Just Another Day Here

Four dead just north and a little bit east of where I live here in Omaha amongst many injured here in Omaha and in Iowa. I have never seen anything like this. Almost every single day (been quite rare to see a day without rain or tornados) there has been another storm blowing through here. There is a river in Iowa that broke it's record for being the deepest it has ever been (over 60ft deep and the last record was in 1851). The part that gets to me the most is I look outside and see lightning storms as if there was a strobe light outside and rotation in the clouds and there are people on top of their roofs looking at it.

Here is the news story of the one last night that blew through here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/us/13tornado.html?ref=us

EDIT: Here is a photo I snapped just as the storm was rolling in. Keep in mind it was only about 7:00 so it should be bright as day here. (No I was not on my roof or even outside)

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/CIMG0321.jpg

Interesting post SL and sorry to hear that. Stay safe.

BTW - You can send the rain my way less the tornadoes. We're in a drought and temps over 100 degrees on and off for the last two weeks.

I hate looking out the window and seeing that! Gives you such a helpless feeling! Stay safe!

Yeah, I try to do what I can to stay out of the way of the storms. In that one night, where I live, we got 6" of rain! To put that in perspective that is the equivalent to 6' of snow.....in one night. Everything he is just soaked. Sorry for the bad pic too. I have a really nice camera that was given to me for a gift, I just don't know how to use it (according to a buddy of mine that is a photograper anyway lol).

Ya. . . We just had a similar situation just west of me in Indiana! They got something like 10 inches of rain in two days! I feel bad for you and them! I hope all works out well for you guys! You deserve some nice sunny weather but unfortunately it is tornado season so good luck!

To anyone who thought I was joking about the title here is further proof. I had a minor tornado run through my neighborhood about 2 hours ago. I was stuck on the interstate with traffic at a stand still and my car feeling as if it were going to be flipped over. No sooner do I here on the radio that one tornado has been reported about 1/2 a mile from me. A person a couple cars in front of me had a sign post blast through his back window as I was just sitting there watching this all happen. I made it back to my place after parking a couple blocks down as I could not drive any further less my car be stalled in deep water. From there I hiked back to my place to get the camera and here was what I came up with. (all within about 1/8th mile of my place or closer, some right across the street)

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado064.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado065.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado067.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado070.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado073.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado074.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado075.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado076.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado077.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t60/SL3000gt/Tornado085.jpg

Since I did not have my camera with me at the time I was not able to take a picture of the storm rolling in before it hit Omaha, but someone I know was able to capture this pic just before it got into the city.

http://www.ink3s.org/pub/maverick/storm06272006.jpg

Since I did not have my camera with me at the time I was not able to take a picture of the storm rolling in before it hit Omaha, but someone I know was able to capture this pic just before it got into the city.

http://www.ink3s.org/pub/maverick/storm06272006.jpg

.....F THAT! when I see that, its go time boys! :uhoh:
What all did the storm screw up, as far as your stuff?

I think I would rather be anywhere on the planet than right below that thing!

Since I did not have my camera with me at the time I was not able to take a picture of the storm rolling in before it hit Omaha, but someone I know was able to capture this pic just before it got into the city.

http://www.ink3s.org/pub/maverick/storm06272006.jpg

Powerful picture.

Yeah, our place lost a ton of shingles, and left some hail damage on the side of the house. I saw some houses that looked like they had a drive-by shooting because there was so much hail that just busted straight through their siding. Many people were without power for about 4-5 days. Surprisingly only two died by having a tree fall on there car. I believe they were two teenagers.