Tornadoes All around

[ordnance11]

This was the tornado that hit Birmingham


The biggest concern right now is search and rescue. That and restoring power.
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Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[HoagieOfDoom]

Holy crap. I can't tell from the image, did it hit the city proper or skirt the outside? And what's the damage like so far?

[ordnance11]

It hit the outskirts of Birmingham. Pratt City to be precise. As for the damage...easier to show you.


__________________
Into terror!,  Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell

[robkelk]

We didn't get hit that badly in Ottawa - the winds were (barely) a few mph too slow to be a gale, and there were no twisters. The city did, however, lose more power poles than we lost in the Great Ice Storm of 1998, and parts of the city are likely to be without power until the middle of the weekend. The worst reported casualty was a woman who had both of her legs crushed by a falling tree - her employer has organized a fund-raiser for her medical bills next week.

(And the place where I live lost two pine trees, but they're relatively easy to replace around here.)

We got off lucky, in comparison.
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Rob Kelk
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them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
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- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Black Aeronaut]

Had a few Tornado Warnings where I'm at in Maryland. It got my blood going a bit - A watch is just that: a watch... but a warning that there is a twister on the ground where you live... Yikes.

[Dartz]

http://www.ibtimes.com/ar...ado-satellite-images.htm

Tornado tracks from space.
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