tornadoes

[Uncle Pug]

I was certainly relieved to see certain posters back on board after the news about all the deaths from tornadoes in the US recently: 16 in Tennessee, 10 in Alabama and five in Ohio and 1 each in Pennsylvania and Mississippi.

Hope all of you faired well... it is obvious that many didn't.

 

[Epinephelus]

The front still has not cleared the coast and the severe storms are marching through Georgia.
Pray no more are killed by this system.
1430 CST update... they're still clobbering Georgia... bad... and I hear there are still up to a hundred folks unaccounted for in Tennessee.
E. niveatus

 

[ckharlan66]

I too pray for all those in the path. I hope those on the board who were in the path will post and let us know that they are OK.

Chad

 

[Dee]

I was just reading about the storms and tornados. My prayers go out to all those families.

Hope everyone is OK.

 

[Aquamaniac]

4 hours in the basement last night with a 13 month old baby and a screaming air raid siren just 1 block from my house.

Not the best of fun, but after seeing the news, I felt it better to be safe than sorry, and Its all new to me, the siren scared the dickens out of me!!!

Best wishes to everyone effected, sympathies to those who lost.

 

[Uncle Pug]

There are those who view message boards with contempt... even this one... (and I suppose that some MBs probably should be viewed with contempt)... but to say that this is just the internet and that it isn't *real* is waaaaay wrong.

Having had the pleasure of meeting with and diving with many folks from this board... and an even greater number just corresponding without having met face to face (yet).... I do feel a sense of community here.

When we have natural disasters that effect areas where members live it brings the concern home... it is more that *just the evening news.*

The recent tornadoes here in the US... the diving accident in England with Paul... they effect me... and that is good... it tells me something about myself... and something about this board.

There are a few posters here who will never understand that... but the vast majority do... and for that I am glad.

BTW: I am thankful you and your family are safe Dave.

 

[Dxtreme]

thank god that we missed it. it was all over on our north, south, east and west !!

 

[Aquamaniac]

Some very good points there UP.

I think the world is changing rapidly, and we are having to adapt on a more regular basis.
The internet has changed the way we do things, we rely on the net more and more often. As a result I think that we have spawned a new type of community.
There are those who say "chat rooms"and "boards" are counter-productive.
I argue that intensly.
As a foreigner in a new country, with new laws and customs (like DIR ). I rely on the net, and boards like this for many reasons, none the least to have a community and a group of peers I can talk/argue and bounce ideas off.

 

[k4sdi]

Aquamaniac once bubbled...
4 hours in the basement last night with a 13 month old baby and a screaming air raid siren just 1 block from my house.

Not the best of fun, but after seeing the news, I felt it better to be safe than sorry, and Its all new to me, the siren scared the dickens out of me!!!

Best wishes to everyone effected, sympathies to those who lost.

Be thankful for those sirens. I work in Emergency Management for our county here, and its like pulling teeth to get those things! They only cost about 4 grand a piece, but noooooooooo the county would rather spend that money on new sidewalks downtown!!!! Maybe this weekend will shock some people into letting loose of a little of that money and let us install a few more.

 

[plsander]

Sirens are good, but they are really designed to alert people who are outdoors. Though I can imagine how loud one must be one block away.

For alerts indoors, the weather alert radios are much better. Especially now that they have the "Specific Area Message Encoding"(SAME) recievers that can be programmed to only go off for alerts in certain counties.

Or you can go all out and get trained as a weather spotter...

-- Peter Sanders, kb0fqd