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KD4LEI
02-06-2008, 03:30 PM
Just listened to MidCARS 7258 kHz and a ham N5IBP out of Greenbrier, Arkansas came in and stated that an F3 tornado just ripped through their town from the storm system barreling towards the east coast. Lots of damage and 13 fatalities there in that area. The storm is carrying a lot of tornadic and severe storm activity. I could hear a generator in the background while he was on the air.
Another ham from Kentucky said they had tornadoes last night as well.
This got me thinking about field day, but man my thoughts and prayers are with a lot of people affected.
ac4ut
02-06-2008, 03:42 PM
The storm just passed through here but without the mass destruction. I love our mountains.
My sympathies go out to the victims and their families.
w3bny
02-06-2008, 03:45 PM
Im getting those storms this afternoon/evening here in MD.
n4qwb
02-06-2008, 04:02 PM
24 dead here in West TN. 48 total (so far) in AR, MO, AL, and TN. 3 people died at a business just 10 minutes from my parent's house. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the path of this storm. It created a mess here.
KD4LEI
02-06-2008, 07:34 PM
especially in the Midwest and SE. I keep being told that the area where I live here is overdue for a tornado. Not what I want to hear...
KU0DM
02-06-2008, 07:41 PM
We especially need to thank those hams who reach out to others during catastrophic events.
KS has had a rough few years, first Greensburg then Osawatomie (flooding).
I have talked with hams (in fact, members of JoCo ARES) that have responded to Greensburg, and it is definitely life changing just to see the damage, let alone to live through it.
BTU
KD4LEI
02-06-2008, 07:47 PM
We especially need to thank those hams who reach out to others during catastrophic events.
KS has had a rough few years, first Greensburg then Osawatomie (flooding).
I have talked with hams (in fact, members of JoCo ARES) that have responded to Greensburg, and it is definitely life changing just to see the damage, let alone to live through it.
BTU
I remember seeing the footage on Greensburg and it looked like a nuke had wiped out that entire town. The power of nature to do something of that magnitude is staggering.
I wonder if that was the largest F5 tornado recorded. Greensburg doesn't look like it's that small of a town...
KU0DM
02-06-2008, 07:48 PM
I think it hit the record books for SOMETHING
Greensburg is relatively big for a KS rural community, the tornado was just bigger.
KD4LEI
02-06-2008, 07:49 PM
Im getting those storms this afternoon/evening here in MD.
My folks live just down in Warrenton, VA. I called them to let them know what was potentially coming their way.
KD4LEI
02-06-2008, 07:50 PM
I think it hit the record books for SOMETHING
Greensburg is relatively big for a KS rural community, the tornado was just bigger.
I shutter to even imagine what it might have looked like had it hit during the daytime.
KD4LEI
02-07-2008, 01:36 AM
took some steam out of the system as it passed over...
Didn't look too nice though down towards Florida and Georiga...
KC5CSG
02-07-2008, 02:09 AM
I shutter to even imagine what it might have looked like had it hit during the daytime.
There is nothing more terrifying than a tornado at night buddy. Well my mother in law but that is another horror story for a later time.
Jerry
KD4LEI
02-07-2008, 02:14 AM
There is nothing more terrifying than a tornado at night buddy. Well my mother in law but that is another horror story for a later time.
Jerry
Oh my! Don't let her hear that! LOL!!
:eek:
:D
KU0DM
02-07-2008, 02:15 AM
There is nothing more terrifying than a tornado at night buddy. Well my mother in law but that is another horror story for a later time.
Jerry
Later time as in never, thank you.
;)