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Great Mid-Atlantic Storm of 2008

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 9:37 pm
by TyVulpine
Wow...yesterday we got the worst storms I've seen in a long time. At least 3 unconfirmed tornadoes, hundreds of thousands of people lost power (some school districts were closed today because of power outages) and at least 1 person was killed when a tree fell on his car. At least 58,000 people alone in this county (Montgomery County, Maryland) lost power. Our place, our power went out sometime before 3pm and was out til after 5:45am this morning, but other places are probably still without power. My ride home normally takes about 1 hr 45 minutes, but yesterday it took close to 3 hours, the traffic was so bad, and there were plenty of traffic lights out.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:05 pm
by klimt
maryland is in the mid-atlantic now?

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:09 pm
by TyVulpine
maryland is in the mid-atlantic now?
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey are called the "Mid-Atlantic States", since they're midway up the East Coast of the USA.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:26 pm
by Ibun
It wasn't that great.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:28 pm
by TyVulpine
It wasn't that great.
3 possible tornadoes, hurricane force winds, torrential rains, hundreds of thousands of people without power, Metrorail service interrupted in at least one spot because of powerlines on the tracks, 1 person killed, schools in many areas closed today because of still no power, and you say it "wasn't that great"? Then what, praytell, would you call a "great storm"?

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:30 pm
by Ibun
Well if you think it's great that people could have been killed...

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:30 pm
by Baconsticks
It wasn't that great.
3 possible tornadoes, hurricane force winds, torrential rains, hundreds of thousands of people without power, Metrorail service interrupted in at least one spot because of powerlines on the tracks, 1 person killed, schools in many areas closed today because of still no power, and you say it "wasn't that great"? Then what, praytell, would you call a "great storm"?
Try About 50 Tornadoes, and about 10 people killed, and you might have a normal week here.

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:35 pm
by TyVulpine
It wasn't that great.
3 possible tornadoes, hurricane force winds, torrential rains, hundreds of thousands of people without power, Metrorail service interrupted in at least one spot because of powerlines on the tracks, 1 person killed, schools in many areas closed today because of still no power, and you say it "wasn't that great"? Then what, praytell, would you call a "great storm"?
Try About 50 Tornadoes, and about 10 people killed, and you might have a normal week here.
Touche, but here, it's not normal. Tornadoes around here are rare (Maryland averages only 4 tornadoes a year, and rarely around here) and even then, power outages usually aren't as widespread as they were yesterday (or today) nor are schools here closed because of power problems, since it rarely happens.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:46 am
by osprey
There are tornados in Colorado? I was unaware...

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 2:35 pm
by Rooster
Silly Amernicans and their crazy weather :wag:

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 4:28 pm
by Tom Flapwell
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey are called the "Mid-Atlantic States", since they're midway up the East Coast of the USA.
I don't think Virginia is usually counted. It was part of the Confederacy, after all.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:44 pm
by Bocaj Claw
Silly Amernicans and their crazy weather :wag:
When I was in the same general latitude as you, the sun rose at four in the morning. FOUR IN THE MORNING! Thats no way to start the day.

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:42 pm
by TyVulpine
Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey are called the "Mid-Atlantic States", since they're midway up the East Coast of the USA.
I don't think Virginia is usually counted. It was part of the Confederacy, after all.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_States

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 4:24 am
by Arloest
Climate change. It exists. I don't care what people say.


Meanwhile Houston has been in a drought. That probably means we'll get a hurricane this year.

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2008 6:14 am
by Baconsticks
Climate change. It exists. I don't care what people say.


Meanwhile Houston has been in a drought. That probably means we'll get a hurricane this year.
It's a Zionist plot. :-P