And the winner is......TRAVIS!

[Wrinkle]

What a game!!

And, got to see every second of it due to the professional handling of KOTV's Travis Meyer.

Not once did I feel uninformed or wonder about the weather situation.

Thankfully, it didn't turn out bad like it might have, but I knew Travis was there watchin' out for us while we watched the game.

Thanks Travis.

[YoungTulsan]

And you thought we were doing good UNTIL...

2:40 AM and I got woken up by Tornado Sirens.

I live at I-44 & Riverside.

The alleged tornado is headed towards Sperry/Turley.

I got woken up for nothing!!

(Yes, I know, Trav is not in charge of the sirens)

[dsjeffries]

Prior to that, though, the tornadic areas were headed toward Tulsa.  That has been quite a night.  No sleep for me!

[nathanm]

Talk about some hail. Bigger than golf balls. I hope inteller had his car in the garage. The car dealers are going to be pissed.

The retention pond in my backyard was quite a sight with the hail coming down like rain and sending splashes several feet in the air. It sounded like it was boiling. [B)]

[inteller]

yeah, looks like my search for a new car has been postponed since the Infiniti dealership is probably not looking too good about right now.

We didn't get golf ball at 101st/memorial....but the quarter size stuff will be enough to start the hail sales at the various dealerships.  I think about all of those nice BMWs....trashed.

My car is ALWAYS parked in a garage somewhere.

[TUalum0982]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

yeah, looks like my search for a new car has been postponed since the Infiniti dealership is probably not looking too good about right now.

We didn't get golf ball at 101st/memorial....but the quarter size stuff will be enough to start the hail sales at the various dealerships.  I think about all of those nice BMWs....trashed.

My car is ALWAYS parked in a garage somewhere.

we had ping pong ball sized hail from about 3 till 330 or so.  Some of the largest hail I have seen and I have lived here all my life.  Also the longest hail storm I have ever witnessed.  Luckily our new bmw was in the garage along with my company car.

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

What a game!!

And, got to see every second of it due to the professional handling of KOTV's Travis Meyer.

Not once did I feel uninformed or wonder about the weather situation.

Thankfully, it didn't turn out bad like it might have, but I knew Travis was there watchin' out for us while we watched the game.

Thanks Travis.

That's because Travis went to KU

[safetyguy]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

What a game!!

And, got to see every second of it due to the professional handling of KOTV's Travis Meyer.

Not once did I feel uninformed or wonder about the weather situation.

Thankfully, it didn't turn out bad like it might have, but I knew Travis was there watchin' out for us while we watched the game.

Thanks Travis.

I agree that Travis did a great job during the game. I actually wasn't looking forward to watching the game because I was so used to being oversaturated with weather, but that wasn't the case last night.
Maybe the other networks can learn from Travis (hint hint John Slater!!)

[Kashmir]

Hee, the coverage @ 3:30-4 was interesting.  Poor little Katie Green driving around Claremore, and a very pissed off sounding Craig Day giving a report from his house, I presume, with Travis admonishing him that another stornado was heading his way, I guess so Craig wouldn't crawl back in bed.  Power Play by Travis!

[TheArtist]

Yea the hail was my biggest concern. My garage is full of giant 14foot rolls of canvas so couldnt pull the car in. I could sneak under the Promenade parking garage if I needed to, so kept my eye on that little eyedropper thing as it ran over the storm showing the possible hail sizes for the part of the storm that was heading towards my house lol. Just had pea to dime sized hail here thank goodness.

Had my previous car brutalized by a hail storm a couple years back. It was a mess. Its not the deductible, its the time and hassle getting everything fixed, filling out paperwork, getting estimates, getting rental car, waiting in offices, etc. etc.

I am glad the sirens go off, even if there isnt a tornado. If there is a good possibility for large hail, I want to know and be woken up before I hear my cars being pummeled. lol

[inteller]

tornado sirens won't save you from hail.

[grahambino]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

And you thought we were doing good UNTIL...

2:40 AM and I got woken up by Tornado Sirens.

I live at I-44 & Riverside.

The alleged tornado is headed towards Sperry/Turley.

I got woken up for nothing!!

(Yes, I know, Trav is not in charge of the sirens)

I didn't hear anything and I live near that area.  The first storm woke me up around 3-ish.  That's a little disconcerting.  

I might have my white noise machine up too loud.

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

tornado sirens won't save you from hail.

Only Gary England can save you...

[nathanm]

quote:Originally posted by TheArtist


Had my previous car brutalized by a hail storm a couple years back. It was a mess. Its not the deductible, its the time and hassle getting everything fixed, filling out paperwork, getting estimates, getting rental car, waiting in offices, etc. etc.

That's one of the significant advantages to driving old used cars. The dings don't matter so much, as long as the windshield doesn't get broken.

The first serious hail storm I was in hit in Arkansas. It happened to be in hit only about a week after I had moved into a new house that a friend of mine had just bought. (he rented me a room for a couple of years) I was jolted awake at six o'clock in the morning to the sound of hail between the size of golf balls and baseballs hitting the house. It was very eerie, what with the dim red morning light streaming in through the east facing windows while the house was being pummeled.

It didn't occur to me until later that my car might be damaged.

[TheArtist]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

tornado sirens won't save you from hail.

They wont save you from anything. They alert you that a tornado or severe winds are possibly heading your way.

If its at night and your sleeping and the sirens go off.   They will wake you up, cause you to turn on the news and realize extreme weather with bad hail is headed your way. You can then park your cars in a safe place. Just as they can alert you to the possibility or the fact that there is a Tornado headed your way, or strong winds, they could also alert you to the possibility that there is bad hail. I think its worth it.