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		Jim Cantore is in Lexington. Could this be the end of Fark? Midwest tornado outbreak thread (weather.com)		516
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Great Porn Dragon		2012-03-02 04:54:06 PM

L33t Squirrel: wxboy: It seems pretty impressive that the two supercells practically ass-to-mouth with each other in northern KY have sustained themselves for probably close to three hours now. Usually the outflow from the trailing one would choke off the inflow to the leading one, but that doesn't seem to be happening today.

TORNADO CENTIPEDE.

icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com

Elsinore		2012-03-02 04:54:07 PM

Wave3 in Louisville says Henryville High School is "completely destroyed".

Flab		2012-03-02 04:54:09 PM

CognaciousThunk: from @ChaserTV on Twitter. Near Borden, IN, earlier.

[farm8.staticflickr.com image 630x475]

I see a Trogdor in the upper right part of the funnel.

tinfoil-hat maggie		2012-03-02 04:54:36 PM

Captain Steroid: Rain-wrapped tornado in Harvest, AL. Weather Channel's got it live!

They where reporting softball sized hail with that on the local channel.

Todashy		2012-03-02 04:54:47 PM

Confirmed shiat storm in Lex. It's hailing like a mother up here.

nekom		2012-03-02 04:57:25 PM

Watching this on TWC is just surreal. This is one hell of an outbreak. Stay safe, anyone in the path of the storm.

Amos Quito		2012-03-02 04:57:48 PM

Shadow Blasko: Flab: Shadow Blasko: Crap .. Just lost primary power

Can't you reconfigure the plasma conduits to reroute auxiliary power to the forward shield array?

/Or head to the basement... whichever you prefer.

No basement here

Hang in there, Shadow Blasko.

Anyone who can predict an X class solar flare can beat a tornado.

Captain Steroid		2012-03-02 04:57:53 PM

tinfoil-hat maggie: Captain Steroid: Rain-wrapped tornado in Harvest, AL. Weather Channel's got it live!

They where reporting softball sized hail with that on the local channel.

That's not good. :-(

Torrent of Rubbish		2012-03-02 04:59:09 PM

Naesen: [www.jpgdump.com image 275x142]

Oh lordy I'm so glad you posted that.

tinfoil-hat maggie		2012-03-02 05:00:27 PM

Elsinore		2012-03-02 05:00:48 PM

Funnel cloud in Taylorsville, KY

Captain Steroid		2012-03-02 05:01:06 PM

Still on TWC. Any FARKers at Vanderbilt or south of Nashville should seek shelter right now!

mainstreet62		2012-03-02 05:02:17 PM

mr lawson: Eddy Gurge: mainstreet62: Is Mr. Lawson from there? Look at his post on this thread at 2:49 PM.....it looks like the arrow is pointing to Maryville........

Yes, it looks like he is in the destroyed town!

Reports of my death are greatly ...
Agggggggggghmhcurhfhchfn

Phew, you're OK! Good!

Flab		2012-03-02 05:04:02 PM

Captain Steroid: Any FARKers at Vanderbilt or south of Nashville should seek shelter right now!

Yeah. Their animation had three cells moving straight towards the city. TORNADO CENTIPEDE indeed.

Naesen		2012-03-02 05:05:18 PM

Captain Steroid: tinfoil-hat maggie: Captain Steroid: Rain-wrapped tornado in Harvest, AL. Weather Channel's got it live!

They where reporting softball sized hail with that on the local channel.

That's not good. :-(

I actually think tornadoes are pretty cool (not in a tough -teenager -"I'm not scared"-sort-of-way but in a more awestruck way) and have had fantasies of being a storm chaser, but I neither had gas nor time.

The only thing that's ever pissed me off weather wise is hail. Hail is notorious for universally farking everyones shiat up outside. Though it is because of the hail the sky turns green during a tornadic event, so I guess it's a blessing in disguise. A blessing that puts holes in everyone's roofs and cars and lawn furniture and slow pets. As an Engineer I've always wondered how I could develop a quickly deployable system for my car in the event of hail. Kevlar tarp? Outside Airbags? Trouble with those are the fact hail is usually accompanied by wind, which would make those systems aggravate other problems.

/csb?

PainfulItching		2012-03-02 05:05:29 PM

Took out a Waffle House west of Nashville

ariseatex		2012-03-02 05:06:26 PM

"Massive damage in Dixon, TN...the waffle house has been destroyed..."

must...refrain...from...waffle house...jokes...

/stay safe everyone

valar_morghulis		2012-03-02 05:07:05 PM

PainfulItching: Took out a Waffle House west of Nashville

How could they tell?

/Stay safe TN/KY/etc

Captain Steroid		2012-03-02 05:09:06 PM

From AP: An apparent tornado also damaged a state maximum security prison about 10 miles from Huntsville, but none of the facility's approximately 2,100 inmates escaped. Alabama Department of Corrections spokesman Brian Corbett said there were no reports of injuries, but the roof was damaged on two large prison dormitories that each hold about 250 men. Part of the perimeter fence was knocked down, but the prison was secure.

Great Porn Dragon		2012-03-02 05:09:55 PM

ariseatex: "Massive damage in Dixon, TN...the waffle house has been destroyed..."

must...refrain...from...waffle house...jokes...

/stay safe everyone

Actually, it's a fairly widely acknowledged thing among the emergency management community that if the Waffle House is gone, Shiat Has Gotten Real. (Seriously--Waffle Houses and the like DO tend to end up as staging areas)

Ashyukun		2012-03-02 05:09:57 PM

Well, at least what I have to assume were Lexington's tornado sirens have stopped. The weather map doesn't even begin to reassure me that they won't be going off again, though...

ariseatex		2012-03-02 05:10:30 PM

So if they mention Lexington on TWC, do all Farkers take a shot?

Shadow Blasko		2012-03-02 05:10:37 PM

Looks like it's my turn. Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister on the ground.

Captain Steroid		2012-03-02 05:11:16 PM

Shadow Blasko: Looks like it's my turn. Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister on the ground.

Take cover, and good luck!

mainstreet62		2012-03-02 05:11:56 PM

Shadow Blasko: Looks like it's my turn. Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister on the ground.

Good luck, dude.....Stay safe.

Todashy		2012-03-02 05:12:36 PM

I'm with you, Ashyukun. These storms keep popping up all over the place. Brannon Crossing (south of Lexington) has suffered damage per the local news.

Flab		2012-03-02 05:13:39 PM

Shadow Blasko: Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister

www.strangesystems.com

/Kidding aside, stay safe.

Zagloba		2012-03-02 05:15:09 PM

Captain Steroid: Still on TWC. Any FARKers at Vanderbilt or south of Nashville should seek shelter right now!

My office is in the basement of a Vanderbilt building. For once I'm not complaining.

mzkitty901		2012-03-02 05:15:25 PM

Todashy: I'm with you, Ashyukun. These storms keep popping up all over the place. Brannon Crossing (south of Lexington) has suffered damage per the local news.

I work out in Brannon - so glad I left early today. I would still have been there when it came through.

Great Porn Dragon		2012-03-02 05:16:51 PM

Shadow Blasko: Looks like it's my turn. Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister on the ground.

Duck and cover and stay safe *crosses end-limb appendages*

9296D21B14		2012-03-02 05:16:51 PM

Amateurs.

/Betsy
//Camille
///Katrina
////Rita
//Gustav
//Too many others to mention

JK. Keep your heads down. Look out for Lootie.

Captain Steroid		2012-03-02 05:16:52 PM

Zagloba: Captain Steroid: Still on TWC. Any FARKers at Vanderbilt or south of Nashville should seek shelter right now!

My office is in the basement of a Vanderbilt building. For once I'm not complaining.

HA! XD

Skyfrog		2012-03-02 05:19:59 PM

Stanton is about to get pummeled, if you're in that area take shelter.

Dog Welder		2012-03-02 05:20:12 PM

L33t Squirrel		2012-03-02 05:21:48 PM

Flab: Shadow Blasko: Here comes a cell with a confirmed twister

[www.strangesystems.com image 250x292]

/Kidding aside, stay safe.

*Golf clap.*

Todashy		2012-03-02 05:22:33 PM

mzkitty901: Todashy: I'm with you, Ashyukun. These storms keep popping up all over the place. Brannon Crossing (south of Lexington) has suffered damage per the local news.

I work out in Brannon - so glad I left early today. I would still have been there when it came through.

Stay safe!

Dog Welder		2012-03-02 05:24:57 PM

Seaman, Smokey Corner, and towns in that area...take cover now.

Strength index 17,000+ might be on the ground (this would be EF5 territory).

Elsinore		2012-03-02 05:25:32 PM

At least 6 fatalities so far in Southern IN

Mandikins		2012-03-02 05:27:28 PM

Link (new window)

Wow, check out the damage...

Dog Welder		2012-03-02 05:27:51 PM

The really really scary stuff went well south of me, but I don't recall a storm where it got as dark as it did as fast as it did, and those were some of the fastest moving rain clouds I can remember. Scary stuff.

Once again...stay safe. This is serious shiat out there.

Shadow Blasko		2012-03-02 05:29:09 PM

Totally calm now.. Almost like there is no air. This is about to suck

Dog Welder		2012-03-02 05:29:22 PM

Mandikins: Link (new window)

Wow, check out the damage...

Whoa...it seems like the only thing left intact is the water tower. :(

mzkitty901		2012-03-02 05:30:12 PM

Shadow Blasko: Totally calm now.. Almost like there is no air. This is about to suck

Please stay safe!!!!

jake_lex		2012-03-02 05:31:22 PM

Where I work here in Lexington just herded us all down into the basement. Just got the all clear to come back up.

I was looking around at my co-workers and thinking "Jesus H. Christ, I do not want to die with these people."

Dog Welder		2012-03-02 05:31:27 PM

Bentonville, West Union, Beasely Fork -- confirmed doom on the ground.

Grab your asses and get underground.

Shadow Blasko		2012-03-02 05:33:28 PM

Nothing gets my adrenaline going faster than when it is dead calm out .. just a low rumble of thunder, and the spring peepers... And then the sirens go off

Skyfrog		2012-03-02 05:33:46 PM

Storm cell heading towards West Liberty and areas north, large hail expected.

DrippinBalls		2012-03-02 05:34:33 PM

Well, gotta die sometime. Not that I care, ain't me.

dorkymidgetqueen		2012-03-02 05:34:44 PM

Evansville here. I was in the Petersburg IN tornado in June '90, and the Evansville one in November '05. It's already been said, but bears repeating many times, DO NOT FARK AROUND when it comes to tornadoes, y'all.

I make a lot of Kentuckian jokes, but I'm very worried for you guys. Please do be safe, and let us know you're OK when it's over. If you can safely do so.

Serves as a good reminder to make sure you've put together/restocked if necessary, your emergency preparedness kit.