May 8, 2009
I haven't looked at many news stations regarding these dynamics to alert people to their impending peril. I have to admit, the 'striving' to protect lives is admirable. There is somewhat of a 'missing' piece and that is '...nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.'
Some of the communities 'practice' tornado drills and sirens, however, the people of these states, including North Carolina, don't seem to have 'good mind maps' to know where to 'shelter' themselves when tornadoes are looming. I just hate it that folks have no tornado shelters. I mean, even Dorothy and Todo knew where to go to protect from a tornado, she took too much time to get there.
I congratulate the media that strives to protect lives. The dedication is admirable.
May 8, 2009
New Albany, Kansas
Photographer states :: Methodist Church
May 8, 2009
New Albany, Kansas
Photographer states :: Trailer House 1 Fatality
Noted on this stationary image is a heat transfer system extending from the Equator to south of Greenland with a very turbulent vortex conducting the movement of a severe weather system.
This PATTERN has been consistent from the end of March, 2009. The arctic air is forced down around Earth to meet up with heat transfer systems which change the 'air' dynamics over the Arctic Ocean. The 'hot tropical air' displaced the colder, denser air at the planet surface to lower latitudes. This 'consistent' presence of this dynamic for this long is new. So long as these dynamics continue, the tornadoes will continue to form and menace the populous.
There is some turbulence at the Equator between Africa and South America (noted on the 'Real Time Satellite Tracking' at title to entry.) That turbulence could be the beginnings of burgeoning hurricanes. Hurricanes would cause a change in dynamics in the troposphere and this 'consistent' pattern of tornadoes could and most likely would change.
May 9, 2009
2030z
Has there been a day yet, without tornadoes? I think I left off a couple of weeks ago with daily tornadoes except for one. Has it improved?
Doubt it. Link at title to entry shows a very turbulent Earth.
May 8, 2009
Johnson City, Tennessee
Photographer states :: Funnel Cloud
Published: May 09, 2009 08:13 am
County, city declare states of emergency
Ronica Shannon and Brian
One person was killed Friday near KY 1295 in the Kirksville area as a result of severe storms that moved through Madison County, and a second person was missing in the same area, police said.
Trooper Chris Lanham, public information officer for Kentucky State Police Post 7 in Richmond, could not release details about the death, but said it was related to the storm.
“It looks like at least one tornado came through Garrard and Madison counties,” Lanham said.
A canine unit from the Richmond Police Department was assisting with the search, said Sgt. Willard Reardon, RPD public information officer.
The rain did not let up Friday evening for the many local emergency officials who responded to two possible tornado touchdowns within the county. The storm, which came through at shortly after 5 p.m., caused several residents to be trapped inside severely damaged homes, as well as substantial damage to Richmond Fire Station No. 5 on Enterprise Drive, among many other reports. Three firefighters were inside the building when the storm struck, and the windshield of one fire truck was shattered, according to Richmond City Manager David Evans, who surveyed the damage from outside.
Insulation from the fire station’s roof could be seen snared in tree limbs along US 25 at least a quarter of a mile away....
The storms blew up so quickly, forecasters had only minutes to send out warnings.
Some residents say they didn't hear the weather sirens sound. The ones near Madison and Limestone County were activated, but the weather was so intense it was hard to hear them sound.
An E-F2 tornado spotted in Morgan and Limestone County quickly intensified as it approached Madison.
"It didn't look that impressive but then for about a 5 minute span it intensified it went away," said WAFF-48 Chief Meteorologist Brad Travis....
UPDATED MAY 7, 2009 10:18 AM
ASHEVILLE – A tornado? Isn't that something that happens in Kansas?
While twisters are relatively rare in the mountains, topography doesn't entirely protect the region from the violent storms, as a tornado warning issued Wednesday morning showed.
The region was lucky, as a line of storms passed through without spinning off a dangerous tornado or doing much damage.
“Oftentimes, the mountains are detrimental to the formation of the thunderstorms that can form tornadoes, but it's certainly still possible to have tornadoes across Western North Carolina,” said Blair Holloway, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service inGreer,S.C....
- Heavy storms pound South for a second day
A camper sits atop a car Monday in Catahoula after a twister ripped through the rural community. Three injuries were blamed on the tornado that went through the area about 140 miles northwest of New Orleans. On Sunday, powerful storms spawned possible tornadoes from Mississippi to Georgia and killed a 46-year-old woman in Laurel, Miss., who was hit by a tree while she stood outside her home....
