AVM Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Tornado just went through DT Raleigh a bit ago -- hope all you guys are ok. I've never seen anything like this stuff in NC...this is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Yep. I'm lucky to be in New Hanover County but Bladen and Sampson County are basically neighbors and are about to get hit hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Yep. I'm lucky to be in New Hanover County but Bladen and Sampson County are basically neighbors and are about to get hit hard. My hometown (Wilson), got hit really hard. Greenville barely missed the first bullet, but we're looking at another close call in a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 My hometown (Wilson), got hit really hard. Greenville barely missed the first bullet, but we're looking at another close call in a bit. Stay safe man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 16, 2011 Author Share Posted April 16, 2011 Stay safe man. You too bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visajets Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Be safe guys. Dont mess with Mother Nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawn306 Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Yeah I just saw all the damage. Just unreal. We got real lucky here in the Charlotte area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 My friend and his family are driving to Disnet from DC. He's in NC and sent me a text saying he was dodging tornadoes. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Crusher Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Safe passage to all. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenBeans Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Got lucky in my neck of the woods, just a lot of rain and some big winds. Not too far from here, though, was a different story. Here's a link if you are interested (http://www.wral.com/weather/story/9451835/) - keep these folks in your thoughts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShelbyTMitchell Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thoughts and prayers are with those that are affected. Very scary stuff. Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxman Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Holy crap....i hope everyone is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneStarLady Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 Wow, that's unusual for NC, and all of the southeast and midatlantic. Expect to hear about them in TX and OK, but not there. Hope you're all safe, and thoughts to everyone in the path. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Wow, that's unusual for NC, and all of the southeast and midatlantic. Expect to hear about them in TX and OK, but not there. Hope you're all safe, and thoughts to everyone in the path. Tornadoes are pretty common in NC. The rash of tornadoes we got on Saturday were not. It appears that a cold front aloft was to blame for this outbreak. And believe it or not, but tornadoes in NC are possibly even more dangerous than those in the Great Plains because they're harder to predict. They're more shallow and thus harder to capture on radar, giving meterologists less time to warn people on the ground that they're coming. Scary stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 Tornadoes are pretty common in NC. The rash of tornadoes we got on Saturday were not. It appears that a cold front aloft was to blame for this outbreak. And believe it or not, but tornadoes in NC are possibly even more dangerous than those in the Great Plains because they're harder to predict. They're more shallow and thus harder to capture on radar, giving meterologists less time to warn people on the ground that they're coming. Scary stuff. The thing with these were they were exactly the opposite. They stayed on the same path, and stayed on the ground for what seemed like forever on a couple occasions. That, and they were huge. I'm used to the shallow one's you're referring to, not the couple of gigantic one's we saw. A middle school a county over was destroyed, there was the Lowe's in Sanford that was completely demolished that everyone's seen, just massive damage you don't see around here over that long a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 The thing with these were they were exactly the opposite. They stayed on the same path, and stayed on the ground for what seemed like forever on a couple occasions. That, and they were huge. I'm used to the shallow one's you're referring to, not the couple of gigantic one's we saw. A middle school a county over was destroyed, there was the Lowe's in Sanford that was completely demolished that everyone's seen, just massive damage you don't see around here over that long a stretch. That's true, these were of a very different variety. Must be global warming. By the way, did you see this video from some crazy bastard in Wilson, NC? P.S. Our boys are heading to Greenville Tuesday night for the 2nd and final round of the ECU-UNCW battle of 2011. Hopefully we'll put up a much better fight in Clark-Leclair than we did here at Brooks Field. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 That's true, these were of a very different variety. Must be global warming. By the way, did you see this video from some crazy bastard in Wilson, NC? P.S. Our boys are heading to Greenville Tuesday night for the 2nd and final round of the ECU-UNCW battle of 2011. Hopefully we'll put up a much better fight in Clark-Leclair than we did here at Brooks Field. Not only have I seen it, I know the guy. Grew up in Wilson. And I'll be there Tom night. You guys beat us here last year and we are really bipolar this year. I expect a close one this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetsfan80 Posted April 18, 2011 Share Posted April 18, 2011 Not only have I seen it, I know the guy. Grew up in Wilson. And I'll be there Tom night. You guys beat us here last year and we are really bipolar this year. I expect a close one this time Nice. I like the guy's answer to why he was so calm. "I was a marine, and I love Jesus". Sounds like a man to get a drink with. I was at last year's game in Greenville. I think that game was about 17 hours long with the umpire consistently calling a floating strike zone for both teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVM Posted April 18, 2011 Author Share Posted April 18, 2011 I was at last year's game in Greenville. I think that game was about 17 hours long with the umpire consistently calling a floating strike zone for both teams. yeah my least fav baseball memory. Car got broken into during the game too. So the bar is quite low for this game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernJet Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 all well here , thanks ..... daughter/grandson were stuck in a babies r us in raleigh and had to ride it out,,scary even though nuthin hit close to me, i have small scattered debris, insulation, foam etc in yard..weird.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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