Storms, rain and more unusually severe weather continues

Posted By on May 23, 2011

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I worked my way home west to east in southwestern Ohio either pursuing or being pursued by the severe thunderstorms passing through Monday night. I had to clear a tree and branches in our lane before I could safely get my car into the garage (photo below). The wind was blowing ‘straight-lined’ so hard that at one point it wrapped a traffic light completely around the cable it was hanging from on Cincinnati-Dayton Road in Liberty Township. While looking at the telephone and electric lines oscillating up and down one would think it was emulating a frequency wave. Even though it was nasty here, I can’t imagine what those living in Joplin Missouri are going through … death toll currently at 116 people. (EDIT: Death toll rises to 122 as of 5/24. Added video clip below)

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Comments

  • http://amileofrunway.blogspot.com Steve

    Yeah we just keep getting walloped around here. Nothing compared to the hell some people have had to deal with in other parts of the country lately but this has sure been a spring full of intense weather.

  • http://richc.myarchive.us RichC

    You’re right about that … be thankful ours is mostly rain. Can’t imagine the tornadoes and floods others are facing. I’ll take back any comment that sounds as if I’m complaining!

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