.
I grew up in Beecher from 1960-70, not a mile north of Coldwater Road. I've got older relatives who still shake their heads at the devastation caused by the tornado. That's especially true of those who lived in Flint's north end, not that far from Beecher. If that thing went a little further south, it could have been a dark day for my family. Since then, any time somebody says "tornado," I shut up and listen.
My Dad remembers the 1956 tornado in Hudsonville...he was 7 at the time and still says it's the most scared he's ever been in his life. It came within 300-400 yards of the house he grew up in.
My Grandpa was caught in the Beecher tornado. He was swept up, immediately knocked out, and woke up in a field with a woodchip in his neck. He still has the woodchip on his desk.
Be safe out there, seriously. And be aware that trailer parks are not more likely to be hit than other areas - it's just that the damage done to them by high winds results in tragic losses.
Trash in Spartan Stadium, however, is much more likely to be hit by tornadoes than other areas.
You'll love your 500 yard drives, but the 300 yard putts will kill you!
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Should hit here in the next hour or so. Already much darker now than at dawn.