WHEW! Dodged a bullet yesterday

[mcbammer]

     https://www.wsfa.com/2023/01/13/video-drone-video-shows-destruction-autauga-county/
     

                                   Pray for my neighbor 's

[ironglow]

Looks nasty...glad you made it through OK..

[Graybeard]

We had several tornadoes yesterday here in Bama. I wasn't near any of them but some serious damage was done. I think Selma was prolly hardest hit. And yes we have tornadoes all months of the year down here.

[mcbammer]

Lookls nasty...glad you made it through OK..

   I made it  O.K. , just  found  out My old high school Girl friend was the seventh  casualty found today .

[Graybeard]

I had failed to hear about the Autauga county deaths until I saw it on the news today. In fact the last I had heard we had no deaths in Bama. Sure didn't realize 7 had died. Sorry to hear your friend was one of them.

We've had a bunch of close calls since moving here in '94. One came over up in the air and took out a bunch of my trees, had them laying in all directions same as the guy who lives across highway from us and neighbor to my east. It dropped a couple big oaks behind my house higher up than my house and then partially lifted the roof on the  place Matt was living in my back yard.

That same day was the day so many long track tornados hit Bama and so many folks died. I think the day was April 27 if I recall correctly, don't recall the year.

The one that tore up so many buildings up on the Jacksonville State University campus passed just beyond the hill across the highway from me, maybe a half mile from me if that. It broke a cedar tree in my front yard, snapped it like a match stick. Only damage I had.

It took out the small grocery store I buy from and a church across the road. That was 3.5 miles further on up toward Jacksonville.

Same day as the one that actually cross my land up in air another hit back behind us a couple miles or so and destroyed a lot of homes. One belonged to a guy who used to work for me and graduated high school with my wife. It just lifted his entire house into the air and then set it back down a few feet away. Didn't take it apart as you normally see, just lifted it and set it back down. He was in it at the time.

With one we were watching the weather report on TV and they said a tornado is on the ground moving from Ohatchee to Jacksonville and reported it had just crossed US431 at AL Hwy 204. That is the road I live on and just 3 miles from my house.

Almost as he said that we lost all power and TV. I figured it was coming rat at us but when a few minutes later we were still here I figured maybe not. That was the one that hot the grocery, church and Jax State University.

Down here in Bama tornados don't care what month it is.

[mcbammer]

    I dont know why but tornados always seem to track 5 miles either north or south of me , It may  have  something to do with the  geography or the terrain and the elevation .  I believe  there are  tornado ally's and 90% of the time  maybe thats the path of least resistance   . Thats been my observation over the years  . Always a southwest to northeast  direction  hitting the same areas over & over again .

[Graybeard]

I'm not sure how accurate but facebook seems to be reporting another 9 or perhaps 10 dead in Selma area.

I agree with you based on what I've seen with a life time here in Bama. Those tornados sure do follow a standard path in various areas.

One path brings them thru the Ohatchee area and right up toward Jacksonville and I'm right in the middle. We've had two now in the last few years follow nearly the same track a mile or so from me to the south more or less as they head east toward Jacksonville. There is a large ridge just the other side of AL204 from me and they seem to mostly go that way but sure not always. Since moving here I've had them pass to the east, west, north, south and also right over me.

If ya live in Bama I guess tornados are just a fact of life for ya.

[mcbammer]

    2 deaths were added from Georgia which made 9 , not sure about the 10  , but probably the same fatalities . These newsmen dont exactly get their numbers  correct   and  fatalities  30 miles away get included .  especially the National  news reporter's  .  At least we get plenty of warning nowadays , mothers side of the family got caught out in  the 1934 tornado outbreak  not  knowing it was coming .   After that ,  they dug a storm pit and every time  for years , whenever  the sky turned dark   they  made a b-line to that  pit .