OT- Tornado Warnings
has been getting nailed.
With regard to the abundance of tornado warnings, I think some of it has to do with improved weather tracking technology. "Warnings" used to be reserved for actual human sightings of funnel clouds. Now, they will announce a warning based on an algorithm's analysis that the potential for a tornado in a specific geographic area is high.
Basically, they are now predicting where and when tornadoes will crop up, if only a few minutes in advance. That's pretty cool.
That blows.
this does not spin out of control.
you always try to twist everything into a game of puns. Get your head out of the clouds and do some real work.
lets try to funnel our ideas here, everyone
water-u-spoutn' out about?
does anyone know if Will Campbell is expected to be a three-tech or VORTEX this year?
big stretch, i agree
There you guys go with your puns again, leaving the rest of us just blowing in the wind
you decided to give it a whirl.
GoBlog
they go by a lot quicker if you find someone with whom to shoot the breeze
till 2012.
I know. Denard as a senior? I can't wait.
Senior Dilithium could probably set off tornado warnings every fall Saturday. Think of the combined forces of 100,000 heads whipping in one direction as he zooms by!
That man haunts my dreams. It was a sad day when Percy didn't wet the sponge before his ride on ole' sparky. Mr. Noodle deserved to go out better than that. At least his mouse got to perform in the mouse circus...
has lower standards for Tornado warnings than the National Service.
That's why when the siren went off today it was still a Tornado Watch rather than a Warning.
when all else fails, talk about the weather.
Shout out to Battle Creek!
Ontario Earthquake, increased tornados, Lady Gaga... God is warming up for the end of it all
Got out of meijer, and the sky was quite black, supposeably a tornado was forming in Portage. Been pretty crazy all summer here.
Did I read that right?
dyslexia...duffman's secret shame.
The tornado sirens just started going off in Ann Arbor.
My office is near Briarwood and a siren is very nearby, blaring away.
It does look like a pretty intense storm cell is moving towards us, but I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up going south.
Quote from one of my female friends. "That's the tornado siren? I was wondering what that awful noise was."
Modern survival skills FAIL.
How thunderstorm proof are art canopies?
This is typical art fair weather. Hot, humid, a storm or two. They'll be fine, unless super gusty winds take 'em down. I've seen it happen before though... just last year, or maybe it was two years ago? Anyone?
I wonder how many artists there specialize in knife-only art?
It's all monsters sculpted out of metal. They're all hanging from what appears to be tall posts made of PVC pipes but there is no canopy. It's like an art fair lightning rod.
My first summer outside of Michigan in 10 years, and of course the weather goes nuts. I'm in New Jersey, and our summer has been rather quiet. No huge storms. Crappy luck for a guy who loves watching storms from my garage.
just ran into the basement as soon as they heard thunder... i love this weather but i feel bad for them because they don't know what to do...
They should just put on their Michigan hat and go relax on the couch.
is the only one that will wear it, the other 2 try and eat it when i put it on them...
La Nina...it's all her fault
Its due to the oil in the gulf duh
For everyone's info, in case they hadn't heard, the 5:00 tornado sirens were a false alarm, but there is a watch in effect until 10 pm. Anybody remember when the sirens went off during Art Fair a couple years ago? I think it was 2007.
That is untrue. A tornado touched down on the corner of Helmer and Columbia Ave in Battle Creek. A tornado warning went into effect from 5:00 to 5:30 per the National Weather Service.
I just read that the sirens in Ann Arbor were "inadvertently" sounded. Pretty sure that's what he was talking about.
I figured Ann Arbor was the subject after posting but was not allowed to edit my response. Living in Battle Creek and working at Kellogg's can make the idea of life outside these boundries seem... awesome.
Yeah, sorry, I was referring to AA after I saw the story on annarbor.com. Oddly enough I was driving in AA at 5 but never heard any sirens. It figures something touched down somewhere, though, considering the number we've had this year.
I actually tried to chase that storm and failed to catch up to it.
i was riding my bike by the art fair when the sirens were going off, a few vendors freaked out and started packing their stuff, but no one else seemed to care
i hope the storm washes the art fair away. all around my house is packed with people and my entire route to work consists of walking though east william art fair and then north U art fair. blerg
It is only four days long and brings in a large amount of money for the city/economy. Live with it.
umichzach = party pooper
