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Another tornado moving into Oklahoma City
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Posted on 05/09/2003 7:36:11 PM PDT by Lucas1

Storm spotters report a large tornado approaching Oklahoma City. This just happened yesterday. God be with those people.


TOPICS: Breaking News; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: okc; tornado
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To: _Jim
Well I think im gonna turn in for the night, It looks like this thing isnt going to hit Tulsa, and Fox and MSNBC are refusing to cover the Oklahoma City tornado. There are some storms just starting to develope just south of me in Northern Kansas that might wake me up in an hour or so though.........goodnight all.
541 posted on 05/09/2003 11:43:27 PM PDT by Husker24
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To: El Gato
Thank God your family is safe. We have a funnel that keeps dropping and retreating in the Jenks-Bixby areaabout 10 miles from where I am.
542 posted on 05/09/2003 11:45:23 PM PDT by Tulsa Brian (Second place is the first loser)
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To: _Jim
TULSA, TULSA, TULSA ... our Grandma "B" (great-grandma) lives in TULSA. ... Praying.
543 posted on 05/09/2003 11:45:33 PM PDT by zeaal
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To: Husker24
G'nite - sleep tight.
544 posted on 05/09/2003 11:46:06 PM PDT by _Jim (Guangdong doctor linked as source of SARS in China: http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20030320/09/)
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To: zeaal
Right now it looks like this storm is passing to the south in Bixby. I have friends there and swinging north into Broken Arrow. So far, Tulsa not struck by more than heavy rain and quarter sized hail.
545 posted on 05/09/2003 11:54:02 PM PDT by Tulsa Brian (Second place is the first loser)
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To: _Jim
my next address will be directly to the admin mods

It is ALL yours...have at it.

546 posted on 05/09/2003 11:54:58 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: Charles Henrickson
At the top it says "DBZ." What's that mean?

"dB" stands for deciBells. A way to express a ratio. 1 bell = log (ratio) so the decible value ( deci meaning 1/10) is 10*log(ratio) where the ratio can be of two things, or of one thing to a standard. Radio and radar folks use dBW, where the "W" means relative to 1 Watt. "Z" is a meausre of reflectivity per unit volume. It has units of square meters per cubic meter (equivalently less instructive, 1/meters) In the case of rain, or snow, or chaff, it's a mesure of how much stuff is in that cubic meter of volume. In this case how much rain. But remember it a logrithmic scale so while 10 DbZ is 10 times more stuff than 0 db (log(1) = 0) 20 db is 100 times more. and 30 dB is 1000 times more. Hope that helps. Had to refresh all that a few years ago when I was modeling the AWACS radar for a simulator/trainer for the back end crew members.

547 posted on 05/09/2003 11:58:59 PM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
wow, I read every word,assumed it was copied from text til the end and WOW you wrote that from pure knowledge.But remember it is a logrithmic scale of freeperness
and has serious freepercussions too...lol
548 posted on 05/10/2003 12:02:57 AM PDT by cars for sale
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To: zeaal
Tulsa has been spared, at least for the moment. Kids out of the bathtub and back in bed. Whew. Weatherman pinpointed our neighborhood for a moment...ugh. I'm exhausted. Thanks to all for the prayers. They worked. Prayers for those still in the path of this storm. It seems to be breaking up a bit. Good night, Freepers. You are all wonderful.
549 posted on 05/10/2003 12:11:31 AM PDT by I'm ALL Right!
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To: cars for sale
you wrote that from pure knowledge

Yes I did., right off the top of my pointy head. Been using the stuff for so long, it would be easier to forget how to tie my shoes, although that time is approaching I'm sure.

BTW, that is a base 10 logrithm. For any fossilised FORTRAN programmers out there, LOG10(). Can't do subscripts here but it's usually written as log10 where the "10" should be a subscript. "Bell" is after Alexander Graham, as in the "baby Bells", which is why it should be capitilised. (Spelling is my weak point, especially at 2 AM) Nite all.

550 posted on 05/10/2003 12:14:36 AM PDT by El Gato
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To: I'm ALL Right!
Thanks. Grandma is at 600 block and S. Memorial and aunt and uncle on E. 4th. How is Broken Arrow? Have kin there too.
551 posted on 05/10/2003 12:18:33 AM PDT by zeaal
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To: zeaal
Broken Arrow is wet. That's about all. Thank God
552 posted on 05/10/2003 12:19:18 AM PDT by I'm ALL Right!
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To: El Gato
wow....more stuff
553 posted on 05/10/2003 12:19:32 AM PDT by cars for sale
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To: I'm ALL Right!
Tulsa has been spared, at least for the moment. Kids out of the bathtub and back in bed. Whew. Weatherman pinpointed our neighborhood for a moment...ugh. I'm exhausted.

WX for Tulsa (via www.ktul.com):

ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT!

Jolly huh? Meanwhile have a good night and get some sleep, you might need it again tomorrow afternoon and evening and "Into the Night".

554 posted on 05/10/2003 12:20:01 AM PDT by El Gato
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To: El Gato
Just remember, there are only 10 kind of people. 1's and 0's
555 posted on 05/10/2003 12:21:52 AM PDT by WSGilcrest (R)
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To: I'm ALL Right!
THANK YOU for your report, I'm ALL Right! Praying you continue to be safe.
556 posted on 05/10/2003 12:25:10 AM PDT by zeaal
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To: All
Anybody else still here? Anything else happening with these storms? This once that dropped the tornado earlier is coming closer to home (where my family is) than the others..and it looks to me like it was almost turning a bit south for just a bit...anyway, I'll probably be up watching for a while; please let me know if you are hearing anything else about this on tv (I don't have a tv). Thanks!
557 posted on 05/10/2003 1:14:43 AM PDT by thunders
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To: thunders
ok, looks like things are calming down a bit, and I am finally tired...guess I'll hit the sack finally (yes, it's 4:42 am, I know....)
558 posted on 05/10/2003 1:42:52 AM PDT by thunders
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To: I'm ALL Right!
Good morning! We all huddled in the back hall for 1/2 hour, but it passed south. What a year already!

Hope everyone else is fine this morning!
559 posted on 05/10/2003 4:56:02 AM PDT by Tax-chick (If you were me, you'd be like this, too.)
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To: PhiKapMom
Legend has it that Norman is protected by an Indian blessing. My mom nor I have never seen a tornado in Norman itself--though just outside...
560 posted on 05/10/2003 6:01:04 AM PDT by Ff--150 (100-Fold Return)
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