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I took meteorology this semester. I don't remember much, but I'm pretty sure f-5 no longer exists and they changed how to determine sizes recently. But I am not positive
 
Just talked to my father, he asked if I had any clothes that would fit him to bring them. He currently has nothing. :sad:
 
cytech said:
raw video on WHO TV - Des Moines: Home - News, Weather, Sports and Election coverage for Central Iowa, Des Moines, West Des Moines, Ames, Ankeny, Clive, Indianola, Marshalltown, Norwalk, Urbandale and Windsor Heights. shows alot more damage that is just amazing and saddening at the same time.
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Wow I just checked that footage and that really sucks. Our prayers are for all the people losing material possessions but especially for the families of the 3 fatalities so far.:sad:
 
I was just thinking....Who is in charge of turning on the sirens for each town? Are they hooked up to the NWS and they trigger the siren for people to take shelter?
 
HandSanitizer said:
I was just thinking....Who is in charge of turning on the sirens for each town? Are they hooked up to the NWS and they trigger the siren for people to take shelter?
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I'm not sure who's responsible for that. Its really amazing looking at that footage that more people weren't hurt.
 
The NWS doesn't trigger any sirens they just issue the warnings. Usually it is the sherrif/police department responsible for triggering the sirens based on the warnings. also remember that the sirens are designed to warn people outside and are not intended to be relied upon inside the home. That's why there are television warnings and weather radios.

Hopefully now people realize how asinine it is to complain about tv stations interrupting programming to bring severe weather warnings. It's always important to someone.
 
FYI - Tornado size does not necessarily correlate to tornado intensity. Therefore, an EF-5 tornado might only be a few houses wide, but could be a mile wide, as what occurred last year in Greensburg, KS. Similarly, you could have a mile-wide tornado that is weak. However, larger tornadoes have a more broad damage path and therefore cause much destruction - but it doesn't mean how strong it was.
 
Wx4Cy said:
The NWS doesn't trigger any sirens they just issue the warnings. Usually it is the sherrif/police department responsible for triggering the sirens based on the warnings. also remember that the sirens are designed to warn people outside and are not intended to be relied upon inside the home. That's why there are television warnings and weather radios.

Hopefully now people realize how asinine it is to complain about tv stations interrupting programming to bring severe weather warnings. It's always important to someone.
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Touche......
 
Yeah... I remember that thread.... Its a very good thing to have and it does save lives. Weather warnings aren't just to p### people off that have HD. It does save lives.
 
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bellzisu said:
Yeah... I remember that thread.... Its a very good thing to have and it does save lives. Weather warnings aren't just to **** people that have HD off. It does save lives.
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I've been critical of it on this board, and in conversations with people in person. Not so much that it interrupts my TV viewing, but it has seemed meaningless to me when it was in an area of the state that probably didn't receive that station's signal.

That seemed logical, until one realizes that people in this part of the state know people in that part, and they just might want to know what's happening. Or people travel. Or more reasons that I'm not thinking of right now.

So, long story short, I've looked at it wrong many, many times.:sad:
 
My aunt lost her life in the Parkersburg tornado this afternoon, my uncle is in critical condition in Iowa City hospitals....unbelievable.
 
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