Any storm damage?

[bigred1]

What really gets to me is the moment it starts raining they want you in your shelter. Amazing how people used to make it to their shelters without the help of an overweight meteorologist telling them to get into the shelter. Really ridiculous when the meteorologist doesn't know the streets and how they run. They flash an image which zips across the screen in 1/2 second and say "see this hook echo!!!???!!!" Or the meteorologist says the chase car is in Warr Acres when they are in Enid. Sad, the TV news has gotten way worse.

You really need to try the drinking game while tuning in.....after a few they're a hoot to watch.

 

[SoonerP226]

No damage, but I experienced something last night I've never experienced before.

I thought it was thundering, but when I stepped outside to have a look at the sky I could tell it wasn't thunder. It was wind noise, only the wind wasn't blowing on the surface. It was winds aloft, and they were roaring. Sounded like thunder, or a freight train, but it was constant. Kinda wild. Went back inside and in about 2-3 minutes it hit the Goldsby area 5-6 miles east of me. I really believe I was hearing a tornado that had not touched down yet. It was incredibly loud, but it only lasted for a short while.

That’s how I’ve most frequently heard the sound of a tornado described—like a freight train—so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that’s what you heard.

 

[SoonerP226]

What really gets to me is the moment it starts raining they want you in your shelter. Amazing how people used to make it to their shelters without the help of an overweight meteorologist telling them to get into the shelter. Really ridiculous when the meteorologist doesn't know the streets and how they run. They flash an image which zips across the screen in 1/2 second and say "see this hook echo!!!???!!!" Or the meteorologist says the chase car is in Warr Acres when they are in Enid. Sad, the TV news has gotten way worse.

When they’re telling you the chaser is in the wrong location, that’s on the guys in the control room. They have multiple chase teams out, and the folks on air don’t know whose feed is being shown unless the folks doing the switching tell them.

 

[jakeman]

That’s how I’ve most frequently heard the sound of a tornado described—like a freight train—so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that’s what you heard.

Me too, but no ****, it sounded like a train engine when they blow by ya. I mean it was missin’ the clackity clack of the wheels, and I never heard a whistle nor saw a funnel, but I expect if you were in the middle of one you might hear angels and see Jesus.

 

[kingfish]

You really need to try the drinking game while tuning in.....after a few they're a hoot to watch.

And play along with the storm spotter Bingo card.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

When they’re telling you the chaser is in the wrong location, that’s on the guys in the control room. They have multiple chase teams out, and the folks on air don’t know whose feed is being shown unless the folks doing the switching tell them.

So it's not just one idiot, it's a team of idiots. Heck, your smart phone can broadcast your location within 9 feet, why not show where the chase car is by a car icon superimposed on the map. If Doordash and Dominoes can do it, the news can do it too. Sorry, not trying to insult you if your in the business of new reporting. It appears that the goal is to scare the viewer when the storm starts, information has been moved way down the list.

 

[TerryMiller]

Here in the RV park south of OKC, we had some wind, some rain, and some hail, and some of that hail sounded like it was good sized. However, I wasn't inclined to look outside to see how big it looked. No damage that I could see anywhere.

Wife pulled up channel 9's weather on her cell phone and we kept up with where tornadoes were sighted. We generally just sit in the RV and listen to channel 9, and if it sounds like it is going to be close, then maybe we will go to the hidey-hole. In 54 years of marriage, we've maybe been to the hidey-hole on two occasions.

 

[Rustytigwire]

East Norman houses and out toward the lake has a good swath of trees down but it could have been a lot worse.

 

[ark-and-spark]

No damage but we did loose power for several hours.

 

[Mr.Glock]

Bummed for those that got hit. Glad ya’ll fared well!