Today Is Going To Be Fun

"Matt Nichelson" (whoismatt) 02/23/2016 at 09:36 • Filed to: Weatherlopnik

1

30

See that pretty red blob? See how it cuts right through southern Mississippi? Yep, that’s where I live. From what I hear, Reed Timmer is on his way to our area in the Dominator. That is both awesome (he’s loud and obnoxious, but he’s my hero when it comes to storm chasing because he knows his shit) and a bit nerve wracking (he wouldn’t be coming here just to visit). If my next post comes from up in a tree, y’all will know why!

EL_ULY > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:40

0

dude be careful in that. Please report back as soon as all that passes by. All OPPO peeps in the area!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:42

0

Well at least it isn't pink. That is worse according to the legend right?

CB > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:43

0

Apparently that’s headed our way, too. 18 centimetres of snow and 15 millimetres of rain are expected over the next few days.

Stay safe!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:43

0

I’m right there with you. Something windy this way comes....

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:45

0

I’m supposed to get some weather coming my way, but nothing that serious I don’t think.

450X_FTW > CB 02/23/2016 at 09:48

2

that’s, that’s like 22 feet of snow and 9 feet of rain! Get out of there while you can!!

Matt Nichelson > EL_ULY 02/23/2016 at 09:48

0

Careful? Hell if I didn’t have to work I would be out chasing too! I understand though and thanks for looking out. Will do.

Matt Nichelson > CB 02/23/2016 at 09:49

1

Fun times huh? Will do. Same for you.

Matt Nichelson > 450X_FTW 02/23/2016 at 09:50

0

Lol! Nah that isn’t snow, that is severe weather. Strong chance of tornadoes today.

Matt Nichelson > TheRealBicycleBuck 02/23/2016 at 09:51

0

Indeed. Stay safe. They are saying things will pop off around 2pm cst for us.

Matt Nichelson > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 02/23/2016 at 09:52

1

Indeed. Pink pretty much means “yeah, hope you weren’t needing your stuff anymore, or your car, or your house...."

Matt Nichelson > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/23/2016 at 09:54

0

Could get interesting. A little over 3 years ago we had an EF4 go right through the middle of town. Thankfully nobody was killed.

450X_FTW > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 09:55

0

Put a spoiler on your house. If race cars have shown me anything it is that if you have a spoiler it’ll keep the car on the ground. Sure that is true for houses as well?

jariten1781 > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 02/23/2016 at 09:57

1

Pinks are super rare. They mean >60% chance of multiple long track tornados or consistent hurricane force land based winds. Only a couple days a year will they show up on the map. Red is still nasty.

Master Cylinder > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 10:05

0

Looks nasty, stay safe down there. I think that’s the same system that’s causing everyone to freak out up here for Wednesday-Thursday, but it’s just supposed to be ice and snow by then, which I greatly prefer to tornadoes.

Hope the worst of it passes you by!

TheRealBicycleBuck > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 10:06

0

Between 11:30 and noon over here. We’ve already battened down the hatches in anticipation of the wind. They closed all the schools in the area. A few years ago, a tornado narrowly missed a local school about a block from my house. It destroyed a house across the street from the school, jumped over the school, then came down in our neighborhood, destroying three houses and damaging five others, including mine. I found out when the security company called and said that both the smoke/fire and the perimeter alarms were going off. I had to park at the school and walk in due to all the trees being down.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > CB 02/23/2016 at 10:18

0

Kinja needs a freedom units converting bot lol

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 10:19

0

Figured as much. I don’t know what "real" storms are like. Your regular storms down there probably make Hurricane Sandy look like a joke.

Matt Nichelson > 450X_FTW 02/23/2016 at 10:42

0

Yep. Really need to keep my house grounded to the ground.

Matt Nichelson > jariten1781 02/23/2016 at 10:44

0

Indeed. We got pink when that EF 4 went through the middle of town in 2013.

Matt Nichelson > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 02/23/2016 at 10:46

1

As bad as Sandy was, trust me, ya don’t wanna know. I hope i never have to go through another Katrina again.

Matt Nichelson > TheRealBicycleBuck 02/23/2016 at 10:49

0

Yeah they are closing schools here around 12 to 1. I am glad that they are taking better precautions now as opposed to when I was a kid.

Damn that is crazy. At least your place was spared.

Matt Nichelson > Master Cylinder 02/23/2016 at 10:50

0

Yep, same one. Yeah hopefully y’all won’t get what they say we might get. Thanks! Hopefully nothing too bad will happen but we shall see.

CB > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 02/23/2016 at 11:08

0

About six inches of snow and 3/5ths of an inch of rain.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 11:19

0

Well... That’s just the weather down here isn’t it.

TheRealBicycleBuck > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 12:14

1

We were on the edge of the tornado and it came from the back of the property, so the back of the house caught the brunt of it. I had to replace part of the fence, a couple of the posts supporting the back porch, a window, all of the siding on the back of the house (the rest is brick), a bunch of facia board trim, and my garage door.

One of the destroyed houses was clobbered by a really big tree.

The other two lost most of their roofs. The one below was punctured by a flying branch, giving the wind access to the attic.

One of the older homes around the corner was left with nothing but walls.

I was lucky. Our damage was relatively minor. The guy next door to me lost one small piece of facia trim. The next house down the street had no damage at all.

The strangest stories were from the house below. That truck was parked in the driveway when the tornado hit. The wind blew it into his yard. See that smashed garage door? A branch hit it, letting the wind into the garage. His wife’s car was rotated 45° inside the garage.

Matt Nichelson > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 02/23/2016 at 12:40

0

Pretty much. We get bad weather every month of the year. Fun times.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 12:40

0

Yeah things like Katrina are why I didn’t understand what made people freak out about Sandy. Sure some people lost their homes and that is bad. But during something like Katrina, people lost much more than that. People are not nearly as replaceable as homes and cars are!

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > CB 02/23/2016 at 12:42

0

Thank you kind sir. I actually wish the US would just convert to Metric. It makes a lot more sense for everyone to be on the same standards, global economy and all that. Dealing with imperial units in engineering problems is the worst..

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Matt Nichelson 02/23/2016 at 13:42

0

Yep.