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[cajunator]

My sisters left to beat out the storm 2 hours ago (they stay in New Orleans)
I'm in Lafayette and it's pretty dark outside. I have a friend up in Alexandria, so I'll probably give him a call.

Omg another lafayette gaffer finally!
What part of the city?

 

[SolidSnakex]

Shit, tornado siren going off in my area (S.Miss). :/

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Alright, managed to talk to my sister and the rest of her family. They're all okay, fortunately. They were a bit south of where all the damage occurred. So that's a relief. Back to monitoring the storms!

 

[cajunator]

Shit, tornado siren going off in my area (S.Miss). :/

Be extremely careful

 

[72afael]

I'm in east Texas. Its been raining all day long.

 

[maquiladora]

Alright, managed to talk to my sister and the rest of her family. They're all okay, fortunately. They were a bit south of where all the damage occurred. So that's a relief. Back to monitoring the storms!

Glad to hear she's okay.

 

[Nevasleep]

Alright, managed to talk to my sister and the rest of her family. They're all okay, fortunately. They were a bit south of where all the damage occurred. So that's a relief. Back to monitoring the storms!

Good to hear it

 

[NihonTiger90]

And this thread isn't even talking about the snow component with this storm ... this is a bad one all around.

 

[cajunator]

Lafayette got lucky.
We are right under the area where the air masses converged so the tornadoes formed to our north and east.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

And this thread isn't even talking about the snow component with this storm ... this is a bad one all around.

Just about to make a new thread for that. It's significant enough to merit one, I think.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

It's the calm before the storm right now. Watches are popping up all over the state.

 

[Zoe]

In Avondale--they kept pushing the watch back, but I think it's over now. Got some heavy rain for a few minutes.

 

[Omnicent]

Omg another lafayette gaffer finally!
What part of the city?

Southside around the Academy/Albert-sons.

 

[cajunator]

Southside around the Academy/Albert-sons.

Oh cool.
Im pretty close.
Looks like we got very lucky.

 

[Dead Prince]

now it's raining in Baton rouge.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Active tornado in Mississippi right now, around I-59.

 

[cajunator]

Yall stay safe southgaf.
We are clear here.

 

[Rayis]

In Northwest Houston, nothing happened here, I'm glad, take care all of you who're getting affected, also, damn it, it snowed in Dallas, why can't the fuckin' snow come down here!

 

[HylianTom]

The Causeway is closed, I am told. I can get home to NOLA, but it would take several hours.. stuck here at my sister's house in Covington. :/

 

[NihonTiger90]

The Causeway is closed, I am told. I can get home to NOLA, but it would take several hours.. stuck here at my sister's house in Covington. :/

Yes, there were waterspouts reported near the causeway.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Warnings are starting to get closer now.

 

[The Return of]

In Northwest Houston, nothing happened here, I'm glad, take care all of you who're getting affected, also, damn it, it snowed in Dallas, why can't the fuckin' snow come down here!

I don't want it to snow here lol. I enjoy wearing shorts in winter time.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Wind's starting to pick up now.

I imagine we'll probably lose power at some point tonight. Ugh. I don't even know where our weather radio is.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Tornado is possibly rampaging through downtown Mobile, AL, right now.

 

[Lonestar]

Hmm, some mean looking stuff just west of Tuscaloosa county. That's in line for here.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Hmm, some mean looking stuff just west of Tuscaloosa county. That's in line for here.

It'd really suck for Tuscaloosa to get hit hard again so soon.

 

[NihonTiger90]

Damage "too much ... too overwhelming"

You can listen to the scanner here.

EDIT:

 

[Lonestar]

Not sure if that particular section is bringing the tornado's (that's south of here) but it's just the thickest band of red and yellow of the storm, with hurricane level gusts (60-80 mph) that doesn't sound like a holly jolly christmas.

Mobile...

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

"Multiple injuries" being reported from Mobile.

 

[The Grim Heaper]

Stay safe fellas.

 

[BertramCooper]

So I take it this is the storm that's about to pound Ohio with 8 inches of snow in the next 24 hours?

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Rain and thunder is just starting up again here.

 

[ido]

Jackson, MS here. We got really lucky.

Good luck to you AL GAFers getting this terrible storm right now.

 

[Insane Metal]

I find it weird how 'normal' it is for tornadoes to hit the US. I live in Brazil and we have quite a fucked up climate here too (many heavy storms every year, specially in the southern region) but tornadoes are rare here.

 

[B.K.]

Tornado is possibly rampaging through downtown Mobile, AL, right now.

Mobile got hit pretty bad a year or two ago, didn't it?

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Seems like the tornado threat is dissipating somewhat.

Edit: As I say that, a new warning is declared.

 

[Seraphis Cain]

Tornado warnings still in effect for Mobile, Monroe, and Wilcox counties in Alabama, and Bay county in Florida.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

I'm in the center of that spot in Mississippi. I held off using my expensive electronics because of the constant storming expecting the lights to go out. I stayed in the house all day, and I didn't even know there was a tornado warning like this. Another day in the south, is what it felt like. Big storm with lots of winds. On a normal bright day I had my portable tent shade demolished.

http://i.picpar.com/1760dfed68acc9e7de331ccd1ba15a05ea294360.jpg

 

[True Underdog]

I'm in east Texas. Its been raining all day long.

It snowed in the metroplex today. Driving home from one end of the metroplex to the other was a pain in the ass. I'd like to think I can handle myself well enough on icy roads but the jerk who was so close to my bumper, I couldn't see his headlights made the drive a little unnerving.

That said: stay safe Southeastern-GAF

 

[SuperAndroid17]

No rain in houston but it got fucking COLD really really fast

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Some moderate wind and rain here in Metairie. Mostly gone by now though. Stay safe Gulf Coast GAF

 

[Evlar]

Stuck here in Pensacola until Thursday due to this.

 

[pahamrick]

I live just south of Mobile, we got lucky as it was just a lot of wind, rain and a few minutes of nasty hail. Unreal to have another Tornado hit Mobile so soon tho, they just got slammed by one last week.

 

[Raistlin]

I find it weird how 'normal' it is for tornadoes to hit the US. I live in Brazil and we have quite a fucked up climate here too (many heavy storms every year, specially in the southern region) but tornadoes are rare here.

Vast areas of the US do not normally have tornadoes. It's a big country.

 

[Lonestar]

Just rain here, so we dodged that bullet.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Looks like we're in the clear here now. Supposedly a funnel cloud was sighted, but nothing came of it.

 

[DrFunk]

Lotsa rain in the atlanta area

 

[cajunator]

Looks like the heavy tornado threat has subsided. That was a very...interesting...Christmas.

 

[FalconSabre]

Looks like the storms are getting more in my neck of the woods soon in coastal South Carolina. Been raining on and off since last night but actually stormed a bit in the last hour. Sounds like the height of it in this area is gonna be anywhere from 11:00 am until 3-4:00 pm. Hopefully they have broken down enough to where there isn't any significant damage or any casualties.

 

[Insane Metal]

Vast areas of the US do not normally have tornadoes. It's a big country.

Well I know that. Brazil is big too. But you know what I mean.