tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post966961347281815774..comments2023-10-31T07:39:03.451-07:00Comments on Lobojo's Den: Close Enoughdrlobojohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-42961911402007524622008-03-06T05:32:00.000-08:002008-03-06T05:32:00.000-08:00Be careful over there. Glad you're safe.Be careful over there. Glad you're safe.Pecheurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03522047175277715854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-31909405430925508712008-03-05T15:42:00.000-08:002008-03-05T15:42:00.000-08:00My bad as they say. First micro-burst were not gen...My bad as they say. First micro-burst were not generally recognized officially then. So you're right they wouldn't have said that about it then. It wasn't until they killed several hundred passengers on three or four planes that the weather bureau decided they weren't just an academic concept.<BR/><BR/>Picture a giant bowl of really heavy cold air being pushed up by the convection of warm air in a thunderstorm.<BR/>All of a sudden the bowl is heavier than the upward pressure. It then tips to one side or the other and dumps out all of that heavy air. That cold air falls down out of the sky at a steep angle then hits the ground and surges out like a tidal wave of air, pushing things in front of it.<BR/><BR/>Even a small micro-burst can knock a plane around, especially when they are landing and are close to the ground. Sailors having been dealing with them for thousands of years, think killer squalls.<BR/><BR/>A micro burst can do as much "straight line" wind damage as an F-1 or 2 tornado. Generally the damage is not circular and disipates after a mile or two. of course none of that matters in you an under one.<BR/><BR/>Micro-burst are much more common that tornadoes, but couldn't be detected on the old radar systems.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-69262030685579728702008-03-05T14:53:00.000-08:002008-03-05T14:53:00.000-08:00"a tornado or a microburst?" Not sure we knew abou..."a tornado or a microburst?" Not sure we knew about microbursts back then. A red pickup truck from a couple blocks away ended up inverted in our driveway and our kid's sandbox ended up a block away in the opposite direction of the 'whatever'. Is a microburst<BR/>like a vigorous downdraft or wall cloud thing?BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-48718662085190973532008-03-04T15:23:00.000-08:002008-03-04T15:23:00.000-08:00When my wife came home from school Monday, she rel...When my wife came home from school Monday, she related the stories her kids were telling about the giant tornado that came over them Sunday. I hadn't realized that it was just north of I-40 and heading east which would have put it directly over the community where her kids live. They said they could up up into it. I have no doubt they could. It seems that there are no cellars or basements in that part of town. The said their parents were really scared and didn't know what to do. <BR/>I find it amazing that anyone can live in Oklahoma and not know what to do in a tornado (I mean other than go out and take pictures).<BR/><BR/>So my wife spent a chunk of her day telling her kids what to do, and what not to do, in a situation like that. Hopfully the kids will remember if it happens again. Had it torn through that neighborhood the casulties would have been very very high.drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-7535035458239197012008-03-03T21:29:00.000-08:002008-03-03T21:29:00.000-08:00"And then snow today."Yes, depressing ain't it.BB-..."And then snow today."<BR/>Yes, depressing ain't it.<BR/><BR/>BB-I: In truth, if our house ever got a direct hit, I doubt being in the basement would be safe enough.<BR/>About the only size storm that could survive the "Heat Island" effect of the OKC sprawl would be an F four or five and that would suck up everything.<BR/><BR/>Was the Minneaplois storm a tornado or a microburst?drlobojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16167065726194359838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-80445876820363706492008-03-03T18:46:00.000-08:002008-03-03T18:46:00.000-08:00Re, "I of course grabbed my camera and went out th...Re, "I of course grabbed my camera and went out the front door."<BR/><BR/>Of course!<BR/><BR/>And then snow today.Erudite Redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04830721195868387265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2508594323182473801.post-7840952473012678502008-03-03T15:02:00.000-08:002008-03-03T15:02:00.000-08:00Some many years back (Minneapolis, circa 1972)I wa...Some many years back (Minneapolis, circa 1972)I was at work and noticed it was unusally dark.<BR/>Standing next to the glass 10x30 window pane, I was startled to see a maple tree go tumbling by, roots and all. Someone shouted "Get away from the windows!" The lights went out and the roof peeled away like we were in a large sardine can. It blew around inside the factory and left hailstones everywhere. So, a basement sounds like a good place to go. In fact, the cat would have so share the inside of the dryer with me.....BB-Idahohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01168862935045755393noreply@blogger.com