Posted on 03/31/2011 10:18:30 AM PDT by BwanaNdege
A sudden storm took visitors to the Sun 'n Fun Fly-In by surprise Thursday morning, when an unexpected tornado did millions of dollars worth of damage. The roof of a youth activity center on the Sun 'n Fun campus has collapsed; early reports indicate as many as 70 people may be trapped inside, and rescue efforts are currently underway. AVweb staffers are currently working to ascertain the nature and extent of the devastation.
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Where?
Was there not a Tornado Watch in the area?
Where did this happen? What state?
Lakeland, FL
I don’t think the one in Lakeland , FL happens until April.
Is this different from the 70 people possibly stuck in a hangar?
Who? What? When? Where? Why? For God´s sake.
I’m wrong. It’s going on now. So it must be Lakeland.
Man, the weather radar showed a perfect hook for a tornado over Lakeland.
The story is breaking on Fox as we speak. We are in West Melbourne and are under a tornado warning. The wind and rain are coming down so hard that all the birds and such are anchored to the ground with bowling balls.
It’s already April in China so you have the right month.
We’re on the Gulf Coast, bad storms moving through the Tampa Bay area all morning...multiple tornadoes, and high winds. They’re not allowing high profile vehicles on the
bay bridges because evidently one overturned onto some cars. Wind gusts frequently being reported at 60-70 mph.
A friend was at Walmart, and they herded all the customers to the back of the store when a tornado was spotted in the area.
My weather radio has been going nuts this morning with tornado watches and warnings.
“Who? What? When? Where? Why? For God´s sake.”
Who/What - Sun-n-Fun is a “fly-in” [thnk “convention] for homebuilt aircraft. It is a slightly smaller version of the Experimantal aircraft Association’s Oshkosh, Wisc “Airventure”
When - Now
Where - Lakeland, FL airport
Why - Tornado, warm, moist air rising, cooler air rushes in, Coriolis effect caused it to swirl. etc.
For God’s sake - Praying for the safety of the trapped people, strength & wisdom for the rescuers
The Sun N Fun fly in is the second biggest sport plane fly in in the country. Attendance is usually over 150,000. The Blue Angels were scheduled to perform there this Friday through Sunday. I myself had plans to go down Saturday. I’m sure as storms approached most all the folks headed for the large display hangers to take shelter. If it was one of those that collapsed it could be very bad. Hopefully none of my friends....
Fox was just showing a Zenith CH-750 flipped on it’s back.
I was just saying yesterday that I wished I had planned earlier so I could be there this year. Guess not. Hope everyone is alright and the damage not too expensive as anything airplane related is real expensive.
I have tickets and a hotel room for Saturday night. Coming up from Ft. Myers. I hope everyone is ok... A little bummed. Was looking forward to my first time.
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