Author Topic: Oklahoma Storms (Read 4457 times)

wmenorr67 · « **on:** May 10, 2010, 09:46:22 PM »

How are my fellow Oklahomans after the storm? Anyone in trouble? If you need a hand let me know. Thankfully Tulsa dodged the bullet this time. I am right now hearing a report of at least 4 dead.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:12:11 PM »

Pretty well dodged the bullet on this go around. I noticed my canoe is flipped over but that happens once in awhile.

wmenorr67 · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:20:23 PM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on May 10, 2010, 10:12:11 PM

Pretty well dodged the bullet on this go around. I noticed my canoe is flipped over but that happens once in awhile.

That happens when you stand up in them.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:31:19 PM »

Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 10, 2010, 10:20:23 PM

That happens when you stand up in them.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:33:25 PM »

Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 10, 2010, 10:20:23 PM

That happens when you stand up in them.

The trip's not complete if you don't flip it at least once.

S. Williamson · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:36:27 PM »

We got a mild pounding up here in Wichita. WSU canceled everything after 4pm, and they never close down for anything.

Sky went from gray, to green with sirens blaring, to near-night-darkness, to bright and sunny over the course of about an hour.

Good thing the Q&A with Tiarht didn't last longer than it did...

230RN · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:37:54 PM »

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The trip's not complete if you don't flip it at least once.

That's how I lost all my firearms.

Glad everybody so far seems OK. Got tagged in one last August that was so sudden they didn't even blow the sirens until afterward. I was in a car. Wiped out every taillight, busted mirrors, dished in my license plate. Large not-quite golf-ball hail was coming down at about a 15-20 degree angle to the horizontal.

Jim147 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2010, 10:45:45 PM »

I'm about 75 miles south of Kansas City here. The sky turned green here too. We had heavy rain and then hail from pea size to golf ball. And then we got the real heavy rain.

The house has a moat around it and my little stream is running about eight feet wide.

I'm sore but I'm glad I got as much mowing and planting done this weekend as I did.

jim

RevDisk · « **Reply #8 on:** May 11, 2010, 12:53:37 AM »

See, BrokenPaw? I TOLD you it was three hops left, two right THEN set the sacrifice on fire. But NOOO, "I don't need no stinkin' grimoire, I know what I'm doing."

Fjolnirsson · « **Reply #9 on:** May 11, 2010, 01:02:05 AM »

LMAO, Rev! Pure win, right there!

S. Williamson · « **Reply #10 on:** May 11, 2010, 01:10:13 AM »

The Wiccan form of Boobquake?

sanglant · « **Reply #11 on:** May 11, 2010, 02:14:10 AM »

with some lake canoes. you can fill 'em up and sit down, and it floats with your shoulders just above water. great trick when it's hot.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #12 on:** May 11, 2010, 09:52:15 AM »

Quote from: wmenorr67 on May 10, 2010, 10:20:23 PM

That happens when you stand up in them.

I've never dumped a canoe unless I was screwing around.

Tallpine · « **Reply #13 on:** May 11, 2010, 11:00:32 AM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on May 11, 2010, 09:52:15 AM

I've never dumped a canoe unless I was screwing around.

Talk about rocking the boat ...

230RN · « **Reply #14 on:** May 11, 2010, 12:42:47 PM »

RoadKing Larry:

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I've never dumped a canoe unless I was screwing around.

Tallpine:

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Talk about rocking the boat ...

You mean, "If this canoe is rockin', don't come a-knockin'?"

How do you knock on a canoe?

Terry, "Unaware of the ins and outs of screwing around in a canoe or for that matter, knocking thereupon," 230RN

sanglant · « **Reply #15 on:** May 11, 2010, 01:39:06 PM »

how you knock on a canoe.

canoe knocking

Tallpine · « **Reply #16 on:** May 11, 2010, 01:42:29 PM »

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How do you knock on a canoe?

Knock, knock.

Who's there?

Canoe.

Canoe who?

Canoe throw me a life preserver?

sanglant · « **Reply #17 on:** May 11, 2010, 01:47:27 PM »

interrupting cheese

230RN · « **Reply #18 on:** May 11, 2010, 08:44:50 PM »

Dang, I can't load youtubies because of my outdated browser. And even if I could, they take a significant part of forever to load on my connection. I guess I'll have to get faster Girl Scouts.

sanglant · « **Reply #19 on:** May 11, 2010, 09:38:02 PM »

i don't know if this will work, but this is the lowest res embedded links

hey it was worth a shot. web page brought to you by a drunk and MS notepad.

edit: if that works link

Jim147 · « **Reply #20 on:** May 11, 2010, 11:04:13 PM »

I have round two building almost right on top of me now.

Round three is due to come in the afternoon with round three just behind that one.

This place will be a swamp for a while. I think the .45 Colt is about to get changed over to my carry piece. It is rough on the cottonmouths.

jim

230RN · « **Reply #21 on:** May 12, 2010, 12:12:15 AM »

Jeeze, snakes. I never thought of that up here.

I'm kind of in a semi-flood area --near a river. I recently went out and bought a life jacket, swim goggles, and flippers. Just in case. Seen too many pics of folks stranded on the roof during flood situations. Last resort kind of thing.

I still remember the Big Thompson flood of 1976. I was on the CB radio during that one. Not much anyone could do in the canyon itself, it was a sudden wall of water*, but folks downstream, out of the canyon had some chances to escape to high ground if warned.

I sure dislike sudden dangerous weather.

Terry, 230RN
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"Wall of water" The water forms up into a wall because the first part of the water flow is impeded by the terrain, but the water coming down behind it is not. So the water piles up into a literal wall, with devastating effects. This was what happened in the Big Thompson flood of July 31 1976. One hundred forty-five people were killed in that narrow canyon. On a smaller scale, if you quickly pour a bucket of water out onto your driveway, you'll see the same effect

Jim147 · « **Reply #22 on:** May 12, 2010, 12:17:40 AM »

Quote from: 230RN on May 12, 2010, 12:12:15 AM

Jeeze, snakes. I never thought of that up here.

I'm kind of in a semi-flood area --near a river. I recently went out and bought a life jacket, swim goggles, and flippers. Just in case. Seen too many pics of folks stranded on the roof during flood situations. Last resort kind of thing.

If you ever get pulled off your roof wearing all of that, make sure someone puts on Youtube. I've got to see it.

jim

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas · « **Reply #23 on:** May 12, 2010, 12:25:59 AM »

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Last resort kind of thing.

Get a wetsuit, too. Hypothermia is no fun.

230RN · « **Reply #24 on:** May 12, 2010, 12:39:09 AM »

Jim147, laugh all you want, but I'd rather have it and not need it...

And if a chopper is up above, I'll ditch the flippers and goggles... but you'll notice even the rescuers coming down from the chopper to get people are wearing flotation vests.

But I'll try to remember to wave at you.

Zardozimo Oprah Bannedalas, I was seriously thinking about a wet suit, but you start out with a .22, then go upscale. I think I'd have time to put it on, but first things first. Total investment was about $60, I think, but I lost the receipt. Not that I'd be in a position to return the merchandise if it didn't work as intended.

That Big Thompson flood was wierd. I remember the skies around Boulder CO were clear almost all night, but I could hear thunder rumbling off in the mountains somewhere. Later that night, distress calls started to come in on the radio, and that's all she wrote.

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Author Topic: Oklahoma Storms (Read 4457 times)