How's everybody in Texas

Rajun Gardener · February 20, 2017

I woke up to the news of tornadoes in San Antonio. It seems like it's always at night when this happens and most people don't have a warning.

I hope everyone made it through without major damages.

ArcherB · February 20, 2017

I think there was plenty of warning unless you are a very heavy sleeper. If the series of alerts coming over every device in the house didn't wake you up, the bright flashes of lightening and booming thunder woke you.
We had 70 mph wind *without* a tornado, but no damage that I'm aware of.

AlittleSalt · February 20, 2017

We had an inch of rain here. No bad weather.

Down_South · February 20, 2017

Big time wind. I was a little worried about my Cleveland pair tree.

Two of my three tomatillo plants suffered broken limbs.

Worth1 · February 20, 2017

I woke up to a 155 MM Howitzer going off in my back yard, I never wake up to storms.

Worth

PhilaGardener · February 20, 2017

Hope no one got hit!

Worth1 · February 20, 2017

Got three inches of ran out of it.
Worth

Rajun Gardener · February 20, 2017

It drizzled a few times today but the bad stuff started about 15 minutes ago and it's moving so fast it should be past me in another 15 minutes. Check the radar, it's cruising
https://www.weatherforyou.com/report...clon=-92.01972

Worth1 · February 20, 2017

I know one thing the sun cant go down fast enough.
I was messing with the lathe last night and lost track of time.

The next thing I know it is 3 hours past my bed time.

Then the storm woke me up and I felt like a dead dog this morning because the alarm woke me up.
The alarm NEVER wakes me up.
Worth

Starlight · February 20, 2017

Glad it seems our TX Tv folks are ok. Seen about the tornadoes on the news too and wondered about folks here.

Rajun... Seems like every time you turn around you guys getting lots and lots of rain. Stay safe. Coming this way later in the week.

Rajun Gardener · February 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Starlight

Glad it seems our TX Tv folks are ok. Seen about the tornadoes on the news too and wondered about folks here.

Rajun... Seems like every time you turn around you guys getting lots and lots of rain. Stay safe. Coming this way later in the week.

It might be there in the morning if it keeps moving East this fast, the hard stuff is past me now but it did drop enough rain to make the yard hold water and we still have a light drizzle.

dmforcier · February 20, 2017

Weather Underground is confusing. One box says no precip "yesterday", another shows 0.91". Lots of Sturm and Drang around 2pm.

That weatherforyou.com site is pretty decent. A lot more straightforward than wunderground.

Gardeneer · February 20, 2017

I use Weather Channel. It is pretty good most of the time.

Sleppy · February 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Rajun Gardener

I woke up to the news of tornadoes in San Antonio. It seems like it's always at night when this happens and most people don't have a warning.

I hope everyone made it through without major damages.

We have a Code Red program that texts and calls your phone with a weather warning. We get about a 15 minute warning most of the time.

Jimbotomateo · February 20, 2017

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Originally Posted by Sleppy

We have a Code Red program that texts and calls your phone with a weather warning. We get about a 15 minute warning most of the time.

Do people still have basements in the newer places or have they gotten away from that?

February 20, 2017	#1
Rajun Gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Tomato Cornhole Posts: 2,550	How's everybody in Texas I woke up to the news of tornadoes in San Antonio. It seems like it's always at night when this happens and most people don't have a warning. I hope everyone made it through without major damages.

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Down_South Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 93	Big time wind. I was a little worried about my Cleveland pair tree. Two of my three tomatillo plants suffered broken limbs. __________________ ~Aaron

February 20, 2017	#12
dmforcier Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,825	Weather Underground is confusing. One box says no precip "yesterday", another shows 0.91". Lots of Sturm and Drang around 2pm. That weatherforyou.com site is pretty decent. A lot more straightforward than wunderground. __________________ Stupidity got us into this mess. Why can't it get us out? - Will Rogers

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Gardeneer Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: NC - zone 8a - heat zone 7 Posts: 4,915	I use Weather Channel. It is pretty good most of the time. __________________ Gardeneer Happy Gardening !

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ArcherB Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin TX Posts: 200	I think there was plenty of warning unless you are a very heavy sleeper. If the series of alerts coming over every device in the house didn't wake you up, the bright flashes of lightening and booming thunder woke you. We had 70 mph wind without a tornado, but no damage that I'm aware of.

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	We had an inch of rain here. No bad weather.

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	I woke up to a 155 MM Howitzer going off in my back yard, I never wake up to storms. Worth

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PhilaGardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Near Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,940	Hope no one got hit!

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Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Glad it seems our TX Tv folks are ok. Seen about the tornadoes on the news too and wondered about folks here. Rajun... Seems like every time you turn around you guys getting lots and lots of rain. Stay safe. Coming this way later in the week.