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19,375 2,829 April 10, 2008 at 05:09 AM in News
It looks like a tornado hit my apartment complex last night. Many trees down, lots of covered parking spots are destroyed. I saw at least 3 cars with broken windows. It's surreal.

I had to step over a tree when I got home this morning.

I would take pictures, but I'm too lazy.
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04-10-2008 at 06:09 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:09 AM.
laugh out loud For some reason I find the pool picture funny.

Bummer about the rest of the damage though. Don't they make stuff... I dunno... tornado proof down there? (in regards to the car port)
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04-10-2008 at 06:11 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:11 AM.
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Did you see a guy in a black hat and gray shirt?

I heard a helicopter when I was taking pictures.
No, Maybe I can rewind. Did you see the guy, I think he said his name was Dan Godwin...??? He showed the same silver car and twisted metal, also a tree down right against the building. He was there in the lot not in the heli.

They are giving the damage run down again with the remote reporters lemme see if he shows up again.
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04-10-2008 at 06:12 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:12 AM.
oh man that looks pretty freaking scary
but when I first read the OP I thought like whoa it went through some buildings Dontknow
glad to see you're alright
also funny to see that DNC means do not call I always thought it meant do not care
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04-10-2008 at 06:14 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:14 AM.
Quote from Drio :
laugh out loud For some reason I find the pool picture funny.

Bummer about the rest of the damage though. Don't they make stuff... I dunno... tornado proof down there? (in regards to the car port)
I still can't figure out why noone has basements. It freaks me out every time I hear thunder. There's nowhere to go. Confused

A few ppl have storm shelter things out behind thier houses but not so many. I only know of two in about a 10 mile radius of my house.
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04-10-2008 at 06:24 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:24 AM.
Quote from Cheergal05 :
No, Maybe I can rewind. Did you see the guy, I think he said his name was Dan Godwin...???
Nope.
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ParisaBleu
04-10-2008 at 06:27 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:27 AM.
Quote from Cheergal05 :
No, Maybe I can rewind. Did you see the guy, I think he said his name was Dan Godwin...??? He showed the same silver car and twisted metal, also a tree down right against the building. He was there in the lot not in the heli.

They are giving the damage run down again with the remote reporters lemme see if he shows up again.
I just rewound the tivo, he said M*** and W***B*** the tree down apparantly hit the top of the bldg on the way down and took a chunk off the corner before falling on an iron fence.
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04-10-2008 at 06:28 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:28 AM.
Quote from Cheergal05 :
I still can't figure out why noone has basements. It freaks me out every time I hear thunder. There's nowhere to go. Confused

A few ppl have storm shelter things out behind thier houses but not so many. I only know of two in about a 10 mile radius of my house.
Me too...I live in the south Dallas area...and apparently a tornado hit really close to my mom in Desoto...TOO scary for me...

But everyone is ok in my family/friends...but it's just the WORST when it happens in the middle of the night...
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Drio
04-10-2008 at 06:29 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:29 AM.
Quote from Cheergal05 :
I still can't figure out why noone has basements. It freaks me out every time I hear thunder. There's nowhere to go. Confused

A few ppl have storm shelter things out behind thier houses but not so many. I only know of two in about a 10 mile radius of my house.
Well that sheet metal crap is just dangerous. It obviously wasn't built to withstand the wind. In our neck of the woods... you can't build something if it's not going to withstand the snow we get here. I'd think they'd do something similar down there for wind. Maybe a carport isn't held to the same standard since it isn't inhabited.... but the flying sheets of metal probably did more damage than if the cars were just out in the open.
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04-10-2008 at 06:30 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:30 AM.
Quote from Cheergal05 :
I just rewound the tivo, he said M*** and W***B*** the tree down apparantly hit the top of the bldg on the way down and took a chunk off the corner before falling on an iron fence.
I'm off Legacy. They just showed a complex of Park that had similar damage.
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04-10-2008 at 06:31 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:31 AM.
Poor guy's house is nearly gone isn't it. I mean no roof and all. It looked pretty bad.
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04-10-2008 at 06:32 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:32 AM.
EEK! I wonder if those that parked under covered parking will reconsider that choice in the future. Scratchchin
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04-10-2008 at 06:33 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:33 AM.
Quote from Drio :
Well that sheet metal crap is just dangerous. It obviously wasn't built to withstand the wind. In our neck of the woods... you can't build something if it's not going to withstand the snow we get here. I'd think they'd do something similar down there for wind. Maybe a carport isn't held to the same standard since it isn't inhabited.... but the flying sheets of metal probably did more damage than if the cars were just out in the open.
I think they just had it up for hail protection. Confused I honestly don't know what they could make the shelters from that could withstand the winds when they are between 70 and 90mph with gusts upwards of 100 and tornadoes touching down here and there.
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04-10-2008 at 06:34 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:34 AM.
Quote from Drio :
Well that sheet metal crap is just dangerous. It obviously wasn't built to withstand the wind. In our neck of the woods... you can't build something if it's not going to withstand the snow we get here. I'd think they'd do something similar down there for wind. Maybe a carport isn't held to the same standard since it isn't inhabited.... but the flying sheets of metal probably did more damage than if the cars were just out in the open.
I agree. The two cars not covered each had a broken window. I think I'd take that over the damage caused to the paint/body by the carport.
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04-10-2008 at 06:51 AM.
04-10-2008 at 06:51 AM.
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I think they just had it up for hail protection. Confused I honestly don't know what they could make the shelters from that could withstand the winds when they are between 70 and 90mph with gusts upwards of 100 and tornadoes touching down here and there.
Sorry.. didn't mean to derail your thread DNC.

I'd say that carport really could have been constructed to withstand the wind a little better than it did. Judging from the pics it failed miserably. Sure, I would expect to see some damage... but that thing got ripped to shreds.

I bet DNC is pretty happy his car wasn't in that parking lot at the time!
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04-10-2008 at 10:05 AM.
04-10-2008 at 10:05 AM.
Nice pics. At least it wasn't awful but still not good. Frown
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