Posted on 04/10/2009 9:18:25 AM PDT by janetjanet998
The real problem is people think they’ve been in big quakes, but they really haven’t.
There’s a reason you don’t need specific tornado insurance, but earthquake insurance is an enormous added cost.
In the long term, the number of deaths and amount of dollar damage from earthquakes in the US is going to make the same for tornadoes look like a joke. The problem is the quakes are going to be concentrated in a few catostrophic events, and we haven’t had those events yet.
The tornado went through the North side of Murfreesboro.
That is radio out of Murfreesboro, I believe they have a ‘listen live’ feature.
sitting here in Buckhead waiting on some “weather”... .
Yep. Imagine another series of 8.0 quakes along the New Madrid fault line - that would be far more devastating than another 8.0 akin to Ft. Tejon, give the energy would be transmitted through solid, unfractured rock for long distances. But the worst would be another 9.0 like they estimate happend off the coast of Washington back in 1700. Seattle would be obliterated and the tsunamis could be massive.
Shoot, I am supposed to be taking my daughter to see her favorite band, Sugarland, at Gwinnett Arena (just north of ATL) tonight at 7:30. Not good.
Just talked to my SIL. They are OK, no property damage. They are without electricity. They live in Thompson Place off Thompson Lane north of US-41. However, they saw the tornado touch down just a little north of them in the Primm Lane / Primm Estates. The storm also hit the Memorial Blvd (US 231) Osborne Lane area. Osborne Lane is north of State Farm on US 231. Cell phones are not working, but they were able to call on their land line.
They think the tornado touched down over on Medical Center Pkwy near The Avenue too, but info about that area is not as concrete at the moment.
looks like the tornadic weather from Murfreesboro is going north east toward Charlotte.
Could you be more specific as to a road etc that brother lives at.
We’re in the middle of it, now. Hope it passes, soon.
damage around the national Battle of Murfreesboro, Wilkenson drive or whatever.
They live on Pennington in Thompson Place. I’ve talked to them now. They saw the tornado touch down north of them and there is heavy damage north of them.
I am 10 miles north of the outbreak area. The sun is out and the energy has passed by. I-24 west is closed somewhere from the Medical Center pkw and Church exits.
Emergency personnel reported several houses were hit in the Compton Lane area after a violent storm ripped through Rutherford County between 12:30 and 1 p.m. today. The Penny Lane area seems to be hit hard.
A caller to The DNJ reported Huddleston Steel and the Shell on Broad are both completely leveled.
Emergency crews were setting up a command center at Haynes and
Sulphur Springs Drive where several house had been hit and power lines were down.
Power lines were down at Gresham Lane, and a gas leak at Bushnell Drive. Search and rescue was sent to that area.
Maricopia and Maya drives were reported hit.
Major gas leak reported 1718 Avon Road.
Longhorn Steakhouse at The Avenue has its customers taking cover in the restaurant’s bathrooms.
At Battleground Drive and Tomahawk a gas leak was reported.
And assistance was also called out for people in the Indian Creek area.
Police scanner reports houses “gone” in the Tomahawk Drive/Sulphur Springs area and that an elderly woman whose house was badly damaged on Riverview Drive was “missing.”
Several Houses were severely damaged at Maya and Maricopia, police reported.
Electricity was out at Khol’s on Cason Lane and Old Fort Parkway, and customers were huddled in the bedding department, according to reports.
DNJ Executive Editor Jimmy Hart on the scene reports there is bad damage at Westpark Drive and Wilkinson Pike.
Large gas leak was reported on Victoria.
Penny Lane area behind York VA Medical Center seems to be one of the hardest hit areas.
Numerous ambulances have been sent to the west side of town where trees are down and houses reported to be severely damaged.
A person was reported trapped off Haynes Drive with his or her house demolished, according to police scanner.
Another entrapment was reported at Cornwall.
Rescue workers requested that Wilkinson be shut down at Thompson Lane.
A Murfreesboro Fire Department fire fighter reports he was called in to work today to help with the emergencies. It’s the first time in his eight years on the job, he’s been called back in, he reported.
Thx, I am going to go put Weather Channel on and see where we are in relation to the predicted path of these storms. I hope I don’t have to tell her we can’t go.
Go! You’ll be fine. I wish I were going.
Thanks for the heads up.
WSMV reports multiple casualties in Blackman area. Some local news links are wsmv.com, newschannel5.com, and wkrn.com.
Well, they report they were told of multiple casualties in Blackman area
HIGH risk now
DAY 1 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0144 PM CDT FRI APR 10 2009
VALID 102000Z - 111200Z
...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING
OVER NERN AL...SERN TN AND NWRN GA...
...THERE IS A MDT RISK OF SVR TSTMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT OVER
PARTS OF MIDDLE AND ERN TN INTO NRN AND CNTRL PORTIONS OF AL/GA AND
EWD INTO THE WRN CAROLINAS...
...THERE IS A SLGT RISK OF SVR TSTMS FROM PARTS OF THE OH AND LOWER
MS VALLEYS EWD TO THE CAROLINAS COASTS...
..TN VALLEY INTO NRN PARTS OF AL/GA
AN OUTBREAK OF SUPERCELLS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY
STRONG...LONG-TRACKED TORNADOES IS UNDERWAY TODAY ACROSS PARTS OF
KY/MIDDLE TN INTO NWRN AL. LATEST MESOANALYSIS INDICATES PRIMARY
SURFACE LOW W OF HOP WHICH WILL CONTINUE ENEWD TOWARD THE MID
ATLANTIC COAST BY SATURDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...RESIDUAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY/EFFECTIVE WARM FRONT IS RAPIDLY LIFTING NWD WITH THIS
FEATURE EXTENDING FROM INTERSECTION WITH ONGOING CONVECTION OVER SRN
MIDDLE TN E-SEWD THROUGH NRN GA INTO NRN SC.
WHILE SURFACE WINDS HAVE VEERED TO MORE SWLY IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF
ONGOING SUPERCELLS FROM NERN MS INTO NWRN AL...A CORRIDOR OF
PRESSURE FALLS ALONG RETREATING WARM FRONT OVER SRN MIDDLE TN INTO
NERN AL IS MAINTAINING MORE SLY BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW FARTHER TO THE
E. RESULTANT HODOGRAPH FROM HUNTSVILLE AL INDICATES A STRONGLY
SHEARED KINEMATIC ENVIRONMENT WITH 30-35 KT OF 0-1 KM SHEAR AND
60-70 KT OF BULK SHEAR IN THE LOWEST 6 KM. THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH
THE VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES...SUFFICIENT BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE AND
FAVORABLY LOW LCL/LFC HEIGHTS INDICATE A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTLY
TORNADIC SUPERCELLS ACROSS SRN MIDDLE AND SERN TN INTO NRN PARTS OF
AL INTO NWRN GA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON INTO EVENING. IN ADDITION TO
THE TORNADO THREAT...VERY LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE
STORMS.
FOR ADDITIONAL SHORT TERM GUIDANCE ON THIS AREA...SEE MCD 430.
REMAINING TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL ASPECTS OF DAY ONE PERIOD REMAIN WELL
HANDLED IN THE 1630Z OUTLOOK.
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