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Old 12-10-2008, 08:06 AM
 
Location: Raleigh
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newsobserver.com | Tornadoes possible tonight, tomorrow (http://www.newsobserver.com/weather/stories/story/1328308.html - broken link)
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:29 AM
 
Location: Cary, NC
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newsobserver.com | Tornadoes possible tonight, tomorrow (http://www.newsobserver.com/weather/stories/story/1328308.html - broken link)
Balmy weather in the winter always creates the opportunity for violent weather when there is an abrupt shift back to the norm.
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:31 AM
 
Location: Wake Forest
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Let's hope not!!!! This isn't Kansas anymore Auntie M! But in all seriousness I hope not but it sure looks like a wild weather ride the next 36 to 48 hours! Stay tuned to your radio's!

Thanks for the warning!!!
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:33 AM
 
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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Uh oh. Stock up on bread! Fill your gas tank! Accumulate drinking water! Check that the generators are locked and loaded! And above all, batten down the hatches!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 12-10-2008, 08:37 AM
 
Location: The 12th State
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but wow I want to open the windows it feels so good outside
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Old 12-10-2008, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Raleigh
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Great day to stay in. Glad I am not going anywhere anyway not feeling good today.
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:51 AM
 
Location: Wake Forest
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but wow I want to open the windows it feels so good outside
Open! Open! Open those windows! Take the warm weather when you can get it!
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:05 AM
 
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Questions:

1. Where can you purchase a good weather radio?
2. Your sitting in your home, it's 3 am and it goes off. A tornado warning right in your specific area. What specifically do you do?

I asked my neighbor and he claims if the tornado warning is right on top of him, he actually gets in his vehcle and drives away. The advice I read states this is a bad idea. However, did you see thosestick built homes hit last month? Would not matter where in the house you were, anyone in those homes was dead. We don't have tornado basements in this area, so what do you personally do? So, It's 3 am, dark outside and you have a warning right smack on top of you, your move? Cross fingers, pray, what do you do?
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Apex, NC
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Great I'm sure that means my wife will go into labor tomorrow, and I'll be forced to drive to the hospital in this crap.
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Old 12-10-2008, 11:25 AM
 
Location: Wake Forest, NC
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Questions:

1. Where can you purchase a good weather radio?
2. Your sitting in your home, it's 3 am and it goes off. A tornado warning right in your specific area. What specifically do you do?

I asked my neighbor and he claims if the tornado warning is right on top of him, he actually gets in his vehcle and drives away. The advice I read states this is a bad idea. However, did you see thosestick built homes hit last month? Would not matter where in the house you were, anyone in those homes was dead. We don't have tornado basements in this area, so what do you personally do? So, It's 3 am, dark outside and you have a warning right smack on top of you, your move? Cross fingers, pray, what do you do?
First, we check the radar to see if we're in the path of the storm. If that isn't possible we go immediately downstairs to the center room of our house, the 1/2 bath. Thankfully, we've never had to do this, but we have often gotten up to check the radar (as Wake County is large and a general tornado warning for the county may mean the storm path is no where near our home).
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