Bad Weather
I was gonna blog on this last week, but to be honest with you I've been such an emotional rollercoaster lately that I almost forgot to. And in this post, I'll attempt to explain a little bit of why. I know all about Hurricane Rita, which hit last week around Houston. They said it was going to hit as a Class 5 hurricane, but it died down to a class 1. After what happened with my aunt and uncle in New Orleans, I was worried now about my uncle in Dallas and his family. Fortunately, the hurricane came nowhere near them. I pray to God though that people are safe.
In the meantime, another bad storm happened in Minnesota. A tornado hit near where a certain friend of mine lived. This was only a day after Rita hit too. But the difference was that now, I was talking to someone on AIM only minutes before they found their area being hit by a tornado. He logged off and logged on over an hour later on his Ogo, which he hadn’t actually used in a very long time. I knew there had to be a problem. He was alright, but the power was out all over. And part of his apartment was pretty smashed up. I waited until morning for a better report on what happened. The next day, I contacted him online again and this is a transcript of our conversation:
Me: Hey man
Him: Hey
Him: we FINALLY have power again
Me: How's it going over there?
Me: great
Me: damage assessment?
Him: I went and looked about this morning. the pond was flooded like 6 feet or higher. last night it was worse. about 10-15 feet. the parking lot was flooded. there are numerous trees down all over. the entire things, roots and all and if not, the tops of the trees are horribly mangled or just broken straight in half missing the top of the tree.
Me: Jeez
Him: there were numerous power poles down and if those weren't downthe wires were jumbled and broken apparently a tornado had touched down really close to here, so they believe but what i understand as a gathering of info the whole storm was a tornado. I turned on the news and pretty much the whole central part of Minnesota was red. the whole damn part of it after I had "signed off"
Him: welll
Me: red?
Him: here, i will tell you exactly how it happened
Him: the most severe rating is red
Me: oh
Him: on the weather map. here's what happened. I was sitting at my computer...
Me: I thought for a second you meant there was blood everywhere
Me: Yeah
Him: talking with you and (Name deleted.) I noticed the sky turning pitch black and those sirens i heard were actually the tornado sirens. It looked okay, so i went to the bathroom... I thought it was just a normal storm but... I was in there and all of the sudden the whole damn apartment building started shaking and a gush of wind blew in through the bathroom door. I got scared as hell and ran out. there was rain and wind pounding against the building. I told (Another name deleted) to get his shit on and go downstairs. he was confused and kinda brushed it off. I stepped out into the hallway and our neighbors came out. they were going into the basement as well. then the local sirens started going off and this roar like nothing you'd ever heard started. then loud pelting started. almost golf ball (I think) sized hail started falling nailing the building. then a loud large explosion sounded and the power went out while i was in the hallway. before the power went out I looked at the window that was at the end of the hallwau which, i might add, i was standing directly infront of was bulging inward and actually bending the metal frame with it. that thing looked like it was gonna break and send all those pieces at me. we ran downstairs and into the basement. now, the basement is half into the ground and at either end of the hallways
Me: jesus, this is intense
Him: there are large fire doors that are held open by magnets. they had closed and the emergency lights were on. the roaring got sooooo loud we could hear it in the middle of the whole place behind those doors. water started flooding in through the front door... people were going in and out. well, it was at this time... the pine tree infront of our building was uprooted and it fell down entirely on its side. I didn't even hear it. there was too much of a roar. then stuff started flying off our building. the top paneling that i think handles our gutters metal slabs started bending and flying off the building. some of the singles on the side broke off too. shit was falling over. I mean... this was some intense shit and even after the winds
Me: jesus man
Him: it just kept raining and raining and raining. everything looked flooded. there was THAT much rain. the whole storm lasted like… geez 6-7 hours. the winds lasted atleast 30-45 minutes constant. this was unlike anything i have EVER seen in my life. this was like a hurricane in Minnesota. they can't even determine for sure whether there was a tornado because of the wind speeds and the places it happened in weren't like out in the middle of no where. this happened in cities. big cities. Brb
Me: ok. Sorry to hear about all this man
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205shi rley.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205ga ragetree.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205hu getree.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205be nch.jpg
Him: here's that pine tree i was talking about
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205tre edown.jpg
Him: if you can make that out
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205lot sofred.jpg
Him: it's what the storm was
Him: hehe
Me: hang on a sec. gotta get through all the pics
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205cre w.jpg
Him: *nods*
Him: still got more
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205tre evan.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205sto rmclouds.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205sto rmclouds2.jpg
Me: dinnertime. Bbl
Him: k
I have two words: Jesus H. Man, I’d be scared as shit if anything like this happened to me. But since we’ve had so many major storms lately, I figured I’d generate an emergency plan.
Jaimetud’s Emergency plan, for when you don’t have time to escape the storm.
1. If it’s a flood, move all the electronics and food that you can to the highest floor of the building. And when I say electronics, I mean the TV, the stereo, the game system, the computers, the BIG stuff. Bring flashlights and candles upstairs too if you can.
2. If the storm clears and you find yourself in a third world country, try to get out and find as many supplies as you can. Bandaids even. Hygiene materials. If you wind up having to steal food from the store because it’s shut down, feel free to make yourself at home with whatever the store’s got that can help you SURVIVE. Survival is the key word here, folks. You don’t need to steal any TV sets.
3. Lastly, get as many weapons as you can. You saw those guys in New Orleans. If some fucker’s gonna threaten your life or steal anything of yours, you have the right to still protect your property and family. I went to the Fourth of July carnival and shot down 6 targets that were approximately 1 inch in width and were about ten feet away…with a handgun-model BB gun. If all hell breaks loose and you live Marin County, do NOT fuck with me.
And that’s all I can think of right now. If anyone else has got an idea, you can leave it in the comments section.
In the meantime, another bad storm happened in Minnesota. A tornado hit near where a certain friend of mine lived. This was only a day after Rita hit too. But the difference was that now, I was talking to someone on AIM only minutes before they found their area being hit by a tornado. He logged off and logged on over an hour later on his Ogo, which he hadn’t actually used in a very long time. I knew there had to be a problem. He was alright, but the power was out all over. And part of his apartment was pretty smashed up. I waited until morning for a better report on what happened. The next day, I contacted him online again and this is a transcript of our conversation:
Me: Hey man
Him: Hey
Him: we FINALLY have power again
Me: How's it going over there?
Me: great
Me: damage assessment?
Him: I went and looked about this morning. the pond was flooded like 6 feet or higher. last night it was worse. about 10-15 feet. the parking lot was flooded. there are numerous trees down all over. the entire things, roots and all and if not, the tops of the trees are horribly mangled or just broken straight in half missing the top of the tree.
Me: Jeez
Him: there were numerous power poles down and if those weren't downthe wires were jumbled and broken apparently a tornado had touched down really close to here, so they believe but what i understand as a gathering of info the whole storm was a tornado. I turned on the news and pretty much the whole central part of Minnesota was red. the whole damn part of it after I had "signed off"
Him: welll
Me: red?
Him: here, i will tell you exactly how it happened
Him: the most severe rating is red
Me: oh
Him: on the weather map. here's what happened. I was sitting at my computer...
Me: I thought for a second you meant there was blood everywhere
Me: Yeah
Him: talking with you and (Name deleted.) I noticed the sky turning pitch black and those sirens i heard were actually the tornado sirens. It looked okay, so i went to the bathroom... I thought it was just a normal storm but... I was in there and all of the sudden the whole damn apartment building started shaking and a gush of wind blew in through the bathroom door. I got scared as hell and ran out. there was rain and wind pounding against the building. I told (Another name deleted) to get his shit on and go downstairs. he was confused and kinda brushed it off. I stepped out into the hallway and our neighbors came out. they were going into the basement as well. then the local sirens started going off and this roar like nothing you'd ever heard started. then loud pelting started. almost golf ball (I think) sized hail started falling nailing the building. then a loud large explosion sounded and the power went out while i was in the hallway. before the power went out I looked at the window that was at the end of the hallwau which, i might add, i was standing directly infront of was bulging inward and actually bending the metal frame with it. that thing looked like it was gonna break and send all those pieces at me. we ran downstairs and into the basement. now, the basement is half into the ground and at either end of the hallways
Me: jesus, this is intense
Him: there are large fire doors that are held open by magnets. they had closed and the emergency lights were on. the roaring got sooooo loud we could hear it in the middle of the whole place behind those doors. water started flooding in through the front door... people were going in and out. well, it was at this time... the pine tree infront of our building was uprooted and it fell down entirely on its side. I didn't even hear it. there was too much of a roar. then stuff started flying off our building. the top paneling that i think handles our gutters metal slabs started bending and flying off the building. some of the singles on the side broke off too. shit was falling over. I mean... this was some intense shit and even after the winds
Me: jesus man
Him: it just kept raining and raining and raining. everything looked flooded. there was THAT much rain. the whole storm lasted like… geez 6-7 hours. the winds lasted atleast 30-45 minutes constant. this was unlike anything i have EVER seen in my life. this was like a hurricane in Minnesota. they can't even determine for sure whether there was a tornado because of the wind speeds and the places it happened in weren't like out in the middle of no where. this happened in cities. big cities. Brb
Me: ok. Sorry to hear about all this man
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205shi rley.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205ga ragetree.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205hu getree.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205be nch.jpg
Him: here's that pine tree i was talking about
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205tre edown.jpg
Him: if you can make that out
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205lot sofred.jpg
Him: it's what the storm was
Him: hehe
Me: hang on a sec. gotta get through all the pics
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205cre w.jpg
Him: *nods*
Him: still got more
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205tre evan.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205sto rmclouds.jpg
Him: http://nauta.animaltracks.net/temp/storm/092205sto rmclouds2.jpg
Me: dinnertime. Bbl
Him: k
I have two words: Jesus H. Man, I’d be scared as shit if anything like this happened to me. But since we’ve had so many major storms lately, I figured I’d generate an emergency plan.
Jaimetud’s Emergency plan, for when you don’t have time to escape the storm.
1. If it’s a flood, move all the electronics and food that you can to the highest floor of the building. And when I say electronics, I mean the TV, the stereo, the game system, the computers, the BIG stuff. Bring flashlights and candles upstairs too if you can.
2. If the storm clears and you find yourself in a third world country, try to get out and find as many supplies as you can. Bandaids even. Hygiene materials. If you wind up having to steal food from the store because it’s shut down, feel free to make yourself at home with whatever the store’s got that can help you SURVIVE. Survival is the key word here, folks. You don’t need to steal any TV sets.
3. Lastly, get as many weapons as you can. You saw those guys in New Orleans. If some fucker’s gonna threaten your life or steal anything of yours, you have the right to still protect your property and family. I went to the Fourth of July carnival and shot down 6 targets that were approximately 1 inch in width and were about ten feet away…with a handgun-model BB gun. If all hell breaks loose and you live Marin County, do NOT fuck with me.
And that’s all I can think of right now. If anyone else has got an idea, you can leave it in the comments section.
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