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ChefMom


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Hope everyone is well and safe down in the area of Dallas/Ft. Worth. The news this morning showed quite a bit of damage from tornadoes that came through.



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We were on the north side of Fort Worth and the tree across the drive from us had a huge limb split off this AM. Not sure if it was a lightning hit (we had several REAL close) or just the high winds. Made for an interesting night again. We're in Quanah, TX this afternoon. Pulled in at 1:00 pm after battling heavy rains all the way up from the metroplex. People next to us were near the DFW airport last night - they also pulled in because they were tired of the heavy driving in the rain. More rain tonight, but severe stuff has moved east.

This trip has reinforced my 'rule' we go up the west coast in the spring, then go see the rest of the country from now on!

Barb


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Barb:

 

Very glad to hear that you are o.k. I remembered that you had said you were in a certain part of Texas but couldn't remember where. Keep safe.

 

Karen



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Spring is sounding as crazy as Winter for much of the country. I agree with you Barb - the West Coast (and I think Vermont) are the only places on the map not either windy as heck or under storm watch!

Everyone please be safe out there!!

Jodee


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Taking copious notes of where to be and where not to be at certain times.

Stay safe folks.



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Thursday we drove a load of art from Denver to Wichita Falls, had beautiful weather all the way. Friday we drove the rest of the way to Dallas in wicked storms. By the time we made it to the airport to fly home it had turned dark as night. Before they made us get away from the windows it looked like hurricane coverage and they closed the airport. They never said we had a tornado but it sure looked like we could have.

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If that sky turns a greenish hue, you know you have a tornado in the area. Once you see it, you'll never forget that color and what it means.

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Barbaraok wrote:

We were on the north side of Fort Worth and the tree across the drive from us had a huge limb split off this AM. Not sure if it was a lightning hit (we had several REAL close) or just the high winds. Made for an interesting night again. We're in Quanah, TX this afternoon. Pulled in at 1:00 pm after battling heavy rains all the way up from the metroplex. People next to us were near the DFW airport last night - they also pulled in because they were tired of the heavy driving in the rain. More rain tonight, but severe stuff has moved east.

This trip has reinforced my 'rule' we go up the west coast in the spring, then go see the rest of the country from now on!

Barb

 Woah Barb...so glad you are ok.  I grew up with Tornado's in the Midwest and and not so thrilled about facing the prospect from an RV which is bound to happen sooner or later.  So glad you are ok. 

 

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I saw the Texas Tornados in concert back in the 90s...what dear? Oh, storms...nevermind

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I grew up in Michigan on the eastern edge of tornado ally and live in Denver on the western edge of it. We have seen many tornadoes over the years including one that skipped right over our house dropping stuff from a block away as it did. More than once we have been at a high point and could see multiple funnels at once across the area.

It's rarer that we get them in the mountains but it happens. The closest we have seen was a dust devil that tried to get out awning and would have if I hadn't been there to hold it down. At 230 lbs it had me off the ground for a second and it felt like I was being sand blasted.

Be safe out there. Our tornado season is just starting here.

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I grew up in Texas and my wife in Oklahoma. We both have a lot of unfond memories of spending nights in a storm cellar. When my mother was passing away and we had to be in Gainesville TX for a month we had a number of close calls with twisters. We had our bail-out bags packed and sat watching the Weather Underground radar storm cells as they came towards us. At that point we knew we would not settle down in any place prone to tornadoes when the time came for us to get off the road.
We ended up here on the western slope of CO where there have only been one or two small twisters recorded in a lot of years.



-- Edited by Clay L on Wednesday 6th of May 2015 12:07:32 PM

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