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Old 04-03-2012, 11:04 PM
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Everyone ok in DFW? Unbelievable video of 18 wheelers flying through the air on the news this evening. Hope everyone and their cars came though ok.
Old 04-03-2012, 11:13 PM
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Saw briefly in the news while at work...(in Florida the main topic is the kid who was shot)

Hope anyone in there is ok.
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Everyone seems to be accounted for, thanks for asking.
Old 04-03-2012, 11:21 PM
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Adrienne was in Lewisville at a meeting. She is fine but her Mercedes is toast. The back window has holes the size of baseballs. We live in Kennedale, a city of 7,000 people right next to Arlington. I saw a tornado about 500 yards away on the other side of the tree line. Reminded me of watching The Black Cloud in a LOST episode. We are fine but a block away, houses were leveled and the High School got hit. They are reporting 10-12 tornadoes within an hour. Fortunately, there are no fatalities. The Weather Channel has some amazing stories/pictures.
Old 04-03-2012, 11:32 PM
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Wow that was close. Good thing she didn't drive one of the Porsche's today. My ex wife's house got hammered, she's going to need to call her insurance company and pay that 2% deductible. Karma?

Flower Mound just got rain.
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Originally Posted by Texbuckeye
Wow that was close. Good thing she didn't drive one of the Porsche's today. My ex wife's house got hammered, she's going to need to call her insurance company and pay that 2% deductible. Karma?

Flower Mound just got rain.
I was wondering if it was going to be you or her paying for the fix when I saw that picture. Karma indeed.
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I have to replace mine from last summer. No big deal. My father-in-law is in the roofing business on the supply side.
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Lost a sky light, and my roof is toast. I've really never seen baseball size hail before. Wrath of God stuff. Thank goodness I put my dog in his kennel this morning or else I would have to rename him Toto.
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What part of Texas? What size hail?
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Originally Posted by ALKada
Lost a sky light, and my roof is toast. I've really never seen baseball size hail before. Wrath of God stuff. Thank goodness I put my dog in his kennel this morning or else I would have to rename him Toto.
Cover the car and hit the basement when necessary. It may be an interesting spring this year. Good to hear folks are ok. I used a thermal concrete blanket to cover my '80 before I had a place with a garage.
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It was all around us but all we got was heavy rain.
Sirens were going off and we hit the hall way for saftey.
Watching the trailers flying through the air was scarey.
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All good at my house in North Richland Hills, only heavy rain. I did see a few cars on the road yesterday on my way home that were pulverized by the baseball size hail. They looked like they had a sledge hammer taken to them......and the front and back glass were swiss cheese....
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Originally Posted by Texbuckeye
I have to replace mine from last summer. No big deal. My father-in-law is in the roofing business on the supply side.
I think I will be needing to talk to him.
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Originally Posted by ROG100
It was all around us but all we got was heavy rain.
Sirens were going off and we hit the hall way for saftey.
Watching the trailers flying through the air was scarey.
As long as those weren't USPS trailers...........

Seriously, the video we saw up here was wild. Glad everyone's O.K.



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