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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums3 died just minutes ago in Ala.tornadoes.
Northern part of state.
F-4 to F-5 category.
The storms come in at right angles to state, so hit a lot of territory.
WHNT is reporting three simultaneous tornadoes currently traveling the same path.
More here:http://blog.al.com/breaking/2014/04/live_weather_updates_as_storms.html#incart_graystrip
My area is forecast to get some of those storms later tonight.
the wind chimes are going off pretty strongly outside.......
Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)Please be careful
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)And if needed, I will beat the dog to that door.
More importantly, I tend to stay up and watch the radar warnings at night..safety being worth lost sleep, I figure.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)That's not a good sign when you have confirmed deaths that soon after a tornado.....at all.
Jefferson23
(30,099 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)Mira
(22,380 posts)and so glad in the knowledge that you have made preparations and know how to dodge trouble like this.
I'm so sorry for Alabama and the destruction and suffering.
Stay calm, my friend.
Siwsan
(26,264 posts)When the storms pass, be sure to let us know you are OK.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)which is about the worst you can have. It's what devastated the area around Oklahoma City (Moore, specifically) last spring. Please hunker down and stay as safe as possible.
It's still blowing in NM and has been since Thursday. This is the strongest storm system I've seen in a very long time.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)That nuke waste plant in New Mexico which has been smoking nuke waste for two months now, needs airing out. Here's a DU link to some of the story:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4858449
My prayers are with those affected in both cases. It is sad to read the news of people's deaths and all the lives so awfully altered.
Warpy
(111,267 posts)it's a storage facility in a defunct salt mine. The ceilings were supposed to fall in on the waste and keep it safely stored for a few thousand years.
They also sold it by telling us it would be for low level waste, contaminated clothing and the like. They lied, of course. We knew they were lying.
RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)If i could control the winds, i'd make sure the winds blew from Banff to Brownsville, for a few weeks at least.
The east has been suffering from high particulate matter for a while now. We haven't had a good blow for weeks and most of our air has been recirculating in the midwest. This system is the first hard blow of spring. Until yesterday there very few storm related deaths from these type weather systems.
Link to air pollution site:
http://alg.umbc.edu/usaq/
It is from a university near Baltimore.
FBaggins
(26,744 posts)...that surface winds will help "air out" mines half a mile underground?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)pacalo
(24,721 posts)I hope you're safe. Please continue to check in when you can.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)but
our home is in one of the least tornado prone areas of the state.
Still, breaks our hearts when folks elsewhere are being harmed and killed by the storm outbreaks.
pacalo
(24,721 posts)I know what it's like to deal with angry weather. It's horrible watching it happen to others.
Thank goodness you're safe.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Aerows
(39,961 posts)and Jackson.
Please stay safe, my friend. I'm south of you but even the wind here is picking up.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)We are due east of there, so it serves as an early warning area.
If memory serves, I think I know where you are. I would be really concerned about family and friends further north, too.
Pearl got hit, I heard.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)It is so frustrating.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)here and here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024882929
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4882183
And yes, trying to separate wheat from chaff on Alabama
You stay safe ok
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)One passed about 5 miles south of me so I'm a little rattled.
Thinking about you guys....
Aerows
(39,961 posts)I can't find out what is going on with my family in Brandon :hugs: I'm not too far south of that, but I'm less worried for me and more worried (as heck) for them.
Rowdyboy
(22,057 posts)mountain grammy
(26,622 posts)QC
(26,371 posts)So far they are fine but they say things are getting nasty.
TBF
(32,062 posts)like a designated school or something?
Back in Wisconsin our little grade school actually had a basement - small - but we practiced drills. You don't have much time in a tornado.
Stay safe sister.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)and I have the house key.
We usually get the noise, and the lightening, and the rain, rarely get dangerous tornadoes in our neck of the woods.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Stay safe
malaise
(269,024 posts)You hear! Sending good vibes!
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)MS AL and now TN has been hit hard today, and it keeps on coming. They have now entered TN and confirmed touchdown in Lincoln County (southern TN). Not close to me so I am safe but lots of people in the south are not tonight.
Again, stay safe.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)When he tries to get his 100 # quivering body in my lap, I know it is getting bad outside.
Murphy cat slithers quickly under the bed around those times.
Right now they are peacefully dozing at my feet..we are the picture of family contentment.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)let us know you are ok!
PumpkinAle
(1,210 posts)and my thoughts (as many on DU) are thinking of you.
Hope you and your loved ones stay safe.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)My area is further south, so far so good.
Crossing fingers.