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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 1, 2016 19:59:18 GMT -5
I wonder if the Florida count includes water spouts, which are just tornadoes over water. Possibly? We definitely have those. Though also those don't last super long either A few tornado warnings are going off a bit west of me. Can't think of the last one that wasn't tied to a big storm. I was just looking up water spouts. Some are considered tornadoes and some are not. On the enhanced Fujita scale, most water spouts rate as EF0s and last no more than 20 minutes with little to no movement. The article said the Florida Keys have about 400 water spouts a year.
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 1, 2016 20:05:15 GMT -5
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 1, 2016 22:56:39 GMT -5
For those who want tornado warnings but don't have audible ones in their area: You can sign up to get alerts to your cellphone from the National Weather Service. I got one sent to my phone at 3 a.m. last week for a tornado that finally touched down 10 miles north of me. Thankfully, no one was hurt considering it came though while everyone was asleep in bed. My phone was on vibrate and the alert was strong enough that it woke me out of a sound sleep.
ETA: I live in 1.4 Massachusetts where audible alarms don't exist.
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 1, 2016 23:30:52 GMT -5
For those who want tornado warnings but don't have audible ones in their area: You can sign up to get alerts to your cellphone from the National Weather Service. I got one sent to my phone at 3 a.m. last week for a tornado that finally touched down 10 miles north of me. Thankfully, no one was hurt considering it came though while everyone was asleep in bed. My phone was on vibrate and the alert was strong enough that it woke me out of a sound sleep. ETA: I live in 1.4 Massachusetts where audible alarms don't exist. GRG-don't you have the old civil defense alarms/horns that were supposed to go off in case of a nuclear attack? I know back in the 50s and 60s we had them in Springfield, MA. but have no idea if they are ever used now. Our tornado sirens are the old civil defense sirens now used for tornado warnings. And every Wednesday at 3:28 p.m. they go off for weekly testing (unless severe weather is predicted for that day-no false alarms).
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 2, 2016 7:18:08 GMT -5
For those who want tornado warnings but don't have audible ones in their area: You can sign up to get alerts to your cellphone from the National Weather Service. I got one sent to my phone at 3 a.m. last week for a tornado that finally touched down 10 miles north of me. Thankfully, no one was hurt considering it came though while everyone was asleep in bed. My phone was on vibrate and the alert was strong enough that it woke me out of a sound sleep. ETA: I live in 1.4 Massachusetts where audible alarms don't exist. GRG-don't you have the old civil defense alarms/horns that were supposed to go off in case of a nuclear attack? I know back in the 50s and 60s we had them in Springfield, MA. but have no idea if they are ever used now. Our tornado sirens are the old civil defense sirens now used for tornado warnings. And every Wednesday at 3:28 p.m. they go off for weekly testing (unless severe weather is predicted for that day-no false alarms). Some towns do still have them. I grew up hearing it tested every week. My old town tested on Fridays at noon and then only used them to announce school closing at 6:00 a.m. due to snowfall. I don't know if they used it last week but probably should have -- the tornado left a good-sized swath of destruction. I live about 200 yards from the police station in my current town. If they still have their civil defense horn (I doubt it--new police/fire station building), they certainly didn't use it at 3:00 a.m. last week. :-0
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 2, 2016 8:16:59 GMT -5
GRG-don't you have the old civil defense alarms/horns that were supposed to go off in case of a nuclear attack? I know back in the 50s and 60s we had them in Springfield, MA. but have no idea if they are ever used now. Our tornado sirens are the old civil defense sirens now used for tornado warnings. And every Wednesday at 3:28 p.m. they go off for weekly testing (unless severe weather is predicted for that day-no false alarms). Some towns do still have them. I grew up hearing it tested every week. My old town tested on Fridays at noon and then only used them to announce school closing at 6:00 a.m. due to snowfall. I don't know if they used it last week but probably should have -- the tornado left a good-sized swath of destruction. I live about 200 yards from the police station in my current town. If they still have their civil defense horn (I doubt it--new police/fire station building), they certainly didn't use it at 3:00 a.m. last week. :-0 I was just looking at old news articles about the 2011 tornado in Springfield. It looks like there were no warning sirens in Springfield either. The high school I attended in Springfild was hard hit and deemed uninhabitable. The school has now been torn down and a new high school is being built in the same location but with a new name.
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Sept 2, 2016 8:23:55 GMT -5
Some towns do still have them. I grew up hearing it tested every week. My old town tested on Fridays at noon and then only used them to announce school closing at 6:00 a.m. due to snowfall. I don't know if they used it last week but probably should have -- the tornado left a good-sized swath of destruction. I live about 200 yards from the police station in my current town. If they still have their civil defense horn (I doubt it--new police/fire station building), they certainly didn't use it at 3:00 a.m. last week. :-0 I was just looking at old news articles about the 2011 tornado in Springfield. It looks like there were no warning sirens in Springfield either. The high school I attended in Springfild was hard hit and deemed uninhabitable. The school has now been torn down and a new high school is being built in the same location but with a new name. There may have been no sirens, but many of us in Massachusetts watched the Springfield tornado live thanks to a weather camera atop a building (Mass Mutual??). Springfield College was very interested in recruiting ODS for its lacrosse team. The coaches and Admissions folks made a point of letting us know that they were well underway rebuilding from the extensive damage the campus suffered from the storm. Mother Nature is pissed. We have not been taking care of her planet. ETA: in a sincerely non-creepy way: I know your school. It has many alumni. It was DESTROYED. :-(
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 2, 2016 8:48:50 GMT -5
I was just looking at old news articles about the 2011 tornado in Springfield. It looks like there were no warning sirens in Springfield either. The high school I attended in Springfild was hard hit and deemed uninhabitable. The school has now been torn down and a new high school is being built in the same location but with a new name. There may have been no sirens, but many of us in Massachusetts watched the Springfield tornado live thanks to a weather camera atop a building (Mass Mutual??). Springfield College was very interested in recruiting ODS for its lacrosse team. The coaches and Admissions folks made a point of letting us know that they were well underway rebuilding from the extensive damage the campus suffered from the storm. Mother Nature is pissed. We have not been taking care of her planet. ETA: in a sincerely non-creepy way: I know your school. It has many alumni. It was DESTROYED. :-( When I attended the high school ('65-'69) there were about 2,800 students. At the time of the tornado, there were maybe 500 students and that included a grammar school academy in the building (from what once was the Catholic grammar school a couple of blocks away which I attended too but that school was shut down due to low attendance rates). When I attended the high school, attendance was free. At the time of the tornado, attendance was/is tuition based. Hence the lower attendance rates today. About weather warning sirens-our local TV meteorologists like to remind us the outdoor sirens are really meant for folks outdoors and for them to seek cover. Those of us indoors should be monitoring our TVs, radios and electronic devices when bad weather is around.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 2, 2016 10:14:37 GMT -5
I hope everyone is ok and there was no major damage for you! There are no tornado sirens where I am. I'm not in any kind of "tornado alley" so there isn't much need for them. I assume it's like Justme said, they wouldn't do much good during hurricanes (which is when most of our tornadoes happen) when you'd actually need them. Tornadoes happening outside hurricane conditions are quite rare in my area. I think the Weather Channel app goes off for warnings/alerts. Not sure, it's been a while since we had an alert. Also not sure how useful it'd be in a hurricane that may have taken out a lot of towers/antennas.
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Post by bean29 on Sept 2, 2016 12:04:45 GMT -5
My Cousin's daughter lives in St. Petersburg Fl. She posted yesterday that the Police wouldn't let people into her neighborhood b/c of Flooding and she had a pic of her Dog/Dog Carrier and Evacuation Bag by the door. Not sure if it was a JIC thing or if she really was evacuated.
I thought I heard on the news this morning that the storm had weakened and was no longer a Hurricane?
Hope everyone is Safe.
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Post by justme on Sept 2, 2016 12:09:07 GMT -5
The St Pete and Tampa area tend to flood somewhat easy. Especially if the hurricane is coming from the golf...the direction of the storm pushes water up into Tampa bay making it higher than normal and well Florida is basically just above sea level. The first zone or two for floods covers basically all of st Pete.
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Post by busymom on Sept 3, 2016 19:19:32 GMT -5
Just saw this, & had to share with all of you...
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 5, 2016 5:19:58 GMT -5
Back in Tampa Saturday the 3rd. Missed all the fun. Our area even though less than a block from Bayshore which always floods , is just fine. Didn't even lose power.
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