Ivan is HERE!!! tornadoes ripping through my town!

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Ivan is HERE!!! tornadoes ripping through my town!

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:51:28 PM EDT

Several confirmed fatalities by tornadoes in Panama City and Panama City Beach area. No power in alot of the town. Will update as I can. Signing off and hunkering down. Please send prayers for victims and their families.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:52:09 PM EDT

[#1]

Duh.....................get out.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:53:01 PM EDT

[#2]

I'm in Jackson, MS and the only worry I have is the rain and tornadoes.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:53:06 PM EDT

[#3]

Damn that storm is still a long way out… good luck and god bless.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:54:16 PM EDT

[#4]

Be careful and keep your head down!

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:55:59 PM EDT

[#5]

stay safe brother. Did you talk the wife into getting out?

mike

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:56:29 PM EDT

[#6]

whoa, this is going to be as bad as my reliable sources told me.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:57:09 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
Duh.....................get out.

I wouldn't recommend that this late in the game.

Posted: 9/15/2004 1:57:14 PM EDT

[#8]

Hang in there!

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:00:51 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
I'm in Jackson, MS and the only worry I have is the rain and tornadoes.

If you are W of where the eye comes ashore, the tornado risk goes down. Tornadoes with landfalling tropical systems tend to form in the right quadrant of the storm. But the people E of the eye need to be very cautious.

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:01:26 PM EDT

[#10]

Tell me you are posting from your armored basement!

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:01:48 PM EDT

[#11]

I just laid out 100 feet of that rippled black drainage hose. This one gutter likes to drain into a dip in our yard, now it will flood into the street and go wee wee all the way home.

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:06:23 PM EDT

[#12]

You don't want to mess with tornadoes, at least with a Hurricane you have an idea when it is coming and what it will do...the tornadoes in Hurricane bands are very unpredictable and can come with zero warning (as opposed to the several minutes plus warning we can get from typical supercell tornadoes in the plains and Great Lakes area).

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:06:36 PM EDT

[#13]

There is a cold front heading to intercept this hurricane. Where ever it connects there will be tornadoes. Most likley on the north west side.

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:08:47 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
There is a cold front heading to intercept this hurricane. Where ever it connects there will be tornadoes. Most likley on the north west side.

NorthEAST side is the worst...right front quadrant...hunker down!!!

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:13:03 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
Duh.....................get out.

Yea, great idea now. If I had my way, I would have left days ago. unfortunately, some of us have jobs to do during/after this thing . BTW a bunch of people just died, try to show a little respect .

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:16:57 PM EDT

[#16]

Be carefull knucklehaid! Don't do any hero stuff.

Good luck.

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:20:24 PM EDT

[#17]

Kiwi, God Bless and good luck. Keep your head down. You have a saferoom in the house, no?

echo6

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:20:38 PM EDT

[#18]

I'm gettin real worried for you folks down south...

The reports coming from the New Orleans area aren't purdy. Surge in sea level could flood the whole damn place... news report said 50,000 body bags were ordered.

- BG

Posted: 9/15/2004 2:28:43 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
Quoted:
I'm in Jackson, MS and the only worry I have is the rain and tornadoes.

If you are W of where the eye comes ashore, the tornado risk goes down. Tornadoes with landfalling tropical systems tend to form in the right quadrant of the storm. But the people E of the eye need to be very cautious.

I am well west of the eye.

Posted: 9/15/2004 9:24:17 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:
Duh.....................get out.

Yeah... it's usually a great idea to get out and drive in a hurricane with random tornados spawning.

Use your brain before you post...

Posted: 9/15/2004 9:30:08 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Quoted:
There is a cold front heading to intercept this hurricane. Where ever it connects there will be tornadoes. Most likley on the north west side.

NorthEAST side is the worst...right front quadrant...hunker down!!!

Tornadoes will form where the cold air meets the warm air. Doesnt matter where. Dont you remember El Nino?
Do your best to stay safe guys. It looks bad for some of y'all.

Posted: 9/16/2004 8:11:20 AM EDT

[#22]

Well my move got delayed, we are staying here in Atlanta until I know we can make it the whole way. Kiwi any word on getting from Tallahasse to Panama City? Looks like 75 is clear going south just wondring if they closed 10 or if it is still one way out of PC only.

Hunter out...

Posted: 9/16/2004 8:19:54 AM EDT

[#23]

just heard the pensacola bridge to santa rosa is gone!

Posted: 9/16/2004 8:25:46 AM EDT

[#24]

Supposedly, they have also closed 90 as well, so no easy way into PC now from 75 as far as I can tell. Many backroads have trees down across them and it is still raising Hell in Alabama and headed to Atlanta from there.

Kiwi...hope you got through the worst safely.

Posted: 9/16/2004 8:41:15 AM EDT

[#25]

Kiwi, you have my respects and my admirations....Stay safe.

Please.

Edited to add: Prayers sent .

Posted: 9/16/2004 9:38:34 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Duh.....................get out.

He meant well....He probably does not know what situation or what position Sgtkiwi is in, but...He meant well.

I hope.

Posted: 9/16/2004 9:52:34 AM EDT

[#27]

MH, you should be good coming down from ATL... 85 to 185 to Columbus. then 431 to 231 into PC. I would wait a few days to let the evacuees get back first tho'...

Damage assessment as I know it in the panhandle is that the I10 bridge over Escambia Bay (between P'Cola and Milton) is washed out . HWY 90 bridge in same location is also. Widespread power outages, structural damage etc. We had several tornadoes through PC and several fatalities. Curfew was just lifted 12:30 CST for Bay county. Okaloosa Island (between Destin and Fort Walton) is now a sanbar (road submerged and washed out). ALOT of the main roads are submerged or impassable. It should be interesting seeing the influx of evacuees coming back in.

Kiwi Home faired well considering, minor roof and siding damage and a few trees down.

Affected Members Check in here

Posted: 9/16/2004 10:00:47 AM EDT

[#28]

It just hit ATL and is getting worse by the minute. Prayers out to everyone south of here who (already) caught the brunt of this bad boy. I have a brother and sister-n-law (with kids) who just moved down to PC a couple of months ago. They listened to the locals and decided to stay. Hope they are alright.

Posted: 9/16/2004 10:02:10 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
It just hit ATL and is getting worse by the minute. Prayers out to everyone south of here who (already) caught the brunt of this bad boy. I have a brother and sister-n-law (with kids) who just moved down to PC a couple of months ago. They listened to the locals and decided to stay. Hope they are alright.

IM me their info and I can check. I am local LEO.

Posted: 9/16/2004 10:04:25 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
just heard the pensacola bridge to santa rosa is gone!

Yup...I saw the video on Fox News...the I-10 bridge is completely smashed in two places...the Rt. 90 bridge is out, too...fuck...

Posted: 9/16/2004 10:14:01 AM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Kiwi Home faired well considering, minor roof and siding damage and a few trees down.

Thank God and..God bless you.

Thank you and stay safe.

Posted: 9/18/2004 10:39:18 AM EDT

[#32]

Got here yesterday Kiwi. I hope you have some time to unwind a little. Looks like Bay County was a tornado factory. Hope you and yours are ok. After everything settles dowm in your world give me a call and we can have a beer. IMing my cell number.

Hunter out....

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