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[Deleted member 158085]

I know it’s a weird time of year to be doing this, but I happened to be in the Midwest section of non-fiction at the library last week and spotted a book I decided to take home - Blizzard 1949. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in Midwest weather. I found it to be an engaging, quick read that I think has been underrated. I couldn’t put it down. And now I’m onto another book that’s more well-known - The Children’s Blizzard.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Dayton tornadoes: One confirmed death as workers continue building searches and assess damage

 

[mickey2942]

I know it’s a weird time of year to be doing this, but I happened to be in the Midwest section of non-fiction at the library last week and spotted a book I decided to take home - Blizzard 1949. I highly recommend this book if you are interested in Midwest weather. I found it to be an engaging, quick read that I think has been underrated. I couldn’t put it down. And now I’m onto another book that’s more well-known - The Children’s Blizzard.

I remember the blizzard of 1969, or 68, in Chicago. Snow was five feet deep in our yard.

 

[Spellbound]

I remember the blizzard of 1969, or 68, in Chicago. Snow was five feet deep in our yard.

So deep that the neighbors dogs walked on top of the snow and over the gate ... but I believe that may have been 1978 .....

Yes, it was: According to The National Weather Service, The Blizzard of '78 was the worst winter storm to hit Michigan since record keeping began.

 

[mickey2942]

So deep that the neighbors dogs walked on top of the snow and over the gate ... but I believe that may have been 1978 .....

Yes, it was: According to The National Weather Service, The Blizzard of '78 was the worst winter storm to hit Michigan since record keeping began.

1967 Chicago blizzard - Wikipedia

I was off a year, 1967 was the biggest storm in Chicago, 23 inches. And much more where we lived, up on the North Shore, lake effect snow.

The weather this year is odd, freezing cold one day, now, it will be 70 tomorrow...

 

[Jewels53]

It was a wild night last night. Tornado sirens blaring for quite a while.

I finally got our TV up on the local channels and a Tornado was just south of us. It hit a small town of Linwood, KS. There was a huge green house there that I used to work in the office. It is now gone. Plus many home demolished.

They found debris over in MO at the airport KCI and had to shut it down. Had to clean up the runway so the debris wasn't sucked up into the planes.

There were injuries in Douglas County, KS by Lawrence. Thank goodness no deaths reported so far and I pray that it stays that way.

After tornado hammers Linwood, dozens of homes are ‘all gone,’ mayor says

 

[Jewels53]

WATCH: Heavy damage reported along K-32 in Linwood, Kansas

 

[mickey2942]

It was a wild night last night. Tornado sirens blaring for quite a while.

I finally got our TV up on the local channels and a Tornado was just south of us. It hit a small town of Linwood, KS. There was a huge green house there that I used to work in the office. It is now gone. Plus many home demolished.

They found debris over in MO at the airport KCI and had to shut it down. Had to clean up the runway so the debris wasn't sucked up into the planes.

There were injuries in Douglas County, KS by Lawrence. Thank goodness no deaths reported so far and I pray that it stays that way.

After tornado hammers Linwood, dozens of homes are ‘all gone,’ mayor says

Wow! Glad you are okay! I remember the sound of those sirens, scariest sound ever!

As an elementary school student, we used to have "Tornado Drills", open the windows, and sit under your desk. Earthquake drills were the same. At age 6, I was so sure that my little wooden desk would keep me safe from all dangers.

I wish you safety this tornado season, and hope that you have a little wooden desk to keep you safe.

 

[Jewels53]

Wow! Glad you are okay! I remember the sound of those sirens, scariest sound ever!

As an elementary school student, we used to have "Tornado Drills", open the windows, and sit under your desk. Earthquake drills were the same. At age 6, I was so sure that my little wooden desk would keep me safe from all dangers.

I wish you safety this tornado season, and hope that you have a little wooden desk to keep you safe.

We use to go out in the halls for our tornado drills. Or was that the missile drills of the 60's. You know the Cuban missile crisis. Are you that old?

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

Anyway all is safe for now! I hope the Tornado outbreak calms down for all in the USA!

 

[mickey2942]

We use to go out in the halls for our tornado drills. Or was that the missile drills of the 60's. You know the Cuban missile crisis. Are you that old?

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

Anyway all is safe for now! I hope the Tornado outbreak calms down for all in the USA!

Ha ha, I DO remember those! How on earth did we grow up normal with that?

 

[Deleted member 158085]

We use to go out in the halls for our tornado drills. Or was that the missile drills of the 60's. You know the Cuban missile crisis. Are you that old?

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cuban-missile-crisis

Anyway all is safe for now! I hope the Tornado outbreak calms down for all in the USA!

Hallway for tornadoes, to get away from windows. Face the wall on your knees and cover your head!

 

[Deleted member 158085]

Ha ha, I DO remember those! How on earth did we grow up normal with that?

Who says we’re normal?

 

[Hatfield]

Ha ha, I DO remember those! How on earth did we grow up normal with that?

I know right. LOL

I remember those nuclear bomb air raid drills we would have in Grade School at the time.

Once the drill started, the process our school had was for everyone to go out in the hall and lineup facing the wall. Then we had to squat down on our knees and put our head between our legs and cover our heads with our arms and hands.

Even at grade school age we sensed the seriousness of the danger. It was always a special day when we had the drill for possible nuclear bomb attack.

As we got older and started to realize more what nuclear bombs were. We started to realize that if our city ever did get hit with a nuclear bomb then we may as well go out in the hall, put our head between our knees and then just kiss our Azz goodbye.

 

[Hatfield]

Hope everyone stays safe with the bad weather tonight. Sounds like a lot of us are in for some of the same nasty weather we have been having lately.

I do have a question if anyone knows.

Is there a good national weather map link that would show "Shear"?

I use a national weather map and it is a good one but it does not show the "Shear" that happens when there is circular movement of the air and winds are going in opposite directions.

My local weather man has a nice feature called "Shear" and it shows Green color on one side and a Red color on the other when winds are going in opposite direction.

It was easy to spot the area of a possible tornadoe with that "Shear" option. I have not been able to find a good current weather map that has that "Shear" button.

Mine has a lightning button that I can turn on or off and other buttons but it does not have that neat "Shear" button I saw my weatherman using.

I am trying to find a good weather map to have handy that gives the "shear" as an option to select on the map.

If anyone knows of one that gives that I would appreciate a link to the weather map.

Thanks in advance if you know of one.
And stay safe everyone.

 

[owsley]

It was a wild night last night. Tornado sirens blaring for quite a while.

I finally got our TV up on the local channels and a Tornado was just south of us. It hit a small town of Linwood, KS. There was a huge green house there that I used to work in the office. It is now gone. Plus many home demolished.

They found debris over in MO at the airport KCI and had to shut it down. Had to clean up the runway so the debris wasn't sucked up into the planes.

There were injuries in Douglas County, KS by Lawrence. Thank goodness no deaths reported so far and I pray that it stays that way.

After tornado hammers Linwood, dozens of homes are ‘all gone,’ mayor says

In 1991 I was a music student at KU and well recall the June storm that raged into town from the south and its lightning, which set Hoch Auditorium ablaze on campus!

 

[Gardenista]

Hope everyone stays safe with the bad weather tonight. Sounds like a lot of us are in for some of the same nasty weather we have been having lately.

I do have a question if anyone knows.

Is there a good national weather map link that would show "Shear"?

I use a national weather map and it is a good one but it does not show the "Shear" that happens when there is circular movement of the air and winds are going in opposite directions.

My local weather man has a nice feature called "Shear" and it shows Green color on one side and a Red color on the other when winds are going in opposite direction.

It was easy to spot the area of a possible tornadoe with that "Shear" option. I have not been able to find a good current weather map that has that "Shear" button.

Mine has a lightning button that I can turn on or off and other buttons but it does not have that neat "Shear" button I saw my weatherman using.

I am trying to find a good weather map to have handy that gives the "shear" as an option to select on the map.

If anyone knows of one that gives that I would appreciate a link to the weather map.

Thanks in advance if you know of one.
And stay safe everyone.

Have you tried windy.com? I'm not sure if they have shear or not, but it's an awesome website.

 

[Hatfield]

Have you tried windy.com? I'm not sure if they have shear or not, but it's an awesome website.

Thanks. I havent used that one but I have heard of it and just went and looked and it does have a lot of features. On the right side there is an option for "More Layers" and there are a ton of options there so I will have to play around with it more to see if I can find the option I am looking for.

 

[mickey2942]

Wind shear, like for pilots? That often doesn't even show up on radar, which is the problem.

 

[Jewels53]

In 1991 I was a music student at KU and well recall the June storm that raged into town from the south and its lightning, which set Hoch Auditorium ablaze on campus!

Wow! That had to be awful. Were you in that building?

We have lived in the area since 1998 and it seems the storms like to come up from the south of Lawrence. In 2002 one came thru and hit the apartments at 23rd and Wakarusa.

The one yesterday started around Lone Star and crossed 59 and tracked all the way to Excelsior Springs, MO. Hitting Linwood, KS the hardest.

 

[Hatfield]

Wind shear, like for pilots? That often doesn't even show up on radar, which is the problem.

I may not be calling it right. The other night when the local weatherman was showing his radar map, he had "options" and "overlay filters" for his map where he would just click a button and it would show certain things.

The one "button" he had on his radar map was called "Shear" as an optional button and it showed wind direction in two different colors.

So right where a possible tornado was forming you could see the winds clashing together because the Green color wind was going in one direction and the Red color wind was going in the opposite direction.

That "shear" option made it super easy to see where the rotation in the atmosphere was happening.