Quarter to 1/2 inch hail, can’t see the roads, torrential rain, and tornado warnings.
Man is this awesome.
On the way to get kids and got footage of the drive on the iPad.
The radio is pure static and the sky is flickering.
I repeat, I love this stuff. Really.
And people mosey around outside, volunteering to become a statistic. And I will be there. The people who get hit by lightning are the ones that mosey around.
Update:
Stills that I took as soon as I realized that things were “not quite right”. The horizon disappeared, for one. And the sky went black – it was not blue as shown below. Damn Apple and it’s crappy iPad cameras… the tornado was 90 degrees to the left and down the hill a short ways.
Here is where it touched down in Dexter… I know that subdiv. Passed within 1/4-1/2 mile of it as the sirens went off. A co-worker who takes the same route home says he saw it up close and personal and turned around to drive all the way to Chelsea. He was not transformed into a salt lick by turning and looking back – just shook the dust off his boots and hauled ass home.
I love stormy weather, but not to drive in it so much. In other news, Diablo III comes out in two months. Any interest?
I’m not sure, Mitchell. I’m so into games like Skyrim where I have real flexibility that hack-n-slash at a furious rate (like the old diablo in the early 90′s arcade version) isn’t so much of a draw. I imagine it’s changed a lot though. I’ll keep an eye out.
“And people mosey around outside, volunteering to become a statistic”
Think of it as Evolution in action… Larry Niven
Stay safe, sounds like tornado weather.
Read on Twitter: “Police confirm a tornado touchdown in Monroe county right now.” Is that near you? Stay safe!
I drove through Dexter to get home. In the middle of town sirens started going off all around me. A short time later a coworker was leaving Dexter and saw the tornado headed right at him.
The lucky dog.
He called me up and his heart was still pounding.
Lucky dog.
Hope you make it through unscathed. Yes, T-storms are cool! (Tornados, in the cornfields or the open plains as well, in towns and such, not so much.) Have all the Diablo games, and will be getting this one as well. Now if they can do NeverWinter NIghts properly… Oh, and there is a new SIM City coming out next year. If the trailer is any indication, that is going to be a hoot!!
See update in the main blog post in a few minutes…
Oh, dear God….
Glad y’all are ok, LK.
So, has the Prez like, gone by and seen the destruction and like, talked about it yet??
All good. Except for the paint job on my vehicle which has lots of little chips in it now. I expect the entire body to rust and rot off by one year from now when next winter’s salted roads take their toll.
Never seen one of those up close and personal. Pretty awesome. Glad you’re okay.
Never seen a tornado myself, though I have had a couple close calls.
Now dust devils, seen tons of them.