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04-10-2008, 07:07 AM
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| Antebellum Mod   Joined: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
Posts: 10,683
|  Which is Worse? Being woke up at four in the morning to the sound of a Freight Train running through your yard or, the sound of the Civil Defense siren wailing away? Both! Another rough night of storms, the town I live in DeSoto was hit pretty hard as were many other towns in the area. We didn’t suffer any damage other then loosing a few tree limbs. The damage is pretty wide spread and reports are still coming in. Ever try to get two crippled women up and into a closet at 4am? Now include a cat and two dogs, one of which is a German Shepherd and really hates the cat.
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04-10-2008, 07:09 AM
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| Refrigerator Magnet Test Engineer   Joined: Jul 2006
Bike: 06 M50 Grey
Location: Tucson, Az
Posts: 3,462
  | I was going to say being woke up at 4 in the morning by your boss, because you were sleeping on the job. I guess you got me beat.
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04-10-2008, 07:11 AM
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| M-J.Com Master Poster Joined: Jul 2007
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| I hate night storms.. during the day you can at least see something going on around you... and your awake and more alert but night storms.. its like having a tornado just hoovering inches above your house for all you know.. i hate storms.. |
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04-10-2008, 07:27 AM
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| In The Zone   Joined: Oct 2007
Bike: 2008 ZZR600
Location: Under a rock in Texas
Posts: 2,524
| We lost power in that storm. We lose power so much I have 2 generators, a standby for the first standby. And yep, nite storms are spooky, especially when tornadoes are all around.
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04-10-2008, 09:09 AM
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| What makes you say that?   Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
Posts: 928
| Well, we're potentially getting 12-18 inches of snow tomorrow. What was your complaint again?  Thursday Night, Apr 10  Low: 33 °F RealFeel®: 18 °F Snow, heavy at times, accumulating 6-10 inches; winds gusting past 45 mph; near blizzard conditions Friday, Apr 11  High: 35 °F RealFeel®: 21 °F Breezy and cold with snow of varying intensity, accumulating an additional 1-3 inches
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04-10-2008, 09:18 AM
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| Happy-ass Lunatic Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
Posts: 11,423
| RealFeel??? So, wind chill wasn't enough? They've registered their latest, "In the ongoing effort to make you more miserable we've found a new way to make you feel colder" calculation method as a trademark? FWIW, we're mowing here in TN. 
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04-10-2008, 09:20 AM
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| What makes you say that? Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 1200 S
Location: St. Cloud, MN, USA
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| IIRC, "realfeel" is a combination of temp and humidity, so it covers wind chill and the heat index (with which I'm sure you're familiar).
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04-10-2008, 09:25 AM
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| Happy-ass Lunatic Joined: Dec 2003
Bike: 2002 Bandit 600S (Black); 2006 GSXR750 (Black)
Location: Memphis
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Touché my good man, touché!  [wipes sweat from his brow and continues building a "mudman," complete with carrot for nose]
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04-10-2008, 10:15 AM
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| Top Gear ! Full Throttle!   Joined: May 2007
Bike: 2004 kawasaki zzr 600
Location: rochester, minnesota
Posts: 5,253
| clint... for once i'm glad i'm 70ish miles south of you... no snow down here expected just 1 1/2 inches of rain.. the snow they predict won't stay anyways
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04-10-2008, 10:53 AM
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| Fifth gear streak   Joined: Dec 2007
Bike: 02' volusia
Location: Beloit, WI
Posts: 1,571
| I'm going to be getting hit hard with a storm here pretty quick! I love to watch the lightening! We are under a flash flood warning and it is 20 to 30 mile an hour winds. Woohoo for me. And i am home alone, hope i don't get scared! LOL
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04-10-2008, 12:25 PM
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04-10-2008, 02:24 PM
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| Antebellum Mod Joined: Jul 2005
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04-10-2008, 02:29 PM
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| Fifth gear streak  Joined: Sep 2006
Bike: 07 Vulcan 1600 Classic
Location: Bell City, Louisiana
Posts: 1,411
| So after getting the women and pets secured in the closet, did you go back to bed?
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04-10-2008, 03:00 PM
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| Antebellum Mod Joined: Jul 2005
Bike: 2008 Kawasaki KLR 650
Location: Dallas, Texas Directly above the center of the earth.
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 Oh Crap! I left them in the closet, someone call 911!
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04-10-2008, 07:15 PM
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| M-J.Com Lifetime Achievement Award Joined: Jan 2007
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| That's nothing; my folks live by the Horicon marsh. I swear that marsh is like a huge magnet for tornadoes. I would guess conservatively that 5 tornadoes go through the marsh any given year. Mind you it's a big marsh and all, but it seems to be a magnet.
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04-10-2008, 07:36 PM
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| Ditch Magnet   Joined: Feb 2008
Bike: '02 marauder vz800
Location: cedar rapids, IA
Posts: 152
| under a tornado warning/sever thunderstorm warning right now 3 funnel clouds spotted within 60miles of my house in the basement watching tv and reading MJ
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04-10-2008, 07:54 PM
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| In The Zone  Joined: Jul 2007
Bike: 07' C90T 76' MT250
Location: 3rd house NW of the Depot
Posts: 2,596
| I guess it's the end of the world. Nice talking with all of you.
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04-10-2008, 08:48 PM
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| M-J.Com Lifetime Achievement Award Joined: Jan 2007
Bike: 1980 Yamaha XS850
Location: Washington County, WI
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| don't sweat it; if a twister makes a wrong turn, poof, no more bike. We had a whole town leveled around here not too long ago. Not a big town mind you (1400) but a tornado took out the whole town.
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