Tornado Weather

[OK Corgi Rancher]

We found out last night our shelter sprang a leak since I made it ready earlier this spring. I've got some work to do to fix that and generally harden it a little more. We spent a little time in there last night when the sirens were going off in Francis, Oakman and Ada.

 

[XYZ]

‘If’ you have Facebook here’s an account with drone flyby of downtown Sulphur. WXChasing

It looks like 90% of downtown is wiped out.

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ETA: The same page just loaded a drone video of Marietta’s tornado damage. It’s significant also.
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[OKC03Cobra]

We had an EF2 go just east of our place here in Holdenville. It was the same one that hit Sulphur. But all is well at my house. They say in town (Holdenville) it's a mess...poles/lines down, lots of damage. But I live about 3 miles west of town. I still don't have power. It went off around 10ish when the twister came thru.

Generator?

 

[Catt57]

Bristow scraped by but I hear Okemah got hit.

 

[Glock 'em down]

Generator?

No, I probably need to pick one up, since my place is total electric.

 

[XYZ]

I have a generator big enough to run all the important stuff I have had for years. But I also bought one of the small Harbor Freight genies for running a few lights on a cable for short periods of time. Used the big one several times and my son used it for a week a couple years ago. HF is still new and unused.

 

[okcBob]

new storm just popped up near mustang

 

[TerryMiller]

How do you get out when a ton of debris falls on it?

Not sure of procedures where you live, but in some communities, one can "register" one's storm shelter with the fire department or other city agency, and they will go by and make sure occupants of the home are okay.

 

[foghorn918]

Not sure of procedures where you live, but in some communities, one can "register" one's storm shelter with the fire department or other city agency, and they will go by and make sure occupants of the home are okay.

Ours is registered with the city of Yukon by GPS coordinates so they know where to dig.

 

[SlugSlinger]

We’ve got over 6” of rain since last night.

It was almost 3” this morning when I emptied the gauge and about 3.5” currently with some more storms in line heading this way.