Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 http://www.kcrg.com F3 is the rating I saw on the NWS site, could be wrong, but the campus got hit. Town looks f***ed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowand44 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 11:35 PM) http://www.kcrg.com F3 is the rating I saw on the NWS site, could be wrong, but the campus got hit. Town looks f***ed up. Bah, s***. I got a ton of friends at Iowa, hopefully everyone is ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/2632711.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 0851 PM TORNADO IOWA CITY 41.66N 91.54W 04/13/2006 F3 JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER SPOTTER REPORTED TORNADO HEADED NORTHEAST ABOUT 5 -10 MINUTES AGO. ALSO REPORTED DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE SKY AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL ABOUT THE SAME TIME. 0745 PM TORNADO IOWA CITY 41.66N 91.54W 04/13/2006 JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER *** 2 INJ *** WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY. 5 TO 10 PEOPLE TRAPPED IN DESTROYED AND COLLAPESED STRUCTURES. AT LEAST 2 CONFIRMED INJURIES. TIME ESTIMATED. 0745 PM TORNADO IOWA CITY 41.66N 91.54W 04/13/2006 JOHNSON IA EMERGENCY MNGR DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY COURTHOUSE ROOF GONE. LARGE CHURCH ROOF 70 PERCENT GONE. LOTS OF DEBRIS. 0745 PM TORNADO IOWA CITY 41.66N 91.54W 04/13/2006 JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE CONCRETE AND BRICK BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY TOP TWO FLOORS COLLAPSED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Between the tornadoes, winter, Cubs fans, and lack of much of anything, I really don't understand why anybody would want to live in Iowa. Yikes, I hope everybody is ok, although it appears for now that the injury totals are low, but unfortunately the damage totals are high. But the fact that the only fatality I have heard about was near Muscatine and was just 1 guy is very good news, coulda been much worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Iowa offers a nice view of Chicago :rolly I hope everyone is ok. Property can be replaced, loved ones cannot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HuskyCaucasian Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 My wife's family is WAY to relaxed. Her parents and sister live about 7-10 miles North East of Iowa city. My dad called us asking if they were ok, so my wife called her parents. Her dad, "oh yea. no big deal. It was south of 80. Nothing effecting us." lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vandy125 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I was amazed being in Des Moines and seeing them talk about baseball sized hail when we did not even get any rain. I'm not sure how something like that would miss us completely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 13, 2006 -> 11:35 PM) http://www.kcrg.com F3 is the rating I saw on the NWS site, could be wrong, but the campus got hit. Town looks f***ed up. What is sort of amusing in this (nothing amusing about the damage at all), is that I saw these reports this morning when I was getting ready for work, and the first thing that popped into my head was, "Heads will have a thread up on this by the time I get to work." I certainly hope everyone is OK. Looks like IC got it pretty bad, but I haven't heard of any fatalities yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) What is sort of amusing in this (nothing amusing about the damage at all), is that I saw these reports this morning when I was getting ready for work, and the first thing that popped into my head was, "Heads will have a thread up on this by the time I get to work." I certainly hope everyone is OK. Looks like IC got it pretty bad, but I haven't heard of any fatalities yet. No fatalities in Iowa City. 1 in Nicholls. I know probably at leasst 30 people I went ot high school with that are in Iowa City. They showed a clip of a piece of wood stuck in a concrete wall. Damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Again, I look at something like this and how it messed up the place, and then I remember my hometown was hit by an F5 in '68. If this is amazing, then that would have had to be beyond words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) My friend lives in the Mayflower dorm and he called me while it was going on last night, they evacuated the dorms. Iowa's going to get a record in tornadoes this year. It's had an off the chart March and it's continuing in April. I've never seen a tornado but I'd really like to sometime. Edited April 14, 2006 by WilliamTell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthSideSox72 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 10:09 AM) Again, I look at something like this and how it messed up the place, and then I remember my hometown was hit by an F5 in '68. If this is amazing, then that would have had to be beyond words. A tornado is a pretty amazing thing. I got a really good look at one once - almost too good. That was an F1, and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. An F5 is unfathomable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 12:47 AM) Between the tornadoes, winter, Cubs fans, and lack of much of anything, I really don't understand why anybody would want to live in Iowa. Yikes, I hope everybody is ok, although it appears for now that the injury totals are low, but unfortunately the damage totals are high. But the fact that the only fatality I have heard about was near Muscatine and was just 1 guy is very good news, coulda been much worse. Iowa is a great place to raise kids. Some people like the peace and quiet. It's a farming state and will always be a farming state, but someone has to do it. That's what the midwest is noted for I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 11:55 AM) A tornado is a pretty amazing thing. I got a really good look at one once - almost too good. That was an F1, and it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. An F5 is unfathomable. On the 30th anniversary of the May 15 '68 outbreak, KWWL showed a video of the F5. Just this big wedge coming out of the sky. Most of the deadly, destructive tornadoes the United States has experienced in the past (Oelwein, Iowa, 1968; Xenia, Ohio, 1974; Wichita Falls, Texas, 1979; Albion, Pennsylvania, 1985, to name a few) were multiple-vortex tornadoes. If you observe a multiple-vortex tornado, relay that fact to your dispatcher/controller, and stay clear! The picture in the paper my dad saved had 3 tornados. QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 11:56 AM) Iowa is a great place to raise kids. Some people like the peace and quiet. It's a farming state and will always be a farming state, but someone has to do it. That's what the midwest is noted for I suppose. People badmouth it, but it really is a great place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steaming Willy Harris Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 I live in Iowa City about a block away from Iowa Ave., where most of the worst damage took place. One of the tornadoes passed right over my house, ripped down one of the trees in our yard, and touched down a block away, leaving my house miraculously unscathed. Across the entire town cars are flipped over, walls are knocked out, and debris is covering the streets. Its really eerie seeing pictures of places I walk by everyday destroyed. The power is still out in parts of town and class is cancelled for the university students. Where was I for all of this? I drove home to Chicago for the weekend to catch a Sox game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Apparently it was changed to F2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heads22 Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 Apparently it was changed to F2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(Heads22 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 11:02 AM) On the 30th anniversary of the May 15 '68 outbreak, KWWL showed a video of the F5. Just this big wedge coming out of the sky. The picture in the paper my dad saved had 3 tornados. People badmouth it, but it really is a great place. Yeah it is a great place. Too bad I wasn't going to ISU next year, otherwise we could've met up sometime. Instead I'm going to UNI though. Who knows maybe I'll transfer there if I don't like it in Cedar Falls. Did you ever hear about the Charles City tornadoes in the early 60's? I forgot what the date was but no one there thought a tornado could rip through a river town because they have the Cedar River there. Anyways my cousion once talked to a lady whose house got hit by one of the three tornadoes that day. And a week or so later they got a message that her coat was found up by Austin, Minnesota, about 70 miles away. Edited April 14, 2006 by WilliamTell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(WilliamTell @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 11:56 AM) Iowa is a great place to raise kids. Some people like the peace and quiet. It's a farming state and will always be a farming state, but someone has to do it. That's what the midwest is noted for I suppose. Yeah I've actually been to Iowa for reasons several times and enjoyed my time there, there are far worse places to live. But damn, between the stuff I listed before, there are some bad sides to living there. I'm VERY happy to here most everybody is ok though, that's a hell of a cleanup job though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitesoxfan101 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Also, I saw a tornado once in northwestern Illinois. It was during the late afternoon, only an FO and pretty small, but I had a clear look at it and it was for sure a tornado. Great experience, especially since the one I saw didn't do any damage other than kick up a lot of dirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 12:52 PM) Yeah I've actually been to Iowa for reasons several times and enjoyed my time there, there are far worse places to live. But damn, between the stuff I listed before, there are some bad sides to living there. I'm VERY happy to here most everybody is ok though, that's a hell of a cleanup job though. Well if I came from where you come from, then yeah I'd probably feel the same way. But with the tornadoes, I haven't ever seen one and none have really been close to my city yet, that could change. The winters are something I'm used to and the lifestyle I'm used to aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Apr 14, 2006 -> 12:54 PM) Also, I saw a tornado once in northwestern Illinois. It was during the late afternoon, only an FO and pretty small, but I had a clear look at it and it was for sure a tornado. Great experience, especially since the one I saw didn't do any damage other than kick up a lot of dirt. Yeah seeing a tornado is something I just wanna experience. Although I really hope nothing serious would happen to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapkomet Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Most of the deadly, destructive tornadoes the United States has experienced in the past (Oelwein, Iowa, 1968; Xenia, Ohio, 1974; Wichita Falls, Texas, 1979; Albion, Pennsylvania, 1985, to name a few) were multiple-vortex tornadoes. If you observe a multiple-vortex tornado, relay that fact to your dispatcher/controller, and stay clear! The Albion, PA one killed several people that my parents know - I wasn't old enough to remember them - but that tornado went RIGHT through where we used to live. Had we been in Pennsylvania and not moved to Indiana, we probably would have been dead. We went back and helped clean up after the tornado. I was 12, but I will never forget the damage, destruction, and all out power of that storm 20 days after it had hit. The trees were COMPLETELY dry - 100 year old trees had the sap clear sucked out of them. And you could see the rotation of the winds in the remaining trunks. The trees were down for 1.5 miles - just the same - and the storm was so powerful that it went up mountains and down valleys for 65 miles (most tornados in PA jump from hilltop to hilltop). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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