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Octobomb anniversary thread


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Got one of my two home county tornado warnings that morning. With the other one being in November, wouldn't of thought that lol

That outbreak was pretty special in a way. I really can't remember that many tornadoes in this region at that time of day.

Edit: quick check and there were like 30 tornadoes between 4 AM and noon in IL/IN/OH/KY

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For a non-winter storm, there sure was a ton of hype outside of the usual weather geek world for this. So much so that we got let out of school early... Even though the front had already passed :P. Of course it ended up being nothing more then a shower, so people figured this crazy storm must still be heading for us...

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  • 1 month later...

I was at a casino in the eastern UP aka bay mills resort... when the line of tstorms came through that afternoon, it must have gusted over 60mph with just a few lightning flashes, I watched some roof tiles fly off then. then it was on to the fun with the winds increasing up to 40mph or so sustained, larger gusts, the casino lost power 4x or more during the day, it was nerdy fun to watch the slot machines reset when they show you what software / operating system etc they are running on boot text... the next morning it was gusting like crazy, I went 30 miles to the west in the shallowest and warmest lake superior swimming spot that exists in michigan.. I had to drive under one hanging power line... when I got to to the shallow swimming spot, I went out 250ft or so into the lake (massive sandbars in the shallow spot with the wind blowing the water out).. the wind gusts were insane the trees were bending hard, I had to hold my winter hat on my head or it would have flown away. I'd estimate 60mph or more gusts while out in the lake, after that I decided to take the shortcut trail back to the hotel... I had to drive under and over a few downed pine trees just to get back. A day or so later when I returned home it seemed like almost 10% of all trees were broken or near the roadway.. great fun overall, I took some roof tiles home as a storm trophy lol...

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