We've missed the worst of it Dan. The same storms that did so much damage around OKC twice made their way here. The second set caught me out on the bike camping but I was up and safe. We got a little new damage in the area but it was minimal.
The unusual aspect of storms inbound is the "new normal" that is part of the area. After our big one a couple years the reactions to storms are far more pronounced. Even before we knew of the level of damage that had happened in the OKC area there were already preparations we'd not have seen before. Severe thunderstorms inbound have businesses closing early and people head to home or wherever it is they feel safe. Kids and grownups are fearful.
My niece is frightened of thunderstorms now. If there's a bad storm coming she wants to be here and in the basement. The area of the basement under the garage is built as a civil defense level shelter. And she knows exactly how thick the 10" reinforced concrete walls are, how much steel is in the ceiling and how thick is the reinforced concrete on top of the steel. She can draw it out. I can appreciate the proactivity of it all but it's sad seeing such a fearful community reaction.
Living in Michigan all my life, until '02, we had storms, but not like the St. Charles county area. We've had golf ball size hail several times and one time my wife and I were on I-70 heading east in St. Charles county and a hail storm hit. We were in my S-10 at about 65 mph. It sounded like the truck was going to fly apart, but not one dent. The median had the cement barriers and the hail was flowing down the freeway like water. Later that day we were caught again in a different hail storm, again no damage.
We typically have tornados within a few miles of our house several times each summer. I never knew weather was this bad in other places. Like you said, it goes with the area you live in.
What was it, a few years ago in the southern states across from Texas east, in the first part of the year they already had 30 some tornados and the yearly average was only around 10. That's just hard to believe.
Also, what's with most of the OK homes without basements? I can't believe that the water table is that high that basements cannot be used. But practically all the homes are without basements. My brother in-law moved to OK City area back in the 90's and he bought a newer home, again without a basement. He was from the Minnsnowda area and couldn't believe no basements.
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