My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
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My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
Talked to him last night. I asked him about the twister that hit Chickasha. He said the radio was talking about a twister coming up I-44, so what does he do, he goes outside to look for it. He says that he saw a low cloud base (at least that is what he told his friend next to him) just Southwest of the house, but he wasn't worried.
His friend decided to head to the basement, where the wives were yelling for the guys to come down, but he stayed on the back porch taking pictures. He saidthe "low cloud" came over the house,and it was kind of rotating and the winds were swirling kind of funny, so he decided to "go below". He noticed a Highway Patrolman, on the turnpike looking at him, as it went over the house, I can only imagine what the OHP person was thinking. I know what I would have been thinking!!!
He said it was only about 100 ft over his head, over the house, he almost went for a ride in a twister
He said he came out of the basement in time to watch it descend out of the cloud and hit town.
"Sigh"
If someone would have told me about someone doing something like that, but didn't mention names, my Nephew would be the first person come to mind. His Dad would have done the same thing too, had he still been alive.He pulled some things that would make the hair on the back of your neck to stand up if I related them.
My Nephew, gotta love him.
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
I'm glad he's ok...
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
Glad he is ok.
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
Yepper.rjohns94 wrote:Glad he is ok.
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
as a lifelong Oklahoman, i can attest that what your nephew did was Standard Operating Procedure.
the FIRST THING you are taught is that when any reports of erratic or tornadic activity (sirens or no sirens) is to go out side with all your neighbors and look at the sky.
small talk will be made with your neighbors about the severity and the threat level. LoL. the other day, sirens were going off all over Tulsa and i bet every man and woman on my block was outside checking it out.
we knew that day was going to be bad. it was HOT, the wind was blowing hard all day long and the green haze was in the air.
people were very, very lucky. God smiled on us, Bless those who got hit.
the FIRST THING you are taught is that when any reports of erratic or tornadic activity (sirens or no sirens) is to go out side with all your neighbors and look at the sky.
small talk will be made with your neighbors about the severity and the threat level. LoL. the other day, sirens were going off all over Tulsa and i bet every man and woman on my block was outside checking it out.
we knew that day was going to be bad. it was HOT, the wind was blowing hard all day long and the green haze was in the air.
people were very, very lucky. God smiled on us, Bless those who got hit.
Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
Well yes, this is standard foolishness for Oklahoma. Last year a neighbor and I were out in the road looking at the sky as the tv showed a thunderstorm with possible rotation near our house. We heard a roaring coming from the North(both our properties butt up to I 40). It sounded more like a super loud semi instead of the freight train you usually hear about. We never saw a tornado- just clouds. Went to bed and the next morning discovered a tornado had hit exactly 1 mile South of our house and did major damage for a 4 mile stretch. We still have not figured out why the sound was from the North and the storm to our South. God Bless.
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
and one more.Ysabel Kid wrote:+1Hobie wrote:I'm glad he's ok...
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
Standing outside during a tornado warning is SOP in Kansas too. Or driving around looking for it. One day my Dad called home from work saying he could see a funnel cloud in the sky out east of town. So my Mom and myself jumped in the car to go out to the east side of town to see if we could see it. With me driving, we got out to the east end of town and could not see any sign of the cloud. But there was strange and intense cloud to ground lightning hitting all a round us. we were following behined a pickup with a camper in the bed. Suddenly, the camper lifted off the bed of the pickup about 50 feet high, flipped over then came crashing down in a ditch next to the road. So I turned around and we headed home. Later my Dad called and asked if we could see the funnel cloud. Mom told Dad what we did and my Dad about croaked. Mom told him where we went and Dad said that we drove right under the cloud. Never did see it though, we were disappointed about that.
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Re: My nephew and an Oklahoma twister
I have to say I'd be looking too and then probably running like a little girl for cover. Glad he's okay. Bless those effected.
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