# The tornado sirens are going off in Memphis right now **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607 "2009-06-12T22:04:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/21 "2009-06-15T00:29:19Z")
> [@shantih](#): > > This being the Dope, shouldn’t that be pining for the fnords? I used to pine in a Ford, but I bought a Pontiac. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/22 "2009-06-15T00:37:13Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > They’re calling it another derecho–that is, 80 mph straightline winds, like Hurricane Elvis back in '03. My Dad was a meteorologist in Korea during the war. I took a class in college. I never heard of derechos until about a month ago. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/23 "2009-06-15T03:24:02Z")
> [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](#): > > Good golly gosh I am glad I moved (though, not so glad I moved here). You know what’s interesting about that, my brother moved from Cordova to Eagan last year. He liked MN though. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/24 "2009-06-15T03:55:34Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > They’re calling it another derecho–that is, 80 mph straightline winds, like Hurricane Elvis back in '03. woo-hoo!!! I had no idea you were in my lovely hometown!! My mama is still without power in E. Mempho–I used to love that place, but how I hate it now!! Used to be such a wonderful city, makes me wanna cry now. Are you writing about the downfall of Memphis ? It’s so not good for anybody today. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/25 "2009-06-15T04:13:05Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > You know what’s interesting about that, my brother moved from Cordova to Eagan last year. He liked MN though. Well, I did at first. But after four years of hearing people say that a dash of black pepper makes their food too spicy to eat …oy. ---
**Author:** ![Atomic\_Mama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b5ac83/32.png) [@Atomic\_Mama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Mama)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/26 "2009-06-15T04:20:17Z")
Apparently you’re not in a mobile home, off Airways and Getwell & Shelby, & that area. I was there in a so-called manufactured home, a long time ago, and a tornado (less than a mile away) took the whole roof off a grocery store. a LARGE grocery store. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/27 "2009-06-15T12:57:46Z")
> [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](#): > > Well, I did at first. But after four years of hearing people say that a dash of black pepper makes their food too spicy to eat …oy. Haha! My son and I were up there last week to help brother pack a Uhaul (they’ve moved to Richmond VA). I seriously had a hard time catching what some people said, since they talk so fast, and emphasize different syllables of some words. My son said it was like nothing but vowels: “Oh ee oh ee oh ee oh ee”. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/28 "2009-06-15T13:18:16Z")
Well, at least we now know why Elvis was walking six feet up…he had aerodynamic help. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/29 "2009-06-15T17:20:54Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I am in a Starbucks and there’s no place practical for for me to take shelter. Aren’t business required to have evacuation plans? I know the coffeeshop I worked at in college had one… > [@shantih](#): > > This being the Dope, shouldn’t that be pining for the fnords? No. It is physically impossible to pine for a fnord–indeed, that is the exact antithesis of the designed reaction. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/30 "2009-06-15T17:31:10Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Aren’t business required to have evacuation plans? Evacuate to where? Outside, a 50 mph doorknob will kill you. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/31 "2009-06-15T17:55:43Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Evacuate to where? Outside, a 50 mph doorknob will kill you. 🙂 Evacuate to a place that is either underground or inside the building away from big glass windows, obviously. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607/32 "2009-06-15T18:05:35Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Evacuate to a place that is either underground or inside the building away from big glass windows, obviously. 😛 OK, just wanted to clear that up from Tornado Alley here. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tornado-sirens-are-going-off-in-memphis-right-now/499607.md?page=1)