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(IndyStar) News Tornado hits downtown Indy right as outdoor final four concert finishes. (With pic of skyscraper damage)   (indystar.com) divider line 81
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acanuck [TotalFark]
2006-04-02 11:43:01 PM
Final four that did submitter's mom in concert
 
newmoonpuppyhead
2006-04-02 11:54:21 PM
skyscraper?
 
earthrhino
2006-04-02 11:59:23 PM
It's about a 32-story building.
 
CygnusDarius
2006-04-02 11:59:53 PM
For some reason I read it like this:

Tomato hits downtown Indy right as outdoor final four concert finishes. (With pic of skyscraper damage)
 
bmihura
2006-04-02 11:59:55 PM
Why do you never hear of skyscrapers getting tornado damage?

Until now, I mean.
 
scifarker [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 12:01:03 AM
worst storm I've ever seen went through indy tonight, reports of wide spread damage throughout indiana, illinois, kentucky and continuing in tennessee.
 
Joe091
2006-04-03 12:01:26 AM
worst skyscraper tornado damage pic evar.
 
Poole2148
2006-04-03 12:01:39 AM
Woot! GO GATORS!!! Woot!
 
selloco
2006-04-03 12:04:19 AM
Coming Soon: A Statement from Pat Robertson
 
lsc78
2006-04-03 12:04:49 AM
Duke Rocks?
 
mathmatix
2006-04-03 12:04:49 AM
that picture looks nothing like a skyscraper, maybe a cpu tower photo'd from the floor maybe.....
 
Jabber
2006-04-03 12:05:06 AM
scifarker: worst storm I've ever seen went through indy tonight,

It definitely sucked, but not the worst ever. Then again, I'm not on the southside or downtown, where most of the damage happened. I did see a couple of transformers explode though.

/Don't worry, Optimus Prime is ok.
 
Rat
2006-04-03 12:05:39 AM
Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

©
 
EvilToni
2006-04-03 12:05:44 AM
Why do you never hear of skyscrapers getting tornado damage?

Because double-wides don't usually come with a third story
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:07:26 AM
Alright!
Enough of this crap!
One Question!
Will Bob and Tom be on Monday!?!
If Indy still has Bob and Tom, all is well.
If not, I'm loading the SKS and pity the fool that comes near my yard!
 
scifarker [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 12:07:28 AM
Jabber -

I guess I'm not saying much I've only been in Indy for a few years. Sirens went off more than 5 times here, though.
 
Jabber
2006-04-03 12:10:09 AM
scifarker: I guess I'm not saying much I've only been in Indy for a few years. Sirens went off more than 5 times here, though.

I live near both a fire station and high school (Ben Davis). Their sirens were going off almost continously for 30 minutes. We get a storm like this almost every year. I've never seen one hit downtown that badly though.
 
BrunelloBabe [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 12:10:38 AM
Rat: Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

I'm right here!

That shiat is heading for Cincinnati. The sirens have been going nuts here.
 
newmoonpuppyhead
2006-04-03 12:10:43 AM
EvilToni: Because double-wides don't usually come with a third story


hahahaha!
 
robotmonster1
2006-04-03 12:10:47 AM
metereologists?
 
TrevorValentine
2006-04-03 12:10:54 AM
I thought I'd get it bad down here in Bloomington...suckers
 
Bahumat
2006-04-03 12:11:40 AM
Why do Tornadoists hate America?
 
Saria
2006-04-03 12:12:00 AM
So, excluding the *skyscraper damage*, it was a typical spring storm for Indiana?
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:12:44 AM
Donny Baker sought for questioning.
Seems some looting at a 7/11 took place near a boat that was for sale
 
iamjustsittingwatchingthetimegobye
2006-04-03 12:14:37 AM
oh the huge peyton manningtee, sorry had to be done.
 
goofoffgoose
2006-04-03 12:15:39 AM
Bahumat: "Why do Tornadoists hate America?"

They just hate us for our freedom.
 
Freak
2006-04-03 12:15:52 AM
On the Northside, power liens were reported to be burning at 71st Street and Keystone Avenue,

I was going to post something snarky about the misspelling in the article using the definition of the word "lien", but when I went to Google to copy->paste the definition, my connection went completely dead. Couldn't even load Google. Guess God doesn't want me to start down that path of being a spelling nazi. It's a sad and lonely path.
 
scifarker [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 12:16:00 AM
Wow. CNN breaking news is now reporting more than 8 dead in tennessee from tornadoes.
 
minivanracer
2006-04-03 12:17:23 AM
I swear to god that was a bad storm!
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:17:53 AM
can't believe I'm the only one making Bob and Tom jokes about Indy!
You other Farkers are from Memphis and are just pretending to be from Indy! Admit it! Farkers!
 
stebain
2006-04-03 12:18:19 AM
(downtown tornados)
There was footage of one in Nashville or Memphis a few years back.
St Lake City a few years back.
Tornado and waterspout in Miami, probably 15 years ago.

Cities are small areas, when compared to the overall area.
Skyscrapers/towers (this is a tower) are even smaller areas.
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:18:50 AM
minivanracer
Thanks, I was beginning to worry!
 
selloco
2006-04-03 12:19:49 AM
bitteroldman

Lay off the sauce!
 
earthrhino
2006-04-03 12:19:58 AM
I park in the garage of that building. I swear to God I do.
 
Jabber
2006-04-03 12:20:57 AM
bitteroldman: can't believe I'm the only one making Bob and Tom jokes about Indy!

Bob and Tom are fine. Their studio is northeast of the main damage. Then again, they could have been downtown for the Mellencamp concert. We should pray for them and Omarion just to be safe. ;)
 
jbc [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 12:21:47 AM
You know, I discounted the tinfoil hat crowd when they said al Qaeda was goint to try to pull something during the NCAA Tournament. Damn, a farkin' tornado. I didn't think they could pull that off.

can't believe I'm the only one making Bob and Tom jokes about Indy!

I can't believe someone was able to use "Bob and Tom" and "jokes" in the same sentence without the word "are" in between.
 
cfreak
2006-04-03 12:23:20 AM
bmihura: Why do you never hear of skyscrapers getting tornado damage?

Until now, I mean.


Fort Worth in May 2000

The Bank One Building in his pictures there is still being repaired. There was also another building that was completely destroyed. Scary thing is it was only an F2.
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:23:44 AM
earthrhino
YES!
Say it my Brother!

selloco sorry, no can do. Half a bottle left. gotta finish before the wife finds it.
 
Farkomatic
2006-04-03 12:26:06 AM
Yeah, those were the biggest tomatos I ever saw...


/got nuthin'
 
Starbuck28
2006-04-03 12:29:05 AM
that was not a typical spring storm...at least not for downtown.

i live about 6 blocks from where the concert was. i walked down there and the air was just eerie so I left early. I was in the basement to shut my mom up, but i'm gladi went there with the reports of a tornado or funnel cloud hitting that building. it was a lot worse than anyone expected.

all you can hear now is sirens outside. woo hoo indiana.
 
bitteroldman
2006-04-03 12:33:33 AM
as I understand it, the massive Friggemall tower and the NAPA studios dominate the entire downtown Indy area. If my sources are correct, their tower is at least 200 stories high. Surly such a tower can hold out the storm. I understand Haywood Banks is more concerned about Cincinnati where it only takes a slight breeze for a Cinci cop to kill a black youth due to suspicions.
Drop the Conie and assume the position, NOW!
 
da9ve
2006-04-03 12:36:25 AM
earthrhino
I park in the garage of that building.


Where ya work? My office is just a few blocks from that building, and I park in the Union Station garage.


At least the falcon-cam is still working and there's still a falcon on the nest; I'm hoping to see the other bird soon:

http://blogs.indystar.com/falconblog/

(The falcon-cam is also just blocks from the damaged building,...)


This storm hit a little close to home - but the worst seemed to be over earlier than the breathless news-ditz on 59 implied that it would. Things have been calm here on the northeast side since probably just a hair after 11pm, and they were saying earlier that the tornado watch conditions held till 2am.

da9ve
/hopes he isn't speaking too soon
//has cats who get fidgety when the weather's loud
///would like to get to sleep now

 
Extanium
2006-04-03 12:37:02 AM
Phew. I was 2 hours too early when me and my friends drove by Indy on the 2nd from Louisville to Lafayette.
 
Extanium
2006-04-03 12:37:40 AM
Was going on 65 then on 465 around indy and then back on 65.
 
ApocalypseLater
2006-04-03 12:51:47 AM
Miami 1997. here's some real pic goodness.

www.hprcc.unl.edu
 
flg8or
2006-04-03 12:57:21 AM
Some dumbass Hoosier blaming it on Daylight Savings Time in 4....3.....1
 
Rob4127
2006-04-03 01:06:00 AM
A tornado hit downtown Salt Lake City in August of 1999, but there are no real skyscrapers there.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/tornado/storms/1999/tornado2.htm
 
Dear Jerk
2006-04-03 01:06:07 AM
ApocalypseLater

crap, that was nine years ago? I can't believe I was like ten years younger back then.
 
Rocko67
2006-04-03 01:06:28 AM
It rained for 2 hours here tonight and left 2 inches of water standing in our back yard. Now our dogs are muddy and need a bath.

Is that Miami Tornado the same one that went out over the atlantic and turned into a waterspout? I seen something like that on TV back about that time but my memory of that report is a tad fuzzy.
 
Cardinal [TotalFark]
2006-04-03 01:36:29 AM
Nothing like the one that hit LA on April 5th.

us.ent4.yimg.com
 
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