Cincinnati weather 3/2/12

[coasterville95]

Well, every media outlet predicts real nasty tornado activity tonight. Schools, offices are closing early, churches are calling off fish fries, social activities are starting to be cancelled, such as Turfway Park calling off racing tonight.

So, how bad to you think it's really going to get?


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[GoMuskies]

Checked out the weather channel. Seems bad. I'll miss you all. Hope the Cintas Center remains standing and the Musketeers all survive.

Not often that those of us in Kansas are the ones safe from a tornado.

[BlueGuy]

When does Charlotte arrive? I hope this weather doesn't delay their arrival

[xavierj]

I am in Louisville and huge tornado just hit across the river in Indiana and supposedly took out a school that had kids in it. Henryville. Now another tornado is doing damage in Carrollton ky. Yikes.

[X-band '01]

The Weather Channel has a Tor:Con index of 8 for Cincinnati (meaning an 80% chance of a tornado within a 50-mile radius). North Central KY has an index of 10 and Eastern KY has an index of 9.

Northern KY is right under the gun now; I don't know yet if the sirens will go off here in Cincy proper.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Brian Kelly says it is safe to go on my roof.

[X-band '01]

Xavier has cancelled all evening classes and activities - we almost never see that outside of a snowstorm.

[X-band '01]

Brian Kelly and Notre Dame says it is safe to go on my roof.

Fixed that for you.

[paulxu]

I am in Louisville and huge tornado just hit across the river in Indiana and supposedly took out a school that had kids in it. Henryville. Now another tornado is doing damage in Carrollton ky. Yikes.

Damn. Be careful out there.

[coasterville95]

Cvg airport is closed, passengers and staff taken to basement shelters.

Mt st joe evacuating students off campus.

Storm sounds like it has reached the area near Hollywood Casino.


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[BBC 08]

Shit's about to get real here in Nashville. Really wish they'd send us home.

[GoMuskies]

Which side of Nashville? Weather Channel says the worst will be on the south side of Nashville.

[coasterville95]

Cintas Center has cancelled the high school basketball tournament games scheduled for tonight




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[BBC 08]

Which side of Nashville? Weather Channel says the worst will be on the south side of Nashville.

Heart of downtown.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

Who's up for sneaking on at Avon fields?

[GoMuskies]

Who's up for sneaking on at Avon fields?

Good idea. I might be able to hit a thousand yard drive today.

[JimmyTwoTimes37]

AP is reporting that a town in SE Indiana has been "Wiped out"

[paulxu]

Cincinnati.com is for crap reporting on whatever is going on up there.

They did say the bus driver who hit the news van got fired. She should have been promoted.

[xavierj]

AP is reporting that a town in SE Indiana has been "Wiped out"

That is what I was talking about. That is where it hit the school. Just about 15 miles or so north of Louisville. Called Henryville. Girl who works for me has family up there and she can't get a hold of anyone. Phones lines and cell towers are down in that area.

[GoMuskies]

Maryville is actually the wiped out city. Near Henryville.

[LadyMuskie]

We live very close to the river on the far west side of Hamilton County and the sky over northern Kentucky was frightening. Our sirens weren't going off, but we could hear NKY's sirens going off, so we went to the basement just in case it jumped the river. I hope everyone on here is okay, and all extended Xavier family members are okay too. The pictures of the tornado that touched down in Indiana are eye-opening. I think Hamilton County dodged a bullet today.

[Kahns Krazy]

I'm heading to Bockfest. There can't possibly be a safer building than those old beer tunnels, plus, I'll have beer.

[X-band '01]

The worst of it locally was going on from the airport eastward to Dry Ridge and southern Clermont County. Right now it's mostly heavy rain going on for the city of Cincinnati.

[LadyMuskie]

Yeah, Indiana and Kentucky took the most beating. Ohio got lucky. Channel 19 is saying there is a confirmed death from a tornado in Ripley County.

The sun is trying to peek through near the Ohio/Indiana border.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

In Oakley it just started raining frogs.

[LadyMuskie]

Man, that's not good. Watch out for locusts and also the deaths of the firstborns. Do you have lamb's blood?

[xavierj]

Yeah, Indiana and Kentucky took the most beating. Ohio got lucky. Channel 19 is saying there is a confirmed death from a tornado in Ripley County.

The sun is trying to peek through near the Ohio/Indiana border.

Now they are saying at least 4 killed in Ripley county.

[LadyMuskie]

They're now reporting a possible touchdown in Felicity near SR 125.

This was/is a serious storm. I think when the weather people make such big deals out of minor thunderstorms, people don't take these kinds of storms seriously, resulting in the kinds of deaths we're hearing about in Ripley County and possibly elsewhere.

The sun is out in full force here now.

[BiggieXU]

Which side of Nashville? Weather Channel says the worst will be on the south side of Nashville.
Got some crazy hail in southwest-ish Nashville. Around Vandy

[Tu 4 MVP]

I have an Uncle that lives in Belle Meade and he had a couple windows shatter from the hail.

[X-band '01]

Looks like the OVC is tipping off as normal down in Nashville; Murray State-TN Tech now underway.

[xeus]

the aftermath ...

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T3Fbz1sd3rzu3L6HVJqtEA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9aW5zZXQ7aD0zNDY7cT04NTt3PTUxMg--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/01a1b4ac40bacb06080f6a706700c1b3.jpg

[boozehound]

We got almost nothing downtown. It was weird to see all the damage everywhere when the downtown area got essentially nothing.

[Kahns Krazy]

They're now reporting a possible touchdown in Felicity near SR 125.

This was/is a serious storm. I think when the weather people make such big deals out of minor thunderstorms, people don't take these kinds of storms seriously, resulting in the kinds of deaths we're hearing about in Ripley County and possibly elsewhere.

The sun is out in full force here now.

The problem is that severe weather is very localized. I was in the heart of the warning zone all day and I didn't see much more than a sprinkle, so I view today as much ado about nothing.

[LadyMuskie]

Let's try this again since I first posted it in the beer thread. It's been a long day.

I don't think that a storm that took lives in several surrounding counties is much ado about nothing regardless of what I saw at my house. In my opinion, better safe than sorry. A friend on FB posted a picture of a phone bill from Pekin, Indiana that she found in her yard in Delhi after the storm. Another friend who lives in Western Hills posted a picture of a report card from a grade school in Marysville that she found in her yard. Our 85 year old neighbor told my husband that the last time he remembers debris from other states like this was from the 74 tornado. This was a serious storm and Hamilton County was very lucky to have escaped it unscathed.

[PM Thor]

Go to WCPO for the weirdest video of a sky you will ever see. The video shows a massive tornado, but the sky is literally lime green ahead of the storm. It's the color of seafoam, never, ever have I seen anything like it. Also, I live near Pleasant Ridge, we had paper and plastic debris in our yard after the storm, which wasn't close at all really.

Prayers for all the dead (which seems like there are quite a few), the injured and all those who lost homes and businesses today. Simply horrific.

[BiggieXU]

I have an Uncle that lives in Belle Meade and he had a couple windows shatter from the hail.
Yikes, there are tiny dents all over my car, but not much else in terms of damage.

[Fred Garvin 2.0]

I'm near Oakley square and I had debris in my yard originating at Kahn's palace in Hyde Park. Lot of Nordstrom bills, his BMW lease, bill from Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse. Really smug debris. I mean this debris didn't think its shyt smelled.

[KabeX]

Let's try this again since I first posted it in the beer thread. It's been a long day.

I don't think that a storm that took lives in several surrounding counties is much ado about nothing regardless of what I saw at my house. In my opinion, better safe than sorry. A friend on FB posted a picture of a phone bill from Pekin, Indiana that she found in her yard in Delhi after the storm. Another friend who lives in Western Hills posted a picture of a report card from a grade school in Marysville that she found in her yard. Our 85 year old neighbor told my husband that the last time he remembers debris from other states like this was from the 74 tornado. This was a serious storm and Hamilton County was very lucky to have escaped it unscathed.

Amen. I'm sure many here are not old enough to remember the 74 outbreak. April 3rd. I was in 3rd grade. We lived in Ft. Mitchell and I remember seeing a tornado (for the first time) heading over towards Price Hill. Ironically I would live there 30 years later. Mother Nature can be very cruel. NEVER underestimate her. Prayers to all affected.

[xudash]

Good luck to everyone up there tonight.

It's one thing to sit through hurricane warnings. That's the point: at least you get plenty of warning with them.

Knowing that you have this kind of weather system brewing, but not knowing where or how badly it may hit is tough.

Be safe.

May the storms die out.

[stophorseabuse]

Reports are that the tiny town of Moscow is completely gone. My family used to farm tobacco there. Hard to believe it is GONE.

[Porkopolis]

Reports are that the tiny town of Moscow is completely gone. My family used to farm tobacco there. Hard to believe it is GONE.

The pictures of Moscow are pretty unreal. The fact that the power plant used to be nuclear definitely gives one pause.

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20120303/CINCI/120303001/-s-leveled-Devastation-from-Kentucky-Ohio?odyssey=mod|defcon|img|FRONTPAGE

[coasterville95]

I thought I heard the Zimmer plant is fine, but 80% of Moscow is gone.

Speaking of - I had 700 on in the car last night (after the storm had passes Cincinnati) and Lance wasn't in the mood to talk sports, and rightfully so, so he turned the topic of Sports Talk to the storm. Anyway, they had one guy call in, I want to say from Moscow but I'm not sure. Tragic story of a man who claims he helplessly watched the house containing his two parents get flattened. Wow, what a tragedy if true. Where is that thread on Perspective?

Same guy said there were dogs and cats floating in the Ohio River. The only thing is I haven't heard any of this from a legit news source. I mean, it is a sad sad tragedy for him if true, but if he was just yanking Lance's chain, right after a huge tragedy, that's just sick and twisted. Other thing about that call that was interesting, you know how they will introduce a caller as "Joe on a Cell Phone", harkening back to the days when that was actually rare but now everybody and their brother has one. They introduced this guy as "____ on a Pay Phone" Now, THAT's getting rare. Can't remember the last time I used a pay phone.

[Porkopolis]

Other thing about that call that was interesting, you know how they will introduce a caller as "Joe on a Cell Phone", harkening back to the days when that was actually rare but now everybody and their brother has one. They introduced this guy as "____ on a Pay Phone" Now, THAT's getting rare. Can't remember the last time I used a pay phone.

Wow, that is interesting. On a related note my cell service (Credo Mobile using the Sprint Network) was down for a bit last night which never happens. When it came back the network was completely useless for a few hours. One of the few times I've wished I still had a land line.

[Kahns Krazy]

Let's try this again since I first posted it in the beer thread. It's been a long day.

I don't think that a storm that took lives in several surrounding counties is much ado about nothing regardless of what I saw at my house. In my opinion, better safe than sorry..

Yeah, I didn't say that right. I don't think the storm was much ado about nothing, and I agree about better safe than sorry. The problem with people becoming desensitized to warnings stems from the fact 99% of people in the warning area won't see any damage.

There was a brief press conference with the Governor of Indiana on tv this morning. If that guy were running for president, I'd vote for him. It was a very genuine, heartfelt interview.

[paulxu]

Have absolutely NO idea why you would stand under a funnel cloud trying to organize itself and film it (while praying), but the footage of the cloud is fascinating:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t1#/video/bestoftv/2012/03/03/vo-nat-west-liberty-tornado-prayers.cnn

[Cincypunk.org]

Have absolutely NO idea why you would stand under a funnel cloud trying to organize itself and film it (while praying), but the footage of the cloud is fascinating:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t1#/video/bestoftv/2012/03/03/vo-nat-west-liberty-tornado-prayers.cnn

That woman is a nutjob. Very cool video though.

[Porkopolis]

That woman is a nutjob. Very cool video though.

I agree. Excellent footage, but I think I would have been hitting the shelter right about then.

[XULucho27]

Have absolutely NO idea why you would stand under a funnel cloud trying to organize itself and film it (while praying), but the footage of the cloud is fascinating:

Most likely because they actually believed they could "pray away" the tornado.

I'm all for letting people believe what they will, but damn, get to safety! It doesn't make any sense, logically, to stand and just yell at the sky, hoping it all goes away.

I really hope that they didn't have any children with them at that time. If/When you see the sky starting to swirl, get your ass into the safest place possible, you can pray in "tongues" to heart's content from there.

edit: cincy and pork beat me to it.

[GoMuskies]

Have absolutely NO idea why you would stand under a funnel cloud trying to organize itself and film it (while praying), but the footage of the cloud is fascinating:

http://www.cnn.com/video/?hpt=hp_t1#/video/bestoftv/2012/03/03/vo-nat-west-liberty-tornado-prayers.cnn

I hope the snake she was handling wasn't injured.

[stophorseabuse]

I thought I heard the Zimmer plant is fine, but 80% of Moscow is gone.

Speaking of - I had 700 on in the car last night (after the storm had passes Cincinnati) and Lance wasn't in the mood to talk sports, and rightfully so, so he turned the topic of Sports Talk to the storm. Anyway, they had one guy call in, I want to say from Moscow but I'm not sure. Tragic story of a man who claims he helplessly watched the house containing his two parents get flattened. Wow, what a tragedy if true. Where is that thread on Perspective?

Same guy said there were dogs and cats floating in the Ohio River. The only thing is I haven't heard any of this from a legit news source. I mean, it is a sad sad tragedy for him if true, but if he was just yanking Lance's chain, right after a huge tragedy, that's just sick and twisted. Other thing about that call that was interesting, you know how they will introduce a caller as "Joe on a Cell Phone", harkening back to the days when that was actually rare but now everybody and their brother has one. They introduced this guy as "____ on a Pay Phone" Now, THAT's getting rare. Can't remember the last time I used a pay phone.

I have heard from a couple people that Moscow has a worse situation than has been reported in the media. Of course, as soon as there is a disaster, people start to exagerate. I did not realize that plant was nuke. That is a bit chilling.

[Jumpy]

I have heard from a couple people that Moscow has a worse situation than has been reported in the media. Of course, as soon as there is a disaster, people start to exagerate. I did not realize that plant was nuke. That is a bit chilling.

It's not nuclear, and I'm pretty sure it never was. It was built to be a nuclear plant but never got the government approval needed to go live so they retrofitted it to be a coal plant. It's always been a joke around that area that it is the worlds most expensive coal plant.

Back on topic, I found two pages of a paperback novel in my backyard last night. Can't prove they were tornado debris, but I'm not sure how they would have gotten there otherwise. Those of us in Hamilton county lucked out big time. That was a monster tornado that ripped all the way through three states and took many lives. It's always humbling when mother nature decides to remind us who's boss.

[Porkopolis]

It's not nuclear, and I'm pretty sure it never was. It was built to be a nuclear plant but never got the government approval needed to go live so they retrofitted it to be a coal plant. It's always been a joke around that area that it is the worlds most expensive coal plant.

Back on topic, I found two pages of a paperback novel in my backyard last night. Can't prove they were tornado debris, but I'm not sure how they would have gotten there otherwise. Those of us in Hamilton county lucked out big time. That was a monster tornado that ripped all the way through three states and took many lives. It's always humbling when mother nature decides to remind us who's boss.

You are correct about the plant's history; it was a disaster from the outset: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1717

As for debris, I live in a high rise and had my windows pelted with several odd bits of debris. I've lived here several years and have never seen that happen. We got very lucky indeed.