2020 Tornado, big assed storm thread

When the sun rises the day after Easter, some parts of the country will see the ass kicking they received while other parts are about to receive one.

Warm water in the gulf this year. Too warm.

 

It's apparently on its way through my burg right about now ... reports of 60 mph winds about 45 miles west of town a few minutes ago. Buckle up.

 

This would kill you.



In Texas yesterday.

 

Well, we missed the one in Jonesboro, Ark., from a couple of weeks ago.

Yesterday was bad in Louisiana and Mississippi.

13 Dead as Tornadoes, Storms Tear Through Southern States | The Weather Channel

 

As of right now 1.3 million without power.

 

We will not have tornadoes here in Mass. but there is a high wind warning for this afternoon, and widespread power outages are predicted. Good luck to everyone who hasn't had this front rip through yet.

 

80 degrees here Saturday. Sat in back yard and drank all day. Got a nice tan.
Never got to 40 yesterday, with a mix of rain, sleet and just general krap, all the while had gusts up to 60.
Mother Nature is going to get a slap to the jaw from Ye Olde Chef someday.

 

Eh, toe surgery should calm her down.

 

nonsense.

 

We got hit pretty hard by powerful thunderstorms. 60 mph straight line winds. Lots of trees and branches, power lines down.





Local weatherman James Spann, who is the gold standard weather guy here (He called the '93 blizzard in Alabama almost two weeks before it happened. "Blizzard? In B'ham? <bellylaugh>" We got 18" of thundersnow overnight). He's kinda fun to watch as he's been here forever, and he knows all the outlying counties, towns, schools. When he's working one of these, first the coat comes off, then the sleeves get rolled up, then the tie gets loosened. He's great at calling out areas where the polygons say high risk of tornadoes by name, saying that it's "Just north of Pinson, where Pinson Main Street hits 75 highway" and the like.

Last night he was using Wesley's Boobie Trap as the landmark. Wesley's is the town's lowest rent strip club, where the dancers go once their looks are going and gravity and meth have taken their toll on their bodies, so much hilarity ensued.

 

Two large tornadoes, both apparently strong EF-3 or low-end EF-4, tracked right behind each other on almost the same path.