Tornado Season

katharina · 06-16-2009, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by heretoday

The cameras were taking picture of a giant funnel almost reached down to the ground. Then they resumed the game and never said another thing about it, so it must not have touched down.

How strange! That's how used to it they are, I guess. Did anyone bother getting up to head for cover or just stay there and wait for it to pass?

SageMother · 06-18-2009, 04:14 PM

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Originally Posted by katharina

How strange! That's how used to it they are, I guess. Did anyone bother getting up to head for cover or just stay there and wait for it to pass?

Saturday or Sunday, I think, the Rockies played and the sirens were going off. There was a funnel over downtown, so the storm was within a quick walk from my house.

Usually they empty the stands into the walkways, since they are surrounded by cement.

That was another "midnight at noon" day.

katharina · 06-20-2009, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SageMother

Saturday or Sunday, I think, the Rockies played and the sirens were going off. There was a funnel over downtown, so the storm was within a quick walk from my house.

My goodness! Did your home suffer any damage from that storm or any
of the storms around there recently?

Twiceshy · 06-21-2009, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by katharina

My goodness! Did your home suffer any damage from that storm or any
of the storms around there recently?

I heard there were a few pebbles of hail, near the game, but the bulk of the storm was actually north.

Since funnels usually appear at the edges of the storms, other areas got the golf ball sized hail.

katharina · 06-22-2009, 05:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Twiceshy

Since funnels usually appear at the edges of the storms, other areas got the golf ball sized hail.

Ouch for any vehicles that are outside when golf ball sized hail is falling! I've seen hail in my lifetime but never that big.

heretoday · 06-22-2009, 01:07 PM

Last time I was out to see my daughter she pointed a car out to me that had been outside during a "golf ball size" hailstorm; and that is exactly what it looked like. All over the car, it looked like folk had been driving golf balls into the car from every direction. Yow!

That must have been the ball game we were watching. My husband said that since the stadiums are made of cement that had to have very safe places to go to if the tornado set down there. Glad you guys were/are OK.

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06-22-2009, 01:07 PM	#21 (permalink)
heretoday Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 396	Last time I was out to see my daughter she pointed a car out to me that had been outside during a "golf ball size" hailstorm; and that is exactly what it looked like. All over the car, it looked like folk had been driving golf balls into the car from every direction. Yow! That must have been the ball game we were watching. My husband said that since the stadiums are made of cement that had to have very safe places to go to if the tornado set down there. Glad you guys were/are OK.