Topic: >lived in Tornado Alley
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY started this discussion 13 years ago #28,132
> expected not to die in a tornado
Goddammit Ks.
Goddammit Ks.
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squeegee !first/o5zA joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 9 minutes later[^] [v] #417,151
> has no idea how large "tornado alley" is.
even if i told you it's much larger than your neighborhood, you'd still have no ability to conceptualize how vast an area it is considering you've never left your parents house.
even if i told you it's much larger than your neighborhood, you'd still have no ability to conceptualize how vast an area it is considering you've never left your parents house.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,152
How do you actually get killed by a tornado?
Seems like you'd have to absolutely stand still for it to get you.
Seems like you'd have to absolutely stand still for it to get you.
squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,153
Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 38 seconds later, 14 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,155
@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)
But isn't there still warning signs giving you plenty of time to get away?
But isn't there still warning signs giving you plenty of time to get away?
squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 28 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,163
@previous (C)
maybe by a few minutes. there'll be warnings, sure, and there may be sirens, but you don't go getting in your car and trying to escape. that's silly. if anything you hang out in the closet or storm cellar (if you happen to have one) for 20 minutes and pray to the god of probability that statistically speaking you'll be fine.
of course in the case of a 4 mile wide tornado with 200mph winds or better you really, really don't want to be in a car. you'll get tossed around like a leaf in the breeze.
if you have no other choice, lay in a ditch or a low depression in the ground to prevent being killed by things that shouldn't be flying.
as for warning, no, not really so much. You know there's a storm, you know it's bad, but until a tornado actually forms you have no idea if there will even be one.
so you don't go running every springtime thunderstorm. you just pay attention, if you're lucky you'll know a few minutes a head of time.
but every tornado i've been through we didn't know about it till we saw it. so...
maybe by a few minutes. there'll be warnings, sure, and there may be sirens, but you don't go getting in your car and trying to escape. that's silly. if anything you hang out in the closet or storm cellar (if you happen to have one) for 20 minutes and pray to the god of probability that statistically speaking you'll be fine.
of course in the case of a 4 mile wide tornado with 200mph winds or better you really, really don't want to be in a car. you'll get tossed around like a leaf in the breeze.
if you have no other choice, lay in a ditch or a low depression in the ground to prevent being killed by things that shouldn't be flying.
as for warning, no, not really so much. You know there's a storm, you know it's bad, but until a tornado actually forms you have no idea if there will even be one.
so you don't go running every springtime thunderstorm. you just pay attention, if you're lucky you'll know a few minutes a head of time.
but every tornado i've been through we didn't know about it till we saw it. so...
henn the lord of cocks joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 30 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,164
squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 13 years ago, 7 minutes later, 38 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,165
@previous (henn the lord of cocks)yeah, lol, like every elementary school in the state has one or something like that. they're all over. first Wednesday of the month at 12p the sirens all go off for 30 seconds or one minute to test them. maybe it's fire-stations. whatever.
when i was in school we all had to stop what we were doing during this time because of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrL8khHgyYY
(fyi: i just found this on youtube)
<-- this is a siren coverage map
edit: also the areas in white that aren't covered are outside dallas proper, they are the suburbs, and they have equally dense coverage.
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Fox !FXYGNx1XR. joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,167
I slept through the sirens here today and am not dead.
squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 41 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,170
Fox !FXYGNx1XR. replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 43 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,172
@previous (squeegee !first/o5zA)
No, nothing actually happened.
Tornado went a few miles north as always.
I probably should be more concerned but it's never happened differently. They always take the same path just a few miles north.
No, nothing actually happened.
Tornado went a few miles north as always.
I probably should be more concerned but it's never happened differently. They always take the same path just a few miles north.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 37 seconds later, 44 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #417,175
> walter
> opiniom
> opiniom
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 29 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #417,178
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Anonymous I joined in and (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 9 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,302
Fuck off and die, anons.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,307
Anonymous J joined in and (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 hour later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,340
I am an Anonymous cocksucker and I crave black dicks in my mouth and ass! Also, I am an unoriginal faggot that spews unfunny memes and worthless posts!
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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,341
@previous (Anonymous J joined in and)
Why don't I get the same recognition for insulting you? Fucking discrimination.
Why don't I get the same recognition for insulting you? Fucking discrimination.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,344
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 29 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,347
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
So I get sedate trolling based on my nationality? Am I not good enough for you rage? Do you not consider "my kind" to be worth several homophobic slurs?
So I get sedate trolling based on my nationality? Am I not good enough for you rage? Do you not consider "my kind" to be worth several homophobic slurs?
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,349
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,350
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
And that's it, isn't it? Just because I'm not an anon, you treat me differently. Fucking bigot.
And that's it, isn't it? Just because I'm not an anon, you treat me differently. Fucking bigot.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,351
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,352
Someone told me there was fried chicken and watermelon in this thread. :(
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HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,353
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,354
@417,351 (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Dammit I want equal rage from you when I insult you. I feel like I have to work harder to get a good reaction from you than an anon would, and that's not fair.
Dammit I want equal rage from you when I insult you. I feel like I have to work harder to get a good reaction from you than an anon would, and that's not fair.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,355
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Just go on about how you believe down syndrome babies shouldn't be aborted as that is fucking annoying.
Just go on about how you believe down syndrome babies shouldn't be aborted as that is fucking annoying.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,358
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
So supporting a woman's right to not have an abortion forced on her is an easy way to annoy you? Gotcha.
So supporting a woman's right to not have an abortion forced on her is an easy way to annoy you? Gotcha.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,359
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
The right to carry a disabled fetus is a right that shouldn't exist.
The right to carry a disabled fetus is a right that shouldn't exist.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 18 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,369
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
You don't think that a woman has the final say over her own uterus? What if she's okay with raising a disabled child? What about all of the families who have disabled children and are okay with it still love their child despite their disability?
You don't think that a woman has the final say over her own uterus? What if she's okay with raising a disabled child? What about all of the families who have disabled children and are okay with it still love their child despite their disability?
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,371
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I don't think she has the final say, especially when the disabled spawn may be a burden even after her death. She shouldn't be allowed to carry a fucking disabled fetus FFS. What don't you get about it? And I am not talking about murdering disabled children, but preventing disabled babies from being born.
I don't think she has the final say, especially when the disabled spawn may be a burden even after her death. She shouldn't be allowed to carry a fucking disabled fetus FFS. What don't you get about it? And I am not talking about murdering disabled children, but preventing disabled babies from being born.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 6 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,375
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Oh dear, lol. You don't believe that a woman has the right to control what happens with her own uterus? That's... Wow. And do you seriously see no problem with a government forcing a major medical procedure onto people that don't agree with it?
> And I am not talking about murdering disabled children, but preventing disabled babies from being born
You're not talking to a Christian, You idiot. I would have no objection to a woman having an abortion, disabled foetus or no. My issue lies with You wanting to force abortions onto women who don't share your beliefs. It's a big difference.
Oh dear, lol. You don't believe that a woman has the right to control what happens with her own uterus? That's... Wow. And do you seriously see no problem with a government forcing a major medical procedure onto people that don't agree with it?
> And I am not talking about murdering disabled children, but preventing disabled babies from being born
You're not talking to a Christian, You idiot. I would have no objection to a woman having an abortion, disabled foetus or no. My issue lies with You wanting to force abortions onto women who don't share your beliefs. It's a big difference.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 59 seconds later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,376
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
They are carrying a defective product that ought to be terminated. If they are too stupid to terminate it themselves, that doesn't make it okay to burden us with its existence.
They are carrying a defective product that ought to be terminated. If they are too stupid to terminate it themselves, that doesn't make it okay to burden us with its existence.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,378
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Who's being burdened? Are you forced to associate in any way with disabled people? And if you're talking in the economic sense, you're already "burdened" by several things you will never make personal use of but which helps others.
And if you're using this logic, you're also advocating the extermination of other "burdens" such as people who don't work or people ego have received crippling injuries. Stripping away personal freedoms and killing off people who oppose you can't be justified by you wanting to improve the economy slightly, you psychopath.
Who's being burdened? Are you forced to associate in any way with disabled people? And if you're talking in the economic sense, you're already "burdened" by several things you will never make personal use of but which helps others.
And if you're using this logic, you're also advocating the extermination of other "burdens" such as people who don't work or people ego have received crippling injuries. Stripping away personal freedoms and killing off people who oppose you can't be justified by you wanting to improve the economy slightly, you psychopath.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 51 seconds later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,380
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I am a psychopath because I don't want foolish mothers to keep their defects?
I am a psychopath because I don't want foolish mothers to keep their defects?
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,384
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Because you're justifying a horrible abuse of freedom, a woman's right to decide what to do with her own goddamn vagina, with some vague spiel disabled people being a "burden".
And tell us again how you'd publically torture any woman who refused an abortion under your insane law. It really makes you sound reasonable and likeable.
Because you're justifying a horrible abuse of freedom, a woman's right to decide what to do with her own goddamn vagina, with some vague spiel disabled people being a "burden".
And tell us again how you'd publically torture any woman who refused an abortion under your insane law. It really makes you sound reasonable and likeable.
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HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,385
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,391
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,393
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 8 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,395
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Yep, this whole conversation has really been advantageous to you. You didn't come off as oppressive or utterly cold-blooded at all.
Yep, this whole conversation has really been advantageous to you. You didn't come off as oppressive or utterly cold-blooded at all.
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HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 44 seconds later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,396
Anonymous K joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,397
@417,380 (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
> I am a psychopath because I don't want foolish mothers to keep their defects?
How do you reconcile your mother keeping you? You are a defective racist, who cannot even control your own weight.
> I am a psychopath because I don't want foolish mothers to keep their defects?
How do you reconcile your mother keeping you? You are a defective racist, who cannot even control your own weight.
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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,398
@417,396 (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
We've literally just been over this, bud. And now you're just spouting ad hominems. Doesn't exactly make your position seem too valid.
We've literally just been over this, bud. And now you're just spouting ad hominems. Doesn't exactly make your position seem too valid.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,400
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Now now, it would be Anonymous K just above you spouting ad hominems.
Now now, it would be Anonymous K just above you spouting ad hominems.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,401
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
They weren't participating in the debate, though. I called you out on it because you were previously putting forward serious arguments to try and support your view but then just switched to an ad hominem.
They weren't participating in the debate, though. I called you out on it because you were previously putting forward serious arguments to try and support your view but then just switched to an ad hominem.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,402
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
It was an insult. An ad-hominem attack would be like "well, you must be a defect considering you have so and so disorder etc"
It was an insult. An ad-hominem attack would be like "well, you must be a defect considering you have so and so disorder etc"
Anonymous K replied with this 13 years ago, 25 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,406
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
exactly
Again how do you justify ending up a product of your mothers vagina?
exactly
Again how do you justify ending up a product of your mothers vagina?
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 55 seconds later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,407
@previous (K)
I am just fat though. And if you think fat people should be executed, then you simply hate America.
I am just fat though. And if you think fat people should be executed, then you simply hate America.
Anonymous K replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,409
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,410
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 19 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,414
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
> Most humans are racist.
Source?
> Aside from you college-brainwashed,
I love it when bigots make fun of the education of their opponents. Do you not see the problem in saying that your opponents are better educated than you?
> self-loathing lunatics.
But I like me. :(
> Most humans are racist.
Source?
> Aside from you college-brainwashed,
I love it when bigots make fun of the education of their opponents. Do you not see the problem in saying that your opponents are better educated than you?
> self-loathing lunatics.
But I like me. :(
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 15 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,416
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
> > Aside from you college-brainwashed,
> I love it when bigots make fun of the education of their opponents. Do you not see the problem in saying that your opponents are better educated than you?
We make fun of them for going to college, getting a shitty major, pissing away their money so they can be brainwashed by lying communists that make millions off of them.
> > Aside from you college-brainwashed,
> I love it when bigots make fun of the education of their opponents. Do you not see the problem in saying that your opponents are better educated than you?
We make fun of them for going to college, getting a shitty major, pissing away their money so they can be brainwashed by lying communists that make millions off of them.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 14 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,418
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
Sour grapes, much?
Insult aside, that's really an overly very cynical view of college. You're speaking as if it's all Mickey Mouse degrees and nobody gets anything productive out of it.
And what the heck are you talking about when you say "brainwashed"? As a college student, I can assure you that nobody is strapped to a chair and forced to watch diversity training programmes.
Sour grapes, much?
Insult aside, that's really an overly very cynical view of college. You're speaking as if it's all Mickey Mouse degrees and nobody gets anything productive out of it.
And what the heck are you talking about when you say "brainwashed"? As a college student, I can assure you that nobody is strapped to a chair and forced to watch diversity training programmes.
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HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 minute later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,419
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
I'm talking about US colleges. And I'm looking into getting into a technical university next year while I work this year.
I'm talking about US colleges. And I'm looking into getting into a technical university next year while I work this year.
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doctor dreamworks md !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 39 seconds later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,420
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 2 minutes later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,421
@417,419 (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
I doubt they're all that different. Institutions of huger education where people can go to work towards a qualification of their choice. Some degrees might be considered "useless" (which is itself fairly subjective) and some students might not have figured out what they really want yet, but a lot of them are there to learn a subject they're interested in and to get a good job within said subject. You can't really make such a huge negative generalisation about colleges as a whole.
I doubt they're all that different. Institutions of huger education where people can go to work towards a qualification of their choice. Some degrees might be considered "useless" (which is itself fairly subjective) and some students might not have figured out what they really want yet, but a lot of them are there to learn a subject they're interested in and to get a good job within said subject. You can't really make such a huge negative generalisation about colleges as a whole.
squeegee !first/o5zA replied with this 13 years ago, 31 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,429
the fuck happened in here? it's like a tornado ripped through this thread, it's all over the placeKiller Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,434
@417,421 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)Fuck, I need to proof-read harder. iPod virtual keyboards are not to be trusted.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 38 minutes later, 23 hours after the original post[^] [v] #417,446
@417,421 (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Colleges in the US operate differently than that of the US. They tuition is much higher (so much so that you have to get in debt to afford it) and you have to take lots of gen ed courses that have nothing to do with your bloody field.
Colleges in the US operate differently than that of the US. They tuition is much higher (so much so that you have to get in debt to afford it) and you have to take lots of gen ed courses that have nothing to do with your bloody field.
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,449
@previous (HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY)
We have quite high fees here. Actually, a while ago I compared the course of my cost to that of Fake anon's, and after converting the currency they came out nearly the same. Not sure how his compares to mine, though, and I might be taking a slightly different route anyway.
Anyway, I'm sure that your country couldn't operate as well as it does if your colleges are as bad as you make them out to be.
We have quite high fees here. Actually, a while ago I compared the course of my cost to that of Fake anon's, and after converting the currency they came out nearly the same. Not sure how his compares to mine, though, and I might be taking a slightly different route anyway.
Anyway, I'm sure that your country couldn't operate as well as it does if your colleges are as bad as you make them out to be.
HaikerensGuide !dBGi/iH4eY (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 36 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #417,461
@previous (Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx)
Our public schools are good, and so are our top private schools.
Our public schools are good, and so are our top private schools.