Wierd Fucking Weather and Another Reason I Hate the FCC

[Subjugation]

There was a tornado in my city today. Well, sort of. It wasn't a full blown tornado, but I guess it's described as a thunderstorm with funnel cloud activity, or some shit. So, a funnel cloud touched down about 10 miles from my house today, and I didn't even realize it. Ok, now the wierd part? I live in the northern california valley. I've never heard of an actual funnel cloud touching down and doing any real damage anywhere here in Sacramento.



Apparently, it ripped up a few rooftops, overturned 3 semi trucks including their trailers, and picked up one dude in his car a couple feet off the ground, spun him around a couple times, then dropped him back down. Ok, all this shit was happening in the outskirts of the neighborhood adjoining mine, and I heard nothing about it?

Ok, now here's where I get totally fucking annoyed. Even though I was listening to the radio at the time, I heard no fucking emergency broadcast system warning. Why the fuck do we even have an emergency broadcast system? I mean, my favorite TV shows get inturrupted all the time while they test this piece of shit system, but I've never actually seen it in action. I didn't see it during 9/11, or for this fucking tornado, and I would kinda think those two events would qualify as emergencies. I'm beginning to think it's a myth, and we just spend tax dollars on something, and in reality, they just go towards a hooker and 4-star dining fund for the assholes at the FCC.

[Saturn V]

I lived in "Tornado Alley" for most of my life. I have never seen the emergency broadcast thing used. Instead, the local weatherman for whatever station I was watching would cut in and tell us we were about to die.

Then the tornado sirens would turn on.

Then everyone would run outside to try and spot the damn thing. <_<

[Pandagirl!]

About 5 years ago there was a tornado near my house. It was pretty cool; we all went outside and just sat in the road and watched it. It was pretty big, but the only damage it did was tear up cornfields (not much else it could do around here anyway -_- )

[Edify]

good point. maybe the FCC was too busy high tailing it outta there to make a broadcast.

[Riesen]

One time, I thought we had a tornado here, turns out it was just a big dirt devil from a construction site. Arizona is so much fun and so exciting.

[Wil]

Well its snowing in my town eastbourne today, and it hasnt snowed in like 4 years :greedy:
I left my bike outside, and when i saw it an hour later it was totally white :grin:

[za gophar]

About 5 years ago there was a tornado near my house. It was pretty cool; we all went outside and just sat in the road and watched it. It was pretty big, but the only damage it did was tear up cornfields (not much else it could do around here anyway -_- )

these probably arent the same ones since yours just tore up cornfields.. but was it in april of 1999? there was one in my town and it tore up some of my friends houses, some stores, and part of my highschool.

[Pandagirl!]

Yea, it was in April, on the day when all those tornadoes touched down in Montgomery County. The one near me was on the chain of all those tornadoes.

[ConcreteSchlyrd]

I know EBS goes off all the time in Iowa, especially during tornado season. By all the time, I mean possibly two or three times a season, but it definitely kicks in. Some decent info about EBS can be seen here. Evidently it's been used more than 20,000 times between 1976 and 1996.

[Torn Wing]

Jesus is coming soon guys, prepare.







































Not kidding for once.

[za gophar]

im in montgomery county right now.. but my home not in college is in hamilton county. i live in the city of montgomery so they probably arent the same day or whatevr.

[Twerp]

Did it kill anyone?

[RoDNeY]

how come i dont get tornados...