[-JUNK-]

So last night 2 Tornadoes came threw my town i wasn't harmed; and from what i know none else from Streator on the forums was hurt about 4hours ago i went by the police station the news is here so it will probably be on the news tonight. So far i got this...

NEWS STUFF
Video from FOX
Todays Newspaper 6/7

since i took pictures on my phone and stuff i cant upload the pictures yet but i went for a walk to see what all went down altho i only slept 2hrs last night im beat TwT lots of trees down and stuff.

This post has been edited by -JUNK-: 07 June 2010 - 03:50 PM

[kenkendazo]

:/
It was really bad last night. Was coming home from Wisconsin. Worst storms I ever drove in. Can't imagine having a tornado come through.

[ZomgBlue]

im now posting through a storm with 60mph wind gusts and possible hail, with strong rain which is moving at about 25mph to the southwest or so says the weather right now... im in a basement rooom with my dogs, mom, and a heating fan cause its freezing down here.

change that now its down to 55mph gusts and storms moving at 40mph in a southeast direcction...

This post has been edited by ZomgBlue: 06 June 2010 - 04:37 PM

[Ishoku Osero]

Glad to hear everyone's alright thus-far. Hopefully it'll stay that way, considering all the bad storms that keep coming through the midwest.

[cactusmomma]

My husband was out for the night, so he didn't get home till they passed. Our daughter and I were holed up in the bathroom for the most part. I went to check on things outside a few times and those clouds were eerily low. It felt so unnerving to see the wind and rain die, but the clouds above flowing like a river.

Hope everyone at Colossal is ok. I got a text from someone there saying they were all in the hotel basement.

[ryozu_011]

Dude, I was North from the tornadoes in Matteson. Man, that was a bad storm, similar to the one that happened a few years ago in that area, but it was like...in Frankfort or something. Scared out of my mind...x.x

[Kitsu-chan]

I live about 40 miles from Streator. I lost internet during storm, but otherwise completely fine. Just got very bored.

[redx1]

That storm packed a real punch. I'm glad to hear everyone is alright so far.

[mendokuse]

The only storm last night for me was in my head. Major headache... Fell asleep as soon as I got home from a party so just a little before 10:00 pm.

[-JUNK-]

yep but i got 2hrs of sleep me and 2 of my friends went out driving to see whats up and walking to were we needed to go since we couldnt take the car there and since our power was out the cops were in the front yard and we couldnt sleep but we made a few trips to McDs last night

[Tiamat97]

good to know you and the others are alright

[gadgets]

i was at colossalcon and i got a phone call from my friend who was also there that they were evac us into the basement so i told the rest of the room

[sammy-45]

Yeah we had some bad weather over by me too. Since it was just me and the little guy, I was really worried. But we just had really bad weather, no tornadoes by us. Thankgoodness. I am glad everyone is ok though.

[Dark Stranger]

Man why can't we have any cool storms like that here? All we get are wussy storms that start out strong but piddle out in like 10 minutes. no fun at all.

[Kii]

The sky was orange for a while near my house and the sirens were going off, but nothing came through. I sat on the couch eating an icecream sandwich and watching the weather channel.

Glad to hear OP is alright, since you actually had tornadoes run over your town.

[redx1]

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 09:42 PM, said:

Man why can't we have any cool storms like that here? All we get are wussy storms that start out strong but piddle out in like 10 minutes. no fun at all.

You don't want them. These storms destroy towns and lives.

[Dark Stranger]

They are still awesome to witness. I've always wanted to be a storm chaser.

[Ishoku Osero]

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 09:53 PM, said:

They are still awesome to witness. I've always wanted to be a storm chaser.

I wanted to be a storm chaser for quite a long time when I was younger... until I was outside in the parking lot when I was a teen waiting for my mum to finish shopping at the local Kohls... and a tornado hit the building right in front of me.
Now I'm terrified. ^^;

[redx1]

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 09:53 PM, said:

They are still awesome to witness. I've always wanted to be a storm chaser.

Agreed. I've seen a few tornados, I've even witnessed this one when working on the road one day. What an amazing sight. I was actually on the other side of I-57 when I saw it. God, I wish I had a video camera then.

[Kii]

How can anyone chase tornadoes or watch them?

I see a whirling tower of death coming towards me, I run the other way or duck for cover.

You guys are insane.

[redx1]

Kii, on 06 June 2010 - 09:59 PM, said:

How can anyone chase tornadoes or watch them?

I see a whirling tower of death coming towards me, I run the other way or duck for cover.

You guys are insane.

join usssssss's's'ss's

[Dark Stranger]

Kii, on 06 June 2010 - 09:59 PM, said:

How can anyone chase tornadoes or watch them?

I see a whirling tower of death coming towards me, I run the other way or duck for cover.

You guys are insane.

Because it's the greatest thrill of your life. It's the same reason people love to sky dive or anything else that dangerous to yourself.

[Kii]

redx1, on 06 June 2010 - 10:01 PM, said:

join usssssss's's'ss's

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 10:03 PM, said:

Because it's the greatest thrill of your life. It's the same reason people love to sky dive or anything else that dangerous to yourself.

Guess I can't talk because I do jump off bridges for fun.

But still!
Tornadoes....-shivers-

[magicreaver]

Ishoku Osero, on 06 June 2010 - 09:56 PM, said:

I wanted to be a storm chaser for quite a long time when I was younger... until I was outside in the parking lot when I was a teen waiting for my mum to finish shopping at the local Kohls... and a tornado hit the building right in front of me.
Now I'm terrified. ^^;

I remember that! I was at Southlake mall when it happened, completely unaware it was even raining >.<
Babages is surprisingly well insulated from the outside world.

As far as the weather here, I have no clue I had to be awake for a long day at work so I was out cold last night.

[Jello]

All these storms penetrated into my dreams last night.... there was purple (yes purple) tornado in my dream and I had to hide in the bathtub.

I am glad to hear that everyone is ok though.

[wrexness]

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 10:03 PM, said:

Because it's the greatest thrill of your life. It's the same reason people love to sky dive or anything else that dangerous to yourself.

When skydiving it's at least mostly predictable; you have no clue where a tornado may go. It will literally wipe out one house and leave the next untouched. I've seen a couple in my time, not fun. I was in a Sears literally about a half mile from a tornado that wiped out a clothing store and killed two people. Definitely a jarring experience.

[TekoMuto]

glad 2 c ur ok

[sentinel28a]

Dark Stranger, on 06 June 2010 - 10:03 PM, said:

Because it's the greatest thrill of your life. It's the same reason people love to sky dive or anything else that dangerous to yourself.

I always thought that skydiving and stormchasing was how nature weeded out the sick and infirm, now that we don't have wolves to do it anymore.

Except in Montana...we still have wolves here.

Ben Da Mad Irishman
"And bears"

[-JUNK-]

so today me and my friends came up with goinbg around and helpinbg picking up trees and our profit from it is were taking them to our other friends house out in the middle of nowhere also and were going to have a bonfire/cookout next weekend at least but i do know our town isnt going to be the same again no more pretty trees going down the roads its gonna look like a huge Beaver just walked threw but to a earlier post with tornados hitting one house then another theres a street thats all whipped out but there is one house untouched so its something.

[-JUNK-]

it came to the point of not getting any trees TwT but i did get the last Streator news paper in the gas station hehehe everyones fighting to get one

This post has been edited by -JUNK-: 07 June 2010 - 11:20 PM