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Tornado Warning
TV Warning | 9/18/2012 | me

Posted on 09/18/2012 6:52:16 PM PDT by NoGrayZone

Very odd. I am here in Suffolk County Long Island and we just had an interruption warning us of a tornado warning.

Last time that happened was in the late 90's.


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To: Winstons Julia; NoGrayZone; Raycpa; SgtBob
Get in the basement.

If it's a tornado WARNING, then yes, get in the basement. "Warning" means a tornado has been sighted in the area. If it's a tornado WATCH, though, that just means the conditions are present for a tornado, but one has not yet been sighted. Not the same level of urgency.

This distinction is old hat for us midwesterners, but for those in the east, this may not be as familiar.

I was born and raised in Chicago, currently live in St. Louis, and have also lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, and near Lincoln, Nebraska, where I saw a lot of tornadoes. I spent a year on the Long Island Sound, in Greenwich, Conn., but don't recall any tornadoes from that time.

21 posted on 09/18/2012 7:12:03 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (St. Louis County, Missouri)
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To: SgtBob

Hehehe....


22 posted on 09/18/2012 7:13:20 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

Are you still there?


23 posted on 09/18/2012 7:17:12 PM PDT by ThomasThomas
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To: Charles Henrickson

It was a warning. Last time I went through one, everything stopped, just as it did now...then all Heck hit.

Thankfully, it hit about 2 minutes away from where I lived and no one was hurt.

I’m now in that “calm before the storm” moment.


24 posted on 09/18/2012 7:17:29 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: kabumpo

Obama is collecting $40,000 a head at a swanky restaurant in Manhattan tonight too bad the weather is so awful.
Rain and wind all day in CT.


26 posted on 09/18/2012 7:19:12 PM PDT by mojo114 (Pray for our military)
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To: All

Tornado warning has been dropped for us. Now it just a watch.


27 posted on 09/18/2012 7:21:29 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

Sometimes your ears pop, like in an ascending or descending plane, or driving up a mountain. If you don’t have a basement, get in the middle of the house, away from exterior walls.


28 posted on 09/18/2012 7:21:51 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: ThomasThomas

Yep. I just have to go through 1 door for basement safety.


29 posted on 09/18/2012 7:24:40 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

Last time that happened was in the late 90’s.

It’s happening again, now. Is it a warning or a watch? there is a big difference. Severe thunderstorm warnings too? We have this all the time in the south. Most of the time just good sleeping weather. There were two tornadoes last week in NYC so you aren’t immune. Keep an eye on the local radar and good luck to you


30 posted on 09/18/2012 7:26:26 PM PDT by Figment
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To: NoGrayZone

Last time that happened was in the late 90’s.

It’s happening again, now. Is it a warning or a watch? there is a big difference. Severe thunderstorm warnings too? We have this all the time in the south. Most of the time just good sleeping weather. There were two tornadoes last week in NYC so you aren’t immune. Keep an eye on the local radar and good luck to you


31 posted on 09/18/2012 7:26:45 PM PDT by Figment
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To: RegulatorCountry

Interior windowless bathroom, in the tub if possible.


32 posted on 09/18/2012 7:28:15 PM PDT by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.)
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To: NoGrayZone
Okay, what's keeping everyone from the obvious conclusion:

It's Bush's Fault!!!


33 posted on 09/18/2012 7:29:35 PM PDT by ssaftler (With apologies to Gene Kranz: "Obama is not an option")
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To: F15Eagle

Thanks F15, will do. So strange how it comes on so suddenly, then stops and BOOM, it hits!

I’m in the calm now...waiting for the BOOM, which happened last time.

However, my 2 kitties are lounging on the couch, like nothing is happening.

When they run, I will!


34 posted on 09/18/2012 7:30:08 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: NoGrayZone

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/

SPC storm prediction box. Keep your heads down and your powder dry


35 posted on 09/18/2012 7:30:08 PM PDT by Figment
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To: Winstons Julia
Tornadoes can happen anywhere.

We've had several here in New York City in the past couple of years. Two just a few weeks ago, one in Brooklyn, the other in Queens.

36 posted on 09/18/2012 7:30:21 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: NoGrayZone

The morrow will greet you with a clear sky, and a crisp northwesterly breeze. Enjoy while I labor in 90+ degree temps...ta be quite honest, 90 ain’t bad this time o’ year!

Cheers!


37 posted on 09/18/2012 7:33:02 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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To: mojo114

Damn it, this is his fault! Everywhere he goes, chaos hits.

This thing who calls himself obama MUST go!


38 posted on 09/18/2012 7:33:55 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Thanks for that tip, never thought of that. =)


39 posted on 09/18/2012 7:36:23 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Figment

It was a warning, now a watch.


40 posted on 09/18/2012 7:40:54 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
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