Hey! Y'all keep your fingers crossed for folks in MS, AL & TN. There's a shitstorm a'comin!

[Dawggie]

They shut down all the schools @1:00 CST and it looks as if we might get a basket full of tornados (did you know Websters now accetps the spelling "tornadoes" as well? Damn you, Dan Quayle, damn you).

So Dawggie's gonna run and fetch Grndmaa & Grandpa Dawggie and Bring in Dawggie's Dawg.

Now, all you folks in the SE get ready to hunker dawn and good luck to you all!


Here's a link to a radar near me.

http://www.weatherunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=HTX&lat=34.83296967&lon=-86.74044800&label=Harvest%2C+AL&type=N0R&zoommode=pan&map.x=400&map.y=240¢erx=400¢ery=240&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&delay=15&scale=1&noclutter=0&showstorms=31&showlabels=1&rainsnow=1&lightning=1

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Y'all be careful down there. n/t

[aquart]

2. Good luck, good luck, good luck.

I assume that you are prepared with everything you'll need?

[Dawggie]

6. Everything but a generator and I hope it doesn't come down to that .

Got a couple of Tripp-Lites for my computers and a laptop, a case of beer and a fresh carton of Marlboros, Ryobi big ass torch with 4 18V batteries.

Guess I'm set for nigh anything :)

[fascisthunter]

3. take care Dawggie

[cynatnite]

4. We won't be getting this weather until tonight...

got a basement just in case, too. Hope we won't need it.

[peace13]

5. Be safe,

We had one of those two nights ago. It blew the gas grill across the deck, dragging the propane canister! Terrific wind and rain. Take care and keep your head low. Peace, Kim

[Elidor]

7. Ack!

I'm fixin to get socked.

[TomInTib]

8. Batten 'm down, Dawggie.

Good luck and take care.

Tom

[Dawggie]

12. Will do, Tom! Now crack the seal on that single malt I know you have

And raise a glass to the East!
:toast:

[TomInTib]

28. Done. Now, for the remainder of the day....

everything that I do will be all your fault.

Tom

[Dawggie]

30. LOL. I have a similar problem...

I gotta finish my beer before it gets too warm!

[rateyes]

9. One does spell potato with an "e" when

it is plural. Same with tomatoes. Dan Quayle spelled it with an "e" in the singular...potatoe. Anyone spelling tornado "tornadoe" is as ignorant as Quayle.

[Dawggie]

11. Here's Webster on it.:

tornadoes
One entry found.

tornado

Main Entry:
tor·na·do Listen to the pronunciation of tornado
Pronunciation:
\tȯr-ˈnā-(ˌ)dō\
Function:
noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural tor·na·does or tor·na·dos
Etymology:
modification of Spanish tronada thunderstorm, from tronar to thunder, from Latin tonare — more at thunder
Date:
1556

1archaic : a tropical thunderstorm2 a: a squall accompanying a thunderstorm in Africa b: a violent destructive whirling wind accompanied by a funnel-shaped cloud that progresses in a narrow path over the land3: a violent windstorm : whirlwind

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/tornadoes

Peace!

[rateyes]

15. I wasn't disagreeing. I'm just saying that Quayle wasn't the one

who got the "e" added to the plural of tornado, or potato.

[Dawggie]

16. Got ya!

(But it's just so much fun to poke at GB's Veep. :)

[rateyes]

19. Yeah, John Kennedy

he ain't. :D

[Eurobabe]

10. Stay safe everyone....

Tornadoes in January, really scary!!

[Lucinda]

13. Scary looking stuff. I'm in Gatlinburg, it's been gray here all day. And windy.

And we lose power at the drop of a hat. Be safe!

[Clark2008]

21. There are Democrats in Gatlinburg?

:wow:

;)

[Lucinda]

27. We are a small but mighty force. I'm from California originally though.

:rofl:

[Dawggie]

31. I lived in Oak Ridge for a while.

Drop dead gorgeous up there.

Stay safe!

[Lucinda]

37. You too!

[RayOfHope]

14. I'm in SW MO and we had a bunch of tornadoes here Mon night.

Stay safe.

[Dawggie]

24. glad you made it through I spent the first 8 years of my life in KCMO

And thought since I was leaving "tornado alley" I wouldn't be seeing them much anymore. We get them several times a year down here and some of them hit F6.

[MissB]

17. Stay safe.

[Clark2008]

18. I'm in Knoxville.

I hope we "weather" through.

[Dawggie]

35. Radar indicates you're about to get hit with the storms any minute (4:54 EST)

Stay safe!

[riqster]

20. I'm in Ohio

...and was gonna wait to stock the cellar in my new house until next month: guess I'd better move that up. Best of luck to all of you in the path of this batch!

[countryjake]

22. Elem. school struck by tornado in Caledonia, MS...children may be injured

school buses flung onto the roof of the building...it's in Eastern Mississippi...that cell is now moving on into Alabama.

These are some massive storm cells, stretching in a line from the Gulf all the way up to Kentucky and the Ohio Valley.

Batten down the hatches everybody and stay safe!


Hell, they've just sighted a funnel in Vancouver WA, for crying out loud.

[Dawggie]

32. Just heard about it on the local news.

It looks like they were hit pretty hard.

[malaise]

23. Stay safe n/t

[countryjake]

25. This is freaky at any time of year...

http://www.weatherunderground.com/US/Region/US/2xpxFronts.html

Take care!

Here's one with the tornado watches on it:

http://www.weather.com/maps/news/severewinterforecast/usdopplerradar_large_animated.html

[madrchsod]

26. twisters in northern illinois the other day

strong southern air flows this year

[Dawggie]

29. I'm back after an hour of no internet and am running on batteries.

It looks as if the worst has passed and I worry for the folks in Eastern TN and KY

Good luck, folks!

[11 Bravo]

33. Hunker down and stay safe, Dawggie.

(And please keep us posted.)

[Dawggie]

38. Safe and sound for quite some time. Just an hour with no power.

Thanks for your thoughts!

[Individualist]

34. ...and I'm storm phobic!

:scared:

[trashcanistanista]

36. If it's comming from what we had in No California a few days

ago I can tell you first hand HUNKER! It was brutal. Stay safe and may the gods protect you all!

[Dawggie]

39. Thank you all for your good wishes.

All I got was a shitload of rain and high winds. I'll have to check my trees and fences in tomorrow's light.