LJ Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I am up cause of the storm. The guys on NBC 4 are like the 3 stooges fighting over tv time trying to explain this storm. Jym hates working with other people lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Heath got hit pretty hard. Brother works at walmart. Front of building got torn partially off. Park national bank had a front window broken and a tree in there drive thru. Brother called me I woke up grabbed son and went to basement and went back to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Columbus, where they blow the tornado sirens for twisters no where near my home. This. Was woke up by storm, checked out the news, saw the worst had passed, and went back to bed. A few minutes later I hear the sirens. They really should reevaluate how the alert system works, as it's my impression that all the sirens will go off county-wide regardless of where in the county the tornado sighting occurs. So, you have a tornado sighting in Groveport with sirens going off in Hilliard...uhh, not exactly accurate. Unfortunately, I think people get desensitized to the sirens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 This. Was woke up by storm, checked out the news, saw the worst had passed, and went back to bed. A few minutes later I hear the sirens. They really should reevaluate how the alert system works, as it's my impression that all the sirens will go off county-wide regardless of where in the county the tornado sighting occurs. So, you have a tornado sighting in Groveport with sirens going off in Hilliard...uhh, not exactly accurate. Unfortunately, I think people get desensitized to the sirens. The problem lies within the unpredictability of the storms. Storms can go any which way at any time. There wasn't actually any tornados sighted last night. The NWS uses velocity maps like posted on page 2 looking for cloud rotation. as soon as cloud rotation is spotted the horns blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 except they blew them wile the rotation was over New Albany for All of Franklin county, and since the supercells were moving at 75 MPH they were out of franklin county before the first sirens stopped blowing. Last night was a fail, my NOAA alert also didn't go off until after the storms were out of franklin county. Last night was a bunch of fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 except they blew them wile the rotation was over New Albany for All of Franklin county, and since the supercells were moving at 75 MPH they were out of franklin county before the first sirens stopped blowing. Last night was a fail, my NOAA alert also didn't go off until after the storms were out of franklin county. Last night was a bunch of fail. Was there any failure about last night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 The problem lies within the unpredictability of the storms. Storms can go any which way at any time. There wasn't actually any tornados sighted last night. The NWS uses velocity maps like posted on page 2 looking for cloud rotation. as soon as cloud rotation is spotted the horns blow. So, are you saying that the warning system in place is as good as it can get? I understand that storms are unpredictable, so I wouldn't be so naive as to demand perfection. But I'd think the system in place is a bit too flawed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Karacho1647545492 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Was there any failure about last night? this was unclear to me as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 My dog barked and woke me up at 2:50 because the sirens were going off. checked the radar that the bad part of the storm was already in Licking county and went back to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffro Posted April 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 So, are you saying that the warning system in place is as good as it can get? I understand that storms are unpredictable, so I wouldn't be so naive as to demand perfection. But I'd think the system in place is a bit too flawed. I mean, i suppose they could figure out a way to make the sirens more localized. there really isnt predicting any tornados that already arent on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Pomade Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I mean, i suppose they could figure out a way to make the sirens more localized. there really isnt predicting any tornados that already arent on the ground. Yeah, I was thinking - as I layed awake in bed at 2:30am - that they might divide the county into quadrants and have the sirens sound on a quandrant (versus a county-wide) basis. Of course, that has flaws too: a tornado could be literally a mile from your house (and headed your direction) but, because you live on the other side of the quadrant dividing line, the sirens don't go off in your quadrant. Maybe then the solution is a "rolling" warning area, wherein the system is wired so that all sirens within x amount of miles of a tornado sighting (or the extreme wind conditions/rotation or whatever) go off. I'm just kind of thinking out loud here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qtr_pndr Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 except they blew them wile the rotation was over New Albany for All of Franklin county, and since the supercells were moving at 75 MPH they were out of franklin county before the first sirens stopped blowing. Last night was a fail, my NOAA alert also didn't go off until after the storms were out of franklin county. Last night was a bunch of fail. this is why I live in the country can't hear no sirens here:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 They installed a siren at the end of my street not long ago. Had my window open, windy then the rain. I was playing Fallout, so the sirens really made me jump. I counted them going off 3 times in a span of twenty or so minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewhop Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 except they blew them wile the rotation was over New Albany for All of Franklin county, and since the supercells were moving at 75 MPH they were out of franklin county before the first sirens stopped blowing. Last night was a fail, my NOAA alert also didn't go off until after the storms were out of franklin county. Last night was a bunch of fail. This explains why our sirens were going off before storm got here. Everyone was posting times and I am thinking Licking county sirens went off before 3am. Maybe franklin county just Failed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRTurbo04 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 i slept threw the entire thing.. woke up an saw everyone crying about sirins going off.. huh i guess sex can put you into a coma. hope all you fuckers are tired i slept good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 i slept threw the entire thing.. woke up an saw everyone crying about sirins going off.. huh i guess sex can put you into a coma. hope all you fuckers are tired i slept good Awe guys! Paul lost his virginity last night! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6 Speed S4 Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Awe guys! Paul lost his virginity last night! hahaha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrsplat Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 i slept threw the entire thing.. woke up an saw everyone crying about sirins going off.. hope all you fuckers are tired i slept good fixed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 i slept threw the entire thing.. woke up an saw everyone crying about sirins going off.. huh i guess sex can put you into a coma. hope all you fuckers are tired i slept good So when are you and Rob gonna break the news to Dana? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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unfunnyryan Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I went to bed at 6am, so my sleep was not disturbed. I saw this storm come in, and just walk out. Nothing to get excited about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRD2BDF Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 It dumped a ton of rain which flooded most of Nelsonville (I pass through that town daily on the way to Athens) One or two more days of rain and it'll definitely cover the highways and damage houses. Maybe it'll make Nelsonville look better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurkvinny Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 Not gonna lie, I was worried more than usual last night. When I opened my front door to the porch, I watched the flag pole get ripped from the railing and there were some eerie-ass howling noises. 10 minutes later, Columbus channels reporting the 100mph gusts through my part of Licking. That flag pole lasted through the sustained 80mph winds a couple Summers ago (leftover of whatever hurricane that was). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 /\it was Ike. Started my current job the next day. That sucked. Driving around in it was really fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchy chan Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 /\it was Ike. Started my current job the next day. That sucked. Driving around in it was really fun though. i was at mid ohio when that started to blow through..fun times...driving home was fabulous, traffic barrels were moving across the freeway...it was like a auto x track! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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