We got ourselves a big 'un here!

OfaLoaf · 2004-05-21, 03:44 PM

HFS. The largest storm I have ever experienced has just passed through here. Winds in Ann Arbor, Michigan, were reported to go up to 95 mph. There were no tornadoes, but there were a few funnel clouds.

At our school, power went out at 1:51 PM. Five minutes before that we were marvelling at the hugmongus dark blue-green clouds above us.

After the storm passed, the road in front of our school was flooded. Some high schoolers came to our school, claiming they went through waist-deep water to get there, with proof to back it up. As we passed through town, we saw too many downed branches to count. Small roads were sometimes clogged with water. Sediment was dropped off over all the pavement.

When we finally got back home, we were glad to see nothing was damaged, and that the pwer did not go out. The pond in our backyard was unnaturally large, but that was of little matter to us.

Has anyone else been hit by the storm, or do you have any good storm stories?

Mushnator · 2004-05-21, 03:48 PM

Wow, Ann Arbor? In Columbus we had some lighting and heavy rain last night, but nothing like you described it.

Originally Posted by ofaloaf

Five minutes before that we were marvelling at the hugmongus dark blu-green clouds above us.

Oh, and by the way, if I saw those clouds I wouldn't be outside or looking out window.

OfaLoaf · 2004-05-21, 03:51 PM

I might add that I was scared shitless when I saw them.

This is the most recent Radar pic. The red dot is roughly where I live.

Everay · 2004-05-21, 05:19 PM

i had a bad storm a week ago, thunder and lightning every half second. good rain too.

JakeLogan · 2004-05-21, 05:31 PM

I got a brother living out there. he said it was scary as hell

Mushnator · 2004-05-21, 06:00 PM

Holy crap!!

That storm you had just reached my town, and it is coming down in lead sheets. We are on the tip of the bow echo, and it is hell here. I live in Delaware county, and the tornado is SE of where I am.

My friend started freaking out, but here the weather is childs play compared to Dallas in Spring.

OfaLoaf · 2004-05-21, 06:26 PM

Yep, be careful. The power's going to go out almost certainly.

Exano · 2004-05-21, 06:58 PM

When a tornado blew 2 stories of my house off. Thats my best story

Setari · 2004-05-21, 07:19 PM

storm last July before that New York thing. Largest storm to hit Memphis since the 60s or something. We had no power for 14 days. It sucked to say the least.

Biohazzard56 · 2004-05-21, 07:27 PM

Ive been under two tornades and very close to many. One time I was spending the night over at a friends house. There were three of us, and my friend lived in an apartment complex near the lake and one of the guys ran out to the boat dock and then the tornado hit. He was on the boat dock in a port a jon while the tornado was right across the lake. We saw him running back as fast as he could to the apartment while I looked outside I could see the tornado. Its about 45 Minutes later and the tornado has passed but there is lighting and hail everywhere, the same guy who was in the port a jon ran to his house to grab his game of Monopoly Golf. Stupid but Funny Guy (btw, he looks just like 1024); one time he also set someones yard on fire.

Vick · 2004-05-21, 08:30 PM

Isabel last year fucked my shit up pretty good.

Hampton, Virginia, the flooding and waves were huge.

Rayder · 2004-05-21, 11:20 PM

The sky was fucking badass man. Pure green. Absolutely no shift in the color from green to blue, it just happend as if a line was seperating them (I live in Dearborn [just south of Detroit]). It just started back up again too... crazy shit, all lightning.

OfaLoaf · 2004-05-21, 11:36 PM

Three seperate storms passed through here today.

JetRaiden · 2004-05-21, 11:42 PM

I had a really bad lightning right outside my house a few months ago. there were tread marks all over my yard.

but seriously I had one the day after I got a surge protector for my comp, and lightning hit my house and screwed up the electrical system. after that my house kind of went into a coma state where the TVs, lights, and stuff didnt work, but the internet and power outlets worked fine.

Kikinchikin · 2004-05-22, 12:13 AM

had isabel last year. Actually tonight's storm is pretty bad.

The worst I can remember is hurricane floyd. that biotch was a bad mofo. We were out of school for like a week and a half for it. Also Fran was pretty big back in 96, made several trees fall down in my yard.