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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
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Santa Raccoon 77
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
In a pie. ?
JenniferS
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We had some wild weather in southern Ontario this afternoon. Weird feeling in the atmosphere at 12:19. Started raining at 12:22. Was horrific at 12:25. And by 12:30 … the birds were singing.
Many, many trees and hydro lines down, tens of thousands without power, and four dead. I’ve got a kid up north, camping on a remote lake, with spotty cell service. He hasn’t checked in, but according to the radar reports, he was at least two hours north of the northernmost limit of the storm front.
This was at 12:18 pm, minutes before the storm hit. Mike said it felt like a tornado was coming. There was definitely that weird, eerie pre-tornado “absence of atmosphere” that I’ve only experienced three times before.
This is the tree in the rear yard directly across from our house.
I’ve been wanting to have the 50 year old 40’ tree in our yard taken down for a couple of years now. Mike saw Len’s tree and finally agreed with removing ours. It is less than 15’ from our bedroom window, and if it ever came crashing down, we wouldn’t stand a chance.
Pretty sure tree removal services are going to be busy for weeks.
Many, many trees and hydro lines down, tens of thousands without power, and four dead. I’ve got a kid up north, camping on a remote lake, with spotty cell service. He hasn’t checked in, but according to the radar reports, he was at least two hours north of the northernmost limit of the storm front.
This was at 12:18 pm, minutes before the storm hit. Mike said it felt like a tornado was coming. There was definitely that weird, eerie pre-tornado “absence of atmosphere” that I’ve only experienced three times before.
This is the tree in the rear yard directly across from our house.
I’ve been wanting to have the 50 year old 40’ tree in our yard taken down for a couple of years now. Mike saw Len’s tree and finally agreed with removing ours. It is less than 15’ from our bedroom window, and if it ever came crashing down, we wouldn’t stand a chance.
Pretty sure tree removal services are going to be busy for weeks.
Santa Raccoon 77
Thank you sir. You were an inspiration.
@JenniferS hope everyone is ok and safe from that crazy weather .
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Thank you. I’ll feel better after I hear from my almost 26-year old “kid”.
It was a lovely evening. I thought about going for a bike ride, but there were just too many tree limbs (large and small) on just about every road I would normally travel.
One of the deaths was at a campground about 20 minutes from us. A tree fell on a trailer, killing one of the occupants and injuring two others. This is the May 2-4 (pronounced two-four) weekend (aka Victoria Day) - the unofficial start of summer. Lots of people camping and opening their cottages this weekend.
MinnieM123
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I'm glad you and your family are safe and survived the storm. From the description, that sounded like a scary weather system that went through.
Songbird76
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I hope by now you've heard from your son!! It's so scary when the weather slams you like that! Glad you are safe though!
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
Nope, not yet. He usually sends us a dropped pin when he gets to the campsite … if he can get a signal.
I did find out that the person killed in the trailer was a high school classmate of his.
Songbird76
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Oh no, that's devastating. Were they friends? There was a guy who lived on my floor of the dorms in college....super nice, and always said hello to everyone. His family were big supporters of the arts and he had season tickets to the Fine Arts center, so he always came to my concerts and told me how well we did when he saw me in the dorm after a performance. He went camping with his family in the vacation one summer and a sudden storm hit while he and his dad were out boating on the lake. He had apparently been a trained lifeguard I think? In any case, he was a strong swimmer, but they found the boat after the storm and never found him or his dad. It was so sad.Nope, not yet. He usually sends us a dropped pin when he gets to the campsite … if he can get a signal.
I did find out that the person killed in the trailer was a high school classmate of his.
I hope this wasn't a close friend or anything who was lost! They mentioned the storm on our news this morning and they said the death toll is up to 8 now. I hope it doesn't go higher, and also that it doesn't affect you any more personally than it already has!
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
I’m not sure how well he knew her, but the “extra” kid who used to live with us for a few years knew her very well, going back to early grade school. He assumes Ski knew her too.
Ski and his friends have to boat into their campsite, but they always wear life jackets. Also, as I said, they were about 2 hours north of the storm front boundary. Based on their departure time of 5:00 am, they wouldn’t even have had to drive through it.
I just like it that he usually checks in and drops a pin, so I know where he is. Usually my biggest concern is bears. Usually HIS biggest concern is mosquitos.
Yes, the death toll sadly is up to 8. Most, if not all of the deaths were tied to overturned trees and flying debris. My end of town wasn’t hit as badly as the centre core. I was on the porch for the brief 3-4 minutes that it was blowing through. There was no funnel of any type. It was intense, but very brief.
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
We have an official verdict on the nature of Saturday’s storm. It was a Derecho. Apparently the worst thing about them is that they are virtually impossible to predict.
We had recorded wind speeds of 131 km/hr (81.4 mph). By comparison: Hurricane Irma, when it hit us in Orlando had sustained wind speeds of 59 mph. Two years later, Dorian’s wind speeds once it hit Orlando were even less.
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We had recorded wind speeds of 131 km/hr (81.4 mph). By comparison: Hurricane Irma, when it hit us in Orlando had sustained wind speeds of 59 mph. Two years later, Dorian’s wind speeds once it hit Orlando were even less.
Derecho - Wikipedia
I was wondering if it was that. I forgot the word, but knew it started with a D. We had one a few years ago.We have an official verdict on the nature of Saturday’s storm. It was a Derecho. Apparently the worst thing about them is that they are virtually impossible to predict.
We had recorded wind speeds of 131 km/hr (81.4 mph). By comparison: Hurricane Irma, when it hit us in Orlando had sustained wind speeds of 59 mph. Two years later, Dorian’s wind speeds once it hit Orlando were even less.
Derecho - Wikipedia
JenniferS
When you're the leader, you don't have to follow.
First one here since the 1990’s.
MinnieM123
Premium Member
Reading that description, I immediately thought of microbursts -- those have (on rare occasions) hit sections of our state. They're fast, powerful, and don't give a lot of notice. (I've never seen one, but have seen videos of the weather reports in another part of our state, that shows the damage aftermath of these storms--they tend to move in a straight line.) So yikes, for your area with the Derecho.We have an official verdict on the nature of Saturday’s storm. It was a Derecho. Apparently the worst thing about them is that they are virtually impossible to predict.
We had recorded wind speeds of 131 km/hr (81.4 mph). By comparison: Hurricane Irma, when it hit us in Orlando had sustained wind speeds of 59 mph. Two years later, Dorian’s wind speeds once it hit Orlando were even less.
Derecho - Wikipedia
Songbird76
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Still nothing from him? Those out of the way places are so frustrating with lack of communication. In 2005, my dad was due to go to a family reunion in Kansas. He talked about it for weeks, letting me know he wouldn't be able to call as he had no cell phone and would be traveling. When I saw everyone from my hometown talking on Facebook about the tornado that came through and wiped out half the houses, I was relieved that he wasn't there! Then my cousin asks if I've heard from him, because he never showed up to the reunion. So I'm trying desperately to get ahold of him, but the phonelines are down, and dad lived outside of town, so it takes longer to get the lines there up again as they focus more on the ones in town. It turned out that the day he was supposed to leave for Kansas, he realized the pickup was due for an oil change, and he didn't want to drive all the way to Kansas without doing that first, and he didn't feel like getting the oil changed first....so he just stayed home. Then he slept through the tornado. The hail broke out most of his windows, the wind ripped half of the roof off his trailer house, and he had to get a new one because his was totaled.....he slept right through it. Woke up to nothing but sky over his bed. HOW do you sleep through the roof being ripped off above your bed? Just....HOW?
Hopefully Ski will check in soon.
NYwdwfan
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NYwdwfan
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I remember that!
Goofyernmost
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We have an official verdict on the nature of Saturday’s storm. It was a Derecho. Apparently the worst thing about them is that they are virtually impossible to predict.
Derecho - Wikipedia
I don't remember that name for a storm... It appears that the older I get the more new words you young'un's are making up as you go along.
NYwdwfan
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LOL I'm hardly a young'un
Goofyernmost
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Compared to me, my guess is that you are still a toddler, age wise!LOL I'm hardly a young'un