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SluggerWx

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  1. This is not a met perspective. F5 in the 1970s is to '_____' on the Enhanced Fujita scale? How much knowledge did those folks surveying damage in 1974 have compared to what they have now? In every industry, we are light years ahead of where we were in 1974. To say an F5 tornado in the 70s has any relevance to how a tornado is rated today (if comparing intensities), is short-sighted - and irrelevant. I would think the met point of view here would actually argue opposite your point. Unless you can run a GRLevelx scan of the 74 outbreak using today's Doppler's and computer technology, and THEN go survey the damage with homes built exactly the same, from the same building materials...Why even bring up the Fujita intensity rating of something that happened over 35 years ago and relate it to how well the two systems stack-rank met-wise against one another?
  2. All... I'm seeing a lot of slaps with debris surrounding a barren slab in the Cartersville, GA aerial damage surveys... http://www.myfoxatla...-20110427-am-sd Can someone with a little more professional POV on EF-intensity/scale give a hypothesis surrounding projected EF-scale for the Cartersville tornado? This is far worse damage than Murfreesboro, TN (rated EF-4) because JUST the slab remains on many of these homes.... Probably not as wide as Greensburg (maybe so), but definitely the same 'slab only' profile with some of the damage I'm seeing at the above link.
  3. Good morning all... I compiled the below list last night for everyone's reference... Tuscaloosa: http://vimeo.com/22970879 Tuscaloosa http://www.twitvid.com/93O7M http://www.twitvid.com/4W6PU Birmingham: Cullman County http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U1asLiDYB0&feature=player_embedded MS [/url]MS: Arkansas: Chatt, TN:
  4. All - Georgia usually delays their reports somewhat... You're going to see a significant number of tornadoes 20-40 added to these totals. I assume we'll also see the same case with fatalities. I will go to sleep now and pray I'm wrong...unfortunately scanner radio reports this evening over GA tell me I have a lot of praying to go do.
  5. Is the cell near Union, West Virginia still producing (question 1)? QUESTION 2: IS THIS THE SAME CELL THAT HIT CATOOSA, GA??? What's the longest track on record? This would double it, I'm thinking? Or, do we think the Tusc, Birm, Rome, Jasper (now into VA) cell retained it's track? Just an observation.
  6. There were more textbook strong tornadoes on RADAR today that lived FOREVER, in my opinion, than one can imagine. It's like there were 8-12 'Yazoo City' tornadoes in one day.
  7. Here's a webcam from the Brasstown Bald observatory...Brasstown is the highest point in Georgia. http://www.fs.usda.g...0Forest-%20Home This is pretty epic watching this webcam because I know there are very sparsely populated beautiful mountains here. This is where tornadoes should hit if they must hit somewhere. Can anyone screen cap anything they can make out on the cam?
  8. I played 2 years of baseball at Young Harris (between Hiawassee and Blairsville below), but I still hold this part of northern GA close to my heart... Missed YHC, but this thing might be nailing 'Brasstown Bald.' I imagine the observatory at brasstown bald is going to be no more.. This thing is tracking right at Western Carolina University within about an hour- 1 1/2 hours.
  9. Touchdown on HWY 140 (Bartow Co) just now. Heading into Northwestern Cherokee, then to pickens/dawson. Confirmed per Scanner Radio. Then I heard the tragic...coroner is in route. This is all breaking right now in Bartow as that cell just passed through.
  10. They are searching a street half a block away from Ringold High School because houses are leveled.
  11. 3 Fatalities on Catoosa scanner ...just relayed on scanner. 3 confirmed 10-109D's. This is a nightmare.
  12. All...GA radio has the Catoosa Hotel being on exit 348, which is Ringold, which is populated. Google Maps tells us this is a Super 8, Holiday Inn Express or the Baymont Inn and Suites... Restaurants were also mentioned with the term 'leveled.' Praying.
  13. Three story hotel in Catoosa County, GA 'collapsed.' Per WSBTV.
  14. Wow. Please be safe and miss Reinhardt (univ.)!!!! This is scary, about 5 minutes old but here's what it looked like sorry for the transparency... to my desktop!
  15. Glenn Burns in ATL says a storm in Anniston, AL has a BTI of 9.9 out of 10? http://www.wsbtv.com/video/27695563/index.html
  16. All, am I the only one seeing that vertical line in Eastern AL continuing to separate discretely as it roars towards Atlanta?
  17. Line on the eastern side of AL about to move into GA looks like a nightmare scenario for metro ATL if they continue to migrate discretely instead of forming a line.
  18. Hackelburg, AL councilman is very shaken up live on air. This is tragic. Says his whole town is leveled or destroyed.
  19. John Brown on SevereStudios looks to have just headed for shelter.
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