Topic: My town struck by a possible tornado on Thursday (Read 1789 times)

RMS Canada · « **on:** August 22, 2009, 18:05:13 »

On Thursday, my town of Gravenhurst was struck by severe thunderstorms that also was widespread across Southern Ontario. I have heard rumors that a tornado may have touched down on Bethune Drive, the main street of Gravenhurst, and took down trees and power lines. So far, the damage is something. I have been taking pictures of the damage and biking around town.

My house still doesn't have power and we've been without electricity for two nights. I am getting tired of having no power!! I can't go on my computer, play on the Wii, and my DS Lite is almost out of juice. To make matters worse, the fridge in our kitchen is warming up and we've had to transfer food to the freezer and fridge in the basement to keep cold.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2009, 18:09:25 »

Ouch. Nasty

Do you normally get tornadoes that far north?

Nathan|C · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2009, 18:10:26 »

Sounds bad

If you have lost power, which computer are you using now?

RMS Canada · « **Reply #3 on:** August 22, 2009, 18:12:54 »

Quote from: Nathan|C on August 22, 2009, 18:10:26

Sounds bad

If you have lost power, which computer are you using now?

I am currently using a computer from my town's local libary because haft of my town has power restored.

Quote from: The Ferry Man on August 22, 2009, 18:09:25

Ouch. Nasty

Do you normally get tornadoes that far north?

It's rare here. We never usually get any.

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #4 on:** August 22, 2009, 18:15:17 »

Quote from: RMS Canada on August 22, 2009, 18:12:54

I am currently using a computer from my town's local libary because haft of my town has power restored.

It's rare here. We never usually get any.

That is what I thought. Not heard of Canada getting themmyself.

Hop you get power back soon

RMS Canada · « **Reply #5 on:** August 22, 2009, 18:16:29 »

Quote from: The Ferry Man on August 22, 2009, 18:15:17

That is what I thought. Not heard of Canada getting themmyself.

Hop you get power back soon

I have been waiting since Thursday night.

Wave Music · « **Reply #6 on:** August 22, 2009, 19:27:39 »

I hope your RMS Canada & other models are safe & sound. $:-\$

Agent|Austin · « **Reply #7 on:** August 22, 2009, 19:43:44 »

How could you not know if there was a tornado or not, lol.

Season · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2009, 00:09:17 »

That sucks! Hope you will have power soon again! Take care...

Hudizzle · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2009, 07:54:47 »

Hmm... A tornado touched down near hear around that same time as well!
Actually I'm not sure if it was exactly around that time, but it was close, at least.
It didn't touch down in my town, but one down the road , 4.5 miles east. It was an EF2 (On a scale3 of EF0 - EF5)
It knocked out power, threw branches and debris around, knocked down trees, broke windows, and tore the roofs off of the middle school gymnasium and an 8-unit apartment complex. Nobody was hurt, though.
It came with pretty much little, if not no warning at all. (Aside from the usual severe T-storm/Tornado watches, but no siren of immediate danger.)
Didn't affect my neighborhood. I didn't even know there was a tornado until it was on the news.
I should have rode my bike down there to take pictures of the damage, but I was too lazy.

I still wouldn't mind seeing a tornado, as long as my I and my house are not in its path, of course... Or loved ones and friends... Everybody else is on their own. All I want are awesome pictures to put on my deviantArt page.
Okay, so that last part was a bit of sadistic Carlinesque dark humor.

TJK · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2009, 08:10:57 »

I see you had a real bad one in 2006 to http://www.vaughanweather.com/chase/08_02_06.html
Hope all are safe over their, it's not god when mother nature are angry
TJK

matt5674 · « **Reply #11 on:** August 23, 2009, 08:33:30 »

Years ago in Louisville, Kentucky (my hometown), a tornado landed in New Albany, Indiana, and was on a collision course for The 'Ville, but it changed course and headed east. September 2008, a week after patriots day, we got hit by a windstorm, possibly from a hurricane, it knocked a tree onto a powerline in my area, cutting off power for A WHOLE WEEK! January 2009, a icestorm hit Louisville knocking power out for another week, but my family used the icestorm as a fridge and freezer

this is some crazy weather we all have on this planet.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #12 on:** August 23, 2009, 11:15:19 »

Quote from: matt5674 on August 23, 2009, 08:33:30

Years ago in Louisville, Kentucky (my hometown), a tornado landed in New Albany, Indiana,

We had a Tornado land yesterday. It was at Brize Norton.

Joking aside, I'm glad you were not injured by it. They aren't nice when you get up close (Cyprus 2006- was great fun... for a while)

RMS Canada · « **Reply #13 on:** August 24, 2009, 17:54:06 »

Hi everyone,

Our power got restored on Saturday at 5:00 pm Eastern, but the damage is so much, some parts of Gravenhurst will never look the same.

Wave Music · « **Reply #14 on:** August 24, 2009, 18:00:22 »

Good to hear that!

Back to usual life then...

RMS Canada · « **Reply #15 on:** August 24, 2009, 18:05:17 »

Quote from: Wave Music on August 24, 2009, 18:00:22

Good to hear that! Back to usual life then...

Quote from: RMS Canada on August 24, 2009, 17:54:06

"But the damage is so much, some parts of Gravenhurst will never look the same."

The Ferry Man · « **Reply #16 on:** August 24, 2009, 18:15:26 »

|I am glad WM pays attention to everything... $:-\$

Glad you have power, lets hope you can get back to something resembling normality soon.

Hope you and your friends/family are okay also.

RMS Canada · « **Reply #17 on:** August 24, 2009, 20:52:00 »

Quote from: Wave Music on August 22, 2009, 19:27:39

I hope your RMS Canada & other models are safe & sound. $:-\$

They are fine, Wave Music. Thanks for sharing the concern.

Wave Music · « **Reply #18 on:** August 24, 2009, 20:52:47 »

Good to hear that.

RMS Canada · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2009, 20:55:28 »

EDIT: Environment Canada has comformed that an F0 tornado struck Bethune Drive, making a total of eight tornadoes in Ontario last Thursday.

Hi everyone,

I've begun to upload photographs of the damage onto DeviantART.

If you want to see them, http://titanicexpert.deviantart.com/gallery/#Muskoka

Plus, there's a video on Youtube as well.

RMS Canada

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Nathan|C

TJK

matt5674