Yeah, for the first time since Elementary school, I went thru a Tornado drill. Everyone in our building had to take cover in the auditoriums on the first floor. We were stuck there for 30 minutes. It was kinda fun.
We had a funnel cloud sighting a couple of days ago in the Vancouver area. To my knowledge, that's the first time ever. No tornado though. Good thing too because we have no sirens.
We did cover the scenario in my emergency preparedness course. The instructor said "Just because we've never had one doesn't mean we never will."
Tim_the_Soldier (aka thread killer and nun thriller) (mail):
Hawaii: no tornados, no snakes, rarely thunder and lightening, on occassional volcanic shake (big island only), the scent of sweet ginger and pinneapple, the refreshing windward breeze, the beautiful lights of Waikiki, and all the hula girls you can shake a....well, they'll do the shaking. Oh, and flip-flops(they call them slippas here) in February.
There's still an open invitation out there for you listeners...yes, even Kevin D. is invited.
I used to live in the Midwest, near Chicago as a kid. What I remember about that kind of weather was the strange stillness in the air accompanied by a sickly green sky. It still creeps me out to this day.
Being kids, we thought that sitting in the cellar waiting for the roof to get torn off made for a wonderful evening.
Tim, if we can get assigned to Wheeler, I'll take you up on it. But, it will be June 09 before we're out of here - unless I can manage to get Randolph to cut this one and send us elsewhere. :D
We got a tornado, without funnel cloud, here last year. Ripped down a 30ft tree in the neighbor's yard, destroyed a good part of the Italian side of Aviano, and our HAWC (which is still not opened yet). Oh, good times, really. I was driving in it, as AFN doesn't come in where we live - no weather warning until the siren on base went off and "This is the Command Post" - "Seek Immediate Shelter" ... With an 8 year-old, 5 year-old and 3 year-old in tow and hubby deployed. Oh the joys of military life.
Seriously though, the sky looks really cool here. Hubby and I both know it as Tornado Weather but there's next to nothing for tornados in Europe so we get the cool sky colors wihtout the violent storms (minus the rain).
We did cover the scenario in my emergency preparedness course. The instructor said "Just because we've never had one doesn't mean we never will."
There's still an open invitation out there for you listeners...yes, even Kevin D. is invited.
I used to live in the Midwest, near Chicago as a kid. What I remember about that kind of weather was the strange stillness in the air accompanied by a sickly green sky. It still creeps me out to this day.
Being kids, we thought that sitting in the cellar waiting for the roof to get torn off made for a wonderful evening.
We got a tornado, without funnel cloud, here last year. Ripped down a 30ft tree in the neighbor's yard, destroyed a good part of the Italian side of Aviano, and our HAWC (which is still not opened yet). Oh, good times, really. I was driving in it, as AFN doesn't come in where we live - no weather warning until the siren on base went off and "This is the Command Post" - "Seek Immediate Shelter" ... With an 8 year-old, 5 year-old and 3 year-old in tow and hubby deployed. Oh the joys of military life.
Seriously though, the sky looks really cool here. Hubby and I both know it as Tornado Weather but there's next to nothing for tornados in Europe so we get the cool sky colors wihtout the violent storms (minus the rain).