http://5newsonline.com/2013/06/01/nine-oklahomans-killed-in-five-tornadoes-friday/
I see the toll has gone up since previously posted.
Well, right before I signed off weather dude said the storm looked like it was breaking up, but we were still under a tornado watch. Right after...and I mean within two minutes after...I logged off, the storm broke up all right...broke into several cells, we immediately went under a tornado warning, and bam! The storm was here. Just goes to show you how quickly things can change. Happily, this good ole hill buffered us from the worst of it. We are a lake for the most part, but we are not splinters.
As soon as the tornado warning expired, I defied the severe thunderstorm warning and stood on the porch (it's the redneck thing to do, yannow). I saw the most spectacular lightning evah! It was like a long, horizontal rope. It did that twice, so I decided to get my camera, and naturally it did not repeat the performance (just like a kid).
As I type I have my back door open and see a grey sky, rain, and I am feeling a cool 65 degrees. I think I heard one of the weather dudettes say that the rain should be out of NWA by noon. I think she might want to push that back a bit.
At any rate, as usual it was comforting to know that others were out there watching...especially when we were all sitting at our little places watching that incredibly scary live feed out of OKC.
And yes, I do believe that folks thought they could outrun this storm. There was also a lot of going-home traffic when it hit OKC. Those poor folks were sitting ducks for whatever came their way.
One more observation: As the pup and I sat in the closet, I asked myself why I'd put water in there. Then I remembered I am a Navy brat who has sat out a hurricane in a similar closet. The water came in handy then. Last night it would have been more handy to have an
empty container in there with me...if you get my drift.
Again, glad to hear folks fared okay and...we made it through another one! I still say we need to start a petition about this weather. Just don't know who we'd send it to!!!