# My blood just went cold **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275 "2000-07-20T20:13:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/1 "2000-07-20T20:13:32Z")
There are reports of a tornado touching down about 5-7 miles from me…there is a tornado warning for our area till 3:00 then a tornado watch till 9:00 tonight… Gads – this kinda freaks ya out. \< eeeek – running to window to look south, south east \> ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/2 "2000-07-20T20:15:37Z")
Just make sure that damn dog is in the basement with you before you close the storm doors. ---
**Author:** ![KimKatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@KimKatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KimKatt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/3 "2000-07-20T20:17:25Z")
Is the sky green yet? Is there any hail yet? Tornado watches and warnings happen here in summer about once a week in a bad summer - we’ve only had two or three so far this year. Don’t forget to duck! ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/4 "2000-07-20T20:17:50Z")
tech, keep us updated. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/5 "2000-07-20T20:18:17Z")
And here I expected to open the thread to discover that your memory had just been sold, and that your angel was a centerfold. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/6 "2000-07-20T20:20:22Z")
Yep it already hailed. Not a bunch though. It’s been a while since I have been in a warning area (probably about 2 years) so it kinda scares me. The clouds are not moving much either, it’s kinda stalled over us. ---
**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/7 "2000-07-20T20:20:53Z")
Eeek… I hope you don’t have to go through that shit. I live in North Dallas, and I was here earlier this year when the tornado severely fucked up Fort Worth. Just think, if one more bird in Houston had farted that day, I’d probably be dead. 🙂 -Rob K. Martz ---
**Author:** ![FarrisGoldstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f17d59/32.png) [@FarrisGoldstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarrisGoldstein)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/8 "2000-07-20T20:22:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pldennison \* > \*\*And here I expected to open the thread to discover that your memory had just been sold, and that your angel was a centerfold. \*\* HAHA Christ, I wish I had thought of that… -Na na na-na na na… ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/9 "2000-07-20T20:30:24Z")
Yikes! Keep us posted. That sitting over the house thing doesn’t sound good. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![Ruffian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71e660/32.png) [@Ruffian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruffian)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/10 "2000-07-20T20:30:25Z")
Now I have that song in my head. Everybody, sing along! Na na na na na na, na na na na na na na na… ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/11 "2000-07-20T20:40:57Z")
I also live in tornado alley. I’ve seen 'em up close; I’ve slept through one passing less than 40 ft away. They _still_ terrify the \*#$@ out of me. Take cover and take care. I’ll do the whistling bit. It’s playing in my head anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/12 "2000-07-20T20:41:01Z")
Having spent many a summer in Kansas while on vacation, I understand the joys of tornado season. As a bonus, I did get to hang out in the basement of 2 different banks instead of getting to watch cartoons with my grandpa. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/13 "2000-07-20T20:44:34Z")
The clouds have moved a little and I think the worst has headed out east. I just ran to get some smokes and the skies are looking pretty scary to the south. ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/14 "2000-07-20T20:52:30Z")
How stupid is this. This rates a 10 on the “duh” scale. “If threatening weather approaches, take cover.” just scrolled across the TV screen. No, I want to be in the middle of it all. ---
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/15 "2000-07-20T22:54:20Z")
Tech, that message is for the idiots that like to go out onto the front porch when they hear the tornado siren. ‘Gersh Maw, looky dere, A ternado headen right tewerds us.’ ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/16 "2000-07-20T23:42:20Z")
Tech, be safe. More important than keeping us posted. Unless your computer is in a windowless bunker stay hunkered down. ---
**Author:** ![FreakFreely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/48db29/32.png) [@FreakFreely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreakFreely)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/17 "2000-07-20T23:50:18Z")
Bye Dorothy! Say hello to the wicked witch for me, willya? (man, if something happens to you I’m gonna feel soooo bad) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/18 "2000-07-20T23:50:19Z")
… with a video camera. Actually, personal anecdote to relate. Well, third-hand personal anecdote. The father of a friend of my sister likes to sit on the porch when storms approach and watch the weather. A few years ago he was doing just that, about 9 pm, with the dark menacing sky, lightning, etc. Looking out across a bluff, flash of lightning, and he saw this big ol nasty tornado with streamers (off-shoots) heading right at the house. He ran around getting the family and heading them to the basement, just closing the door as it hit the house. Smashed up the house, ruined all their clothing (insulation imbedded in the fabric), the whole works. That was the tornado that hit Arkansas a couple years ago and the alarm sirens did NOT go off, the national weather service had a hiccup. It made national news. It was a category 4 tornado (I think) that amazingly only killed 4 people. So sitting on the porch isn’t necessarily a bad idea, just know to go to cover when you see the tornado. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/19 "2000-07-20T23:53:30Z")
Here in Tornado Alley we’re used to them durned things. Why, back in '67 one touched down in my back yard, probably before we got to the basement; Grandma was ahead of the rest of us on the stairs. The tornado tore up the bushes, then tore off the roof of some apartments up the street and killed somebody in a trailer park (of course). Never got a chance to get a good look at her, though. Would like to sometime, settin’ on the porch while it goes past, but twisters don’t pass through these parts so much no more. All the building and such seems to have pushed them further south. If you don’t get many tornados in Colorado, at least you get some proper winters. Think I’d go nuts living somewhere with no noticable weather. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275/20 "2000-07-21T00:00:24Z")
Tech, I know exactly what you mean. I’m in Mississippi, and about 3 hours ago, at work, an almost tornado (fauxnado?) blew through. We went outside because it was weird and windy,(no warning on the radio) then the trees began to bend and everything started to blow around in circles. The sky was freaky looking, meaning, it was windy, but not from any direction that made visual sense. So,“Oh Shit!” and we ran and huddled in the bathroom. We heard a rattling tearing sound as the wind tore off a chimney cap and hurled it a few hundred feet. Then hail, thunder, and when we went outside, branches from trees and bent trees. Yikes! I just got home, and some big trees have blown over in the driveway. Now it’s sunny, but I’m still shaking from the weird way the clouds were moving… Hope you’re OK. Brrrrrrr… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-blood-just-went-cold/26275.md?page=2)