September 8, 200520 yr 1236 PM TSTM WND GST AMES 42.02N 93.63W 09/08/2005 81 MPH STORY IA TRAINED SPOTTER Why does the weather here always seem like impending doom?
September 8, 200520 yr Author Ummm......s***?! This buildings a block away.... 09/08/2005 1230 PM Ames, Story County. Tornado, reported by trained spotter. Near Power Plant on isu Campus. 09/08/2005 1235 PM Ames, Story County. Thunderstorm wind gust 83 mph, reported by mesonet. On the isu Campus - agronomy building. I thought I saw some pretty low clouds, but wow. Good thing I was near my window.
September 8, 200520 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 12:27 PM) Ummm......s***?! This buildings a block away.... I thought I saw some pretty low clouds, but wow. Good thing I was near my window. got a video camera? you won't believe how much you can sell that stuff for!
September 8, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(The Ginger Kid @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 02:37 PM) got a video camera? you won't believe how much you can sell that stuff for! Nah, I was watching in awe most of the time. I'm sure Cheat will agree it had to have been pretty bad, when I tell him I was on the east end of MWL and could not see Hilton, or the intramural fields on the other side of the parking lots.
September 8, 200520 yr When I was there, we had this bright sunny late spring day. (not exactly prime Tornado time in Iowa) I remember that I was apartment hunting, and as I drove back to my dorm I could see a nasty storm on the horizon to the west. By the time I parked, and got up to my floor to alert my freinds to look at the cool storm, a funnel cloud had formed. It was still bright and sunny where we were, but you could see this nasty tornado only about 2 miles away. It never got to us. It climbed back up into the cloud, but we did see some huge hail and about 5 minutes of really crazy weather.
September 8, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 02:51 PM) When I was there, we had this bright sunny late spring day. (not exactly prime Tornado time in Iowa) I remember that I was apartment hunting, and as I drove back to my dorm I could see a nasty storm on the horizon to the west. By the time I parked, and got up to my floor to alert my freinds to look at the cool storm, a funnel cloud had formed. It was still bright and sunny where we were, but you could see this nasty tornado only about 2 miles away. It never got to us. It climbed back up into the cloud, but we did see some huge hail and about 5 minutes of really crazy weather. When I looked outside the clouds had dropped to about the top of MWL......that level at least just east of the power plant. It looked more ragged than anything but I must have missed it dropping down. Then it looked like a hurricane out there. What is it with this county and the messed up storms?
September 8, 200520 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 01:58 PM) When I looked outside the clouds had dropped to about the top of MWL......that level at least just east of the power plant. It looked more ragged than anything but I must have missed it dropping down. Then it looked like a hurricane out there. What is it with this county and the messed up storms? Didnt you watch twister before you went to iowa?
September 8, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 03:01 PM) Didnt you watch twister before you went to iowa? LOL.....my hometown was hit by an F5 in 68 so I know quite a bit about them. It was just crazy watching it unfold. You never expect it to be as dark out as it is at 8 PM these days at noon.
September 8, 200520 yr Author QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) who do you think the tornado wants to win on saturday? Notre Dame.
September 8, 200520 yr QUOTE(SnB @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 03:03 PM) who do you think the tornado wants to win on saturday? Iowa 106 Iowa State 2fan>
September 8, 200520 yr QUOTE(Gene Honda Civic @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 03:07 PM) Iowa 106 Iowa State 2fan> a reprise of last weekend would be good enough for me! (shh i know ball st was without half their players)
September 8, 200520 yr Author There was a lot more damage a few blocks west. Trees and lightpoles down.
September 8, 200520 yr QUOTE(Heads22 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 05:08 PM) There was a lot more damage a few blocks west. Trees and lightpoles down. So who the hell in Iowa pissed off the Big G anyway?
September 9, 200520 yr Author AMES, Iowa Weather officials say a small tornado touched down on the Iowa State University campus this afternoon (today). The tornado, which registered as a low-level tornado on official scales, stayed on the ground for about half a mile. Eight people were reportedly injured. The university says one person was sent to a hospital for treatment and observation. High winds reaching 83 miles per hour and pounding rain that accompanied the storm left streets and sidewalks littered with debris. A light pole was blown over near the Gerdin Business Building and a facilities truck was heavily damaged when a branch fell on it. Some tents and portable toilets set up near Jack Trice Stadium for when the Number Eight Hawkeyes play at Iowa State on Saturday were blown into vehicles.
September 9, 200520 yr I like the Superfluous Capitalization of 'Number Eight Hawkeyes.' That looks like something I would do. I capitalize things at random too.
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