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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:13 PM
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The tornado sirens just started going off in Columbus.
I've never heard them before other than testing.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:19 PM
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1. My dear VenusRising!
Please stay safe, sweetie!

I hope you have a nice, cozy basement to take cover in...

:hug:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:21 PM
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3. No, no basement, but plenty of inside closet.
It looks like it's hitting to the east of where we are, but wow. I'm used to hearing the sirens in Texas, not in Ohio!

:hi::hug:
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:19 PM
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2. I'm in Powell right now, didn't hear them
I've been in Ohio almost 10 years now and worrying about "weather" still weirds me out. I grew up in NE NJ, weather might get to be annoying but never worrying.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:23 PM
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5. oop's, heh, there they go
Going off as I type this. I'm going to go do a shot of tequila :D
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:29 PM
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10. Cheers!
:toast:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:24 PM
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7. They are going off again, now.
I live off Smokey Row, so I'm not too far from you. I'm surprised you can't hear them.

I lived in Texas where if the sirens go off, you better find shelter now. This is definitely weird.

Stay safe. :hi:
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:33 PM
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12. You live near where I used to.
I lived between Sawmill and Riverside. My folks are in Hilliard. Hope all is well with you up there.

:hi:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:43 PM
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14. We're hanging in there.
:hi:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:21 PM
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4. Stay safe.
:hug:
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:27 PM
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8. big will do.
:P :rofl:

:hug:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:30 PM
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11. At least you still have your sense of humor!
Edited on Fri May-01-09 05:30 PM by bigwillq
:P ;) :) :hi: :hug:
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:23 PM
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6. I heard them too
but it's past us already. I grew up in central ohio; tornado sirens don't make me do more than glance out the window, maybe turn on the news.

Probably a bad thing to be habituated to, but meh
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:28 PM
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9. Yeah, growing up in Tornado Alley makes one cautious.
My husband lived through the April 1979 tornado in Wichita Falls, Texas. So, he's really serious about being safe.
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Oeditpus Rex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:36 PM
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13. Fear not
No mere tornado can stand up to the awesome that is Swine Flu. :headbang:




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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:44 PM
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15. Well. there is Swine Flu in Ohio.
We're saved! :woohoo:
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:48 PM
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16. Ohio? Georgia? Nebraska?
Work with me here....once you've gotten to a position of safety, of course.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 05:58 PM
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17. Ohio.
You should be okay in Nebraska.

:hi:
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:05 PM
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18. Our sirens go off often enough.
stay safe.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:07 PM
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19. start drinking and try to get the room spinning the opposite direction from the tornado
due to a crazy gyroscopic effect they will cancel each other out.

Hurray and be safe
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:13 PM
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21. Now, if I was a drinker, you would be on to something.
You can have my share. :toast:
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:11 PM
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20. That is so frightening.
The tornodo sirens are very close to my house. And here in Cherokee County, GA, whenever there are bad thunderstorms, those things start blaring. Scares me terribly, since I live in a mobile home with nowhere to take shelter.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-01-09 06:16 PM
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22. That is very scary.
I've seen enough from living in Texas to know that mobile homes are a weird tornado magnet. If there is a tornado in the area, it seems to find the mobile homes.
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