How have the storms affected you?

[Irishgirl]

These past few days the weather across the Midwest has been powerful with convected storms/hail/thunderstorms/flooding.

How have the storms affected you ?


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[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by Irishgirl

These past few days the weather across the Midwest has been powerful with convected storms/hail/thunderstorms/flooding.

How have the storms affected you ?


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I’m right in the middle of flooding but have been very lucky. Mainly it has ruined my weekly group rides with all the rain. Small pittance to what so many around me are dealing with. My associate had to evacuate her house and is staying at a hotel hoping her house is not flooded out. My business is in threat of being flooded as well, but my house is high up thank goodness.

We celebrated the end of a stressful week last night with dinner on the river. Here’s some pics:

Under these two bridges is where we start our Saturday group rides:


My office is directly on the other side of the bank behind the trees:


There is a trail that runs along the river next to this now flooded casino that we regularly ride:




More rain today is possible and local dams are at capacity. We’ll be dry and it’ll be a 100 degrees here in another month. Just spring time in Oklahoma

[Matthew]

Mosquitos will be the size of eagles

[ultraman6970]

Yes... cant cut the grass neither go out riding :P

[redir]

I can't even imagine the horror of having a tornado come ripping through your house while you are hunkered down from it. I've seen two from very safe distances, one was off the coat in Florida the other in Kentucky and they were both small. They are incredible events to witness but man... Such violent storms.

[Tickdoc]

Originally Posted by redir

I can't even imagine the horror of having a tornado come ripping through your house while you are hunkered down from it. I've seen two from very safe distances, one was off the coat in Florida the other in Kentucky and they were both small. They are incredible events to witness but man... Such violent storms.

True but when you live here you come to realize that they are very brief and the detection of them is very good.

I've been here 48 yrs and yet to see one.

We have a storm shelter in our Garage, and I got to say it is fun to watch the weather spin up. I'm always out in the yard when the sirens go off because I want to see it develop.

We can have blue skies one minute and then within just a matter of an hour or two these massive popcorn storms can arise out of thin air. It is just awe inspiring to see them reach into the stratosphere. They demand respect, but you learn when they are dangerous and take precautions.

[Jaybee]

Originally Posted by Tickdoc

True but when you live here you come to realize that they are very brief and the detection of them is very good.

I've been here 48 yrs and yet to see one.

We have a storm shelter in our Garage, and I got to say it is fun to watch the weather spin up. I'm always out in the yard when the sirens go off because I want to see it develop.

We can have blue skies one minute and then within just a matter of an hour or two these massive popcorn storms can arise out of thin air. It is just awe inspiring to see them reach into the stratosphere. They demand respect, but you learn when they are dangerous and take precautions.

I did the same storm watching when I lived in OK. The weather people there, starting with the National Storm Center at OU are excellent at what they do. The sirens are usually county-wide and not extremely local. Your weather app and the meterologists on the news are better sources of information about what will happen to you.

I've got a couple remediation projects in Southern OK - still trying to get a handle on how much they were affected.

[oliver1850]

The hay market is about as strong right now as any time I can remember, but it may be weeks before I am able to do anything in the field. I would normally be loading hay for the Friday auction now, but there is a strong chance of another storm at sale time. Depending on what the radar looks like at 4 PM I may load the truck up with 50 bales and take a chance of getting it sold without rain.

[jlwdm]

I drove up to Hallett Raceway west of Tulsa Wednesday afternoon to drive on the track the next day. I was in my hotel in Cleveland and at 9:04 got a weather warning for hail, rain and tornadoes over Hallett. At 9:16 the next advisory was that the storm was over Cleveland. I did not look outside but the thunder was like nothing I had ever heard in TX - complete different sound - booming.

I did not go outside until the next morning and fortunately my car was ok. Cleveland did get 4 inches of rain overnight.

Jeff

[charliedid]

I'm cranky

[Skenry]

It's still May and it's already 90 with 80% humidity.
These storms have made me sit in the laZyboy and drink beer a month early than I should be. Hopefully the humidity blows out soon.
Scott
Dayton, OH

[Matthew]

Brutal heat coming to the Southeast now too. Maybe we will hit 80 in Michigan. Would be nice.

[Louis]

Yes, but luckily no damage.

On Tuesday afternoon the was a tornado a few miles from my house. I could hear it (from down in the basement) but it didn't hit us.

All this rough weather has been a pain, and the heavy rain doesn't help.

This morning one of the roads I normally take to work was closed due to the rising MO river. Last night going home I noticed some water encroaching on the road deck, so I wasn't surprised to see the road shut down today. My house itself is safe from the river water (up on a big hill, as Weisan will attest to) but tornadoes, large hail, strong wind and downed trees are always a risk.