Tornado? I'm scared!

[Jennie@ifish]

On the scanner, they said a tornado touched down in Grande Ronde... a big one.
They think it is headed to Tillamook.

I'm a little nervous here... Barometer is bottomed out.

J

[Steelie]

Really ???

[Jennie@ifish]

Yes really.
I am really scared. I know I shouldn't be, but I've never ever ever seen the barometer this low, and my head feels just squeezed.
Jen

[FEAR NO FISH!]

Jennie,
Do you have a basement? GO there and hang out. Take a radio, flashights, food and water, blankets. Make an adventure out of it. :shocked:

[Jennie@ifish]

No basement.
Bathtub! :smile:

Jen

[FEAR NO FISH!]

Pull a mattress over the top! How you gonna fit everybody in the tub?

[FEAR NO FISH!]

According to www.weather.com (http://www.weather.com) it is gonna get worse tomorrow for your area! :hoboy: :shocked:

[Chilly one]

WOW here in Newport too. The barometer is 29.19 and steady but it is concernable here too! The rain has been sideways since well befor daylight and the winds are making the tree in my neighborhood groan BIG time. This is the hardest blow of the year so far. Hope the power stays on as the cable early ESPN2 fish shows are down for the mornin'. I live south of Newport 5-6 miles and east of 101 a few hundred yards and it's WILD! 50 to 60 +mph gusts!!! Hang On! Yesterday around 3-4 pm I drove up from Coos Bay and the ocean was really quite nice from Heceta, Perpetua and up the line and it must have been the "calm" before the storm 'eh? Hang on Jennie, stay off the trampolines at least this morning! Drought to Deluge.......

[Pilar]

Yer not in Kansas anymore Jennie! Where's Todo, er, um, ah, Kilches?

Seriously if the weather is moving west to east, and the tornado is in Grande Ronde then it will only get farther away. Yes?

[rebell]

Your safe up there in the canyon Jen. Growing up there in Tillamook I have seen a couple of giant water spouts come in off the ocean and as soon as they hit land they disapated. A tornado would never make it over the coast range from Grand Ronde.

Still, It is definetly scarey some times when your getting wind gusts up and over 80 mph. I lost a drift boat one year up in the wilson canyon when a wind gust pegged my neighbors wind gauge. Picked my boat right off the trailor and sent it end over end. It landed on top of my neighbors car. :depressed: Thats when Ed came out and said that they had a gust over 100 mph. Sure was glad to have Ed as a neighbor, He thought that boat sitting on top of his car was about the neatest thing he had ever seen.

[Jennie@ifish]

I'm a little calmer now...
What is strange is we have NO wind. It is warm, calm and raining. All around us, though, is windy? I think South winds don't hit us. Southwest do.

Our power keeps dipping and the scanner is going nuts with mudslides and trees down.

I'm wondering if the Grande Ronde report was even true???

Why hasn't the news picked it up, if it were?

On the scanner it said: "report of large tornado touched down in Grande Ronde. Heading towards Tillamook".

Could it have been a joke? Perhaps. Not funny, if so!

Jen

[Thumper]

So you're telling me it is not a great day to fish the south jetty?

[AuntyM]

About 10 years ago, we had a tornado that crossed a peninsula in Bremerton. Most people that heard about it didn't believe it but the worst damage was to a State Park (downed trees) and the Ranger verified it was indeed a tornado. We lived about 4 miles from there. The storm also was accompanied by a hail storm and the hail was golf ball size.

[Drachir]

Jennie,
What is your barometer reading this AM, just curious? :smile:

[Trout,myster]

Jenny, I doubt you have to worry too much. You live in the canyon and that's about as good a protection as you can ask for. I spent some time in Texas in the service and a ditch was the first place (actually, the only place) we went to for tornado warnings which seemed to be at least weekly. If you lived out on the flats, I'd head for the canyons. You're right, this morning the barometer was at 29.29 and falling! That is downright low pressure! :shocked:

[Jennie@ifish]

My barometer was at 28.80
It's been so humid today. YUCK!
Oppressive!
Jen

[Tilla]

Yep, go ahead and hide real good. And stay hidden as the Wilson drops to 7'...6'...5'...! Don't worry we will tell you when it's safe to come out. :rolleyes: :wink: