Does it have native grasses and Prarie flowers or is it something you mow? Or is it overgrown shit grass like canary grass and overgrown ryegrass?
****Iowa severe weather outbreak thread 12/15****
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That's a yard not a meadow. You are referring to it by the correct name for your situation. I have big bluestem back there That's 10-12 feet tall.
Plant some grasses and save your self the mowing ya noob.
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Just needs Mrs. DeltaTango lounging topless in the chaise lounge to really complete the picture.
She gets a little testy regarding the pool these days after last years "no one over 250 can cannonball" rule change.
I heard on TWC today that the Weather Service officially classified last night's storm also as a derecho after evaluating everything today. One guy thought it should get its own classification. Whichever, in December it was just incredible.
Keokuk is technically Missouri. Iowa lost the coin toss on that one. Just an absolutely dreadful place.
Why would plumbing be a concern? If it gets to cold open the faucets and turn off the incoming water.
We have power back now, but my parents live in the country 3 miles away and still do not. They also lost all but one tree, two grain bins, and a camper tipped over. Shit got wild at their house.
They are good. They said it sounded like the house was going to blow away from the basement. Their neighbor a few miles away had a 2×4 go through the living room wall.
Oldie but a goodie
Derek, sorry to hear that. Reports of some severe damage around the Buffalo Center area, including a building in town losing a roof, and a couple acreages that had significant damage. Locally, were lucky. Always a bit unnerving to hear your town and surrounding towns on a tornado warning.
Yeah, I consider us very lucky only being without power for a day. I have a friend by Rudd that said they have almost 10k without power and many may not get it back for a week. That would be miserable in December.
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This is why the people who say the storm was “overhyped” or made out to be too big a deal by meteorologists piss me off. Just because it didn’t hit your house doesn’t mean it isnt a big deal to others who weren’t so lucky. There was some pretty bad damage in places ranging from the Missouri to the Mississippi River. That’s a big deal.
I sat in the hot tub and listened to it, it was intense. My house is pretty well shielded from winds from the W- SW.
This is what separates a professional journalist like yourself from us internet wannabees, the ability to work a word like turgid into a severe weather thread. Good work. Did I miss TwT or TwaT this week?
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Turgid is just an awesome word.
I did not write a column this week as I am the farthest thing from a recruiting guru you’ll find.
Too many people have a floccinaucinihilipilification opinion of meteorologists.
hope everyone is with power and safe. Its night time here and all calm. Im in Cedar Rapids.
Do you work in insurance, or do you think you personally have $150k worth of damage? Curious, because I am in the industry.
Power is back on as of 8 pm last night. Basically 48 hours without power. Roofers are coming today to replace some shingles. All's good.
I own an insurance agency, and I did not have any damage to my acreage.
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I think we filed less than a dozen claims, at least so far. Anywhere from buildings being flat on the ground, roofs tore off, walls blown out, to shingles and ridgecap damage to houses. All in all, we were very, very lucky in our area.
Security camera footage from the business destroyed by the tornado in Neola.
https://fb.watch/9YovyHfumk/
https://fb.watch/9YovyHfumk/
Thanks for sharing that Shawn. That tornado right there was supposedly the one that did the damage to my place as it traveled directly over my acreage and landed in Neola. I saw today that Glenwood had a tornado spotted as well as Underwood (located very close to Neola). I live exactly in between all of those locations. Pretty lucky it didn't smack us a good one.
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It could have been so much worse. My friend Russ, Treynor native, lives about 200 feet from that building. He was videotaping with his phone. You can tell the moment he starts to panic. Fumbles the phone and then that’s the end of the video. He headed to the basement just before it hit.
That backyard looks eerily like mine minus the bald grass area.The WDT "meadow" is a sight to behold!!
Really crazy. The fastest I've heard prior to this were of tornadoes part of a multi-vortex mesocyclone... which you really can't compare.
Been driving around sac county for the lake view tornado. A few large farm operations hit pretty good at the start of the tornado and damage was spotty for the next 17 miles with some damage here and there.
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BUT THE DUM TV WETHER GUY MADE ME MISS THE BACHELER FOR A STORM THAT WAASNT EVEN BAD!!!!
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