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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 06:52 PM
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I REALLY hate being away from the farm when there's a tornado
watch. I'd much rather be sitting there in the middle of a storm than watching blotches of color moving along the computer monitor with as much as a 15 minute delay.
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BQueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:21 PM
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1. I know
It's not like you can do anything, but...the feeling of helplessness is worse when you're watching it from afar.

(watched F4 with mult vortices bear down on hometown/most of family from 30 miles away, terrifying and paralyzing)
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:24 PM
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2. Are you in WI? Super-cell moving thru now....
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:29 PM
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3. Yes, the cell is headed directly over the farm and a tornado on the ground
has been reported about 12 miles west...headed, well, you know where. I know it sounds crazy but I'd rather be there than watching it from a distance.
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Cyndee_Lou_Who Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:34 PM
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5. I understand - I am in North-Eastern Waukesha County.
I think it's heading right this way... :hi: neighbor!
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Reciprocity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:31 PM
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4. Sending, prayers, positive thoughts, and good vibes your way.
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:34 PM
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6. Farmer here too
We had a tornado hit our farm last year - sent two 150+ year old oaks crashing into the barns. Uprooted 3 more enormous oaks and laid them in a neat circle down in the lower paddock.

Scary as shit, but still glad I was there instead of anywhere else. Good luck getting through unscathed.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:38 PM
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8. Second tornado confirmed 5 miles southwest of me in Ft. Atkinson
Wishing this would get over. No point in calling the gas station to see exactly how the little hamlet of Helenville did (we don't have much in the way of business)
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Tsiyu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 09:49 PM
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20. Welcome to DU. riderinthestorm
:hi:
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:38 PM
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7. I hope it misses your farm and no one is hurt.
Keep us updated. :hug:
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:40 PM
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9. No injuries is the most important, but I've been on the farm since
'88. This is one of the closest rolls of the dice so far.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:44 PM
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10. Third tornado on the ground the ground 5 miles west of the farm
and reported growing stonger. This one is headed right toward the farm and unfortunately a couple thousand people in Jefferson between the storm and me!
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:54 PM
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11. Damn, do you have insurance?
We would have been devastated otherwise.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:01 PM
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13. Yeah, it's insured...another 15 minutes and I'll start calling neighbors
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riderinthestorm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:04 PM
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14. I'm sure you'll be fine
I mean, hell, what are the odds it will be your farm?

One thing though, if you are hit, the community really comes out to help. I've been to both Jefferson and Ft. Atkinson - lovely towns. Good luck. I'll be thinking of you tonight.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:09 PM
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16. Yeah, I know my farm is only 1/2 a mile square...and the buildings
are on a fraction of that. The anxiety is in the conditioned risk. When there is a supercell moving right over the top of the place the risk suddenly seems to become rather greater...
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 07:57 PM
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12. Oh, man.
You and the people in your town are in my thoughts. Sending tornado dissolving vibes your way.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:05 PM
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15. Yeah, I'm hoping for the thing to relax too.
15 miles to the southeast of the farm the folks are reporting debris (tar paper, etc) falling from a dead calm sky.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:16 PM
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17. The corner gas station says Helenville made it...
It's 3/4 of a mile from my house so I am assuming I came out OK.
Thanks for bearing with my anxieties.

I hope the same for the folks still in its path...
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Pithlet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:41 PM
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18. Soundsl like you're okay.
Thank goodness.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 08:48 PM
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19. Yeah, I feel lucky and relieved. I be back there late tomorrow
to see it for myself, and check on friends.
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