Iowa Storms
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Topic: Iowa Storms
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Subject: Iowa Storms
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2022 at 9:01pm
| I hope that any Forum Members are not impacted by the almost ongoing damage. Also, those returning through Iowa from the Mo. Swap Meet were not caught up in the wind & hail. |
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2022 at 11:05pm
| 200Tom is near that area hit. Hope he's okay. Sister also near there. Reported only power outage at this time.I was in Des Moines when it came up but just rain. We headed east to home and came across a semi blown off the road east of Colfax and debris on the interstate. Heavy rain and hail after dark and wind is now quite strong. Will see what the day brings |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 12:29am
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First wave blasted us pretty good around 8:45, straight line winds to 55mph, gusting to 65 or so, but unscathed. Had a lull for about an hour, and now the wind is back up to around 35, with quick gusts significantly higher, but no problems so far. The second bow-echo is hitting Harre Haute, Indiana, and onto Indy soon enough. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 5:19am
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Deaf as I am the wind and absolutely torrential rain came thru here around 11-midnight second round about 1:30, both awakened me. No damage visible awaiting daylight, also never lost power. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 7:33am
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We were having the 'celebration of life' for my mom at the Newton Ikes, tornado came within a mile of there, probably more like a half mile. Knocked the power out, we had just got started eating supper. Some darn good brisket eaten by cell phone light. Neighbor called and said it missed the farm. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 7:39am
Prayers up for those it did not miss
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Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 12:07pm
| We were returning from the swap meet in Lathrop MO and was able to stay out in front of it. All rain until 30 miles from home and then rain, sleet, and snow, a little of each. Had a good time at the swap meet. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 2:14pm
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Tornado's are strange things! This one must not have been very wide. Found a place where it went through a road ditch, probably no more than 50' wide. Went between two houses leaving minimal damage to the closer one while wiping out several trees about 20' from the one house! |
Posted By: 200Tom1
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 5:08pm
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This one was a few miles east of me. Our church is the disaster center for Winterset. I got there about 8:30 this morning. By 8:45 the Red Cross cross had an enclosed truck full of supplies in the drive. We skipped Sunday school to unload. I was more in the way than I was helpful. Water and many other things were unloaded. They also had breakfast in the church building. A police officer was in attendance organizing things. Our disaster trailer can feed several hundred people per day but they didn't need it. They did open it and pull the chain saws out. I volunteered my saws, both pickups and 3 trailers. I have yet to hear from anyone. I was going to deliver an order to Des Moines on Tuesday but I think I'll do it tomorrow in case they need a pickup and trailer. Our local owned hardware store usually opens at noon. They were open when I came buy early this am. I did stop buy later, they were busy. Our local big box hardware store didn't open up till their usual time. I actually detest that store. You could walk around in it all day long and no employee would bother to ask you if you needed help. Eight people lost their lives. Pastor spent the majority of the night at the hospital. The majority of homes destroyed were less than 3 years old. I hope their insurance will cover the increased cost of lumber. Keep a praying for them folks a lot of them lost all they had. One gal and her daughter were actually stuck in a closet. Mom couldn't get cell phone reception in the closet. They were safe but it scared the heck outta both of them. |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2022 at 5:20pm
| Next round of Storms for tonight is at our doorstep, Literally. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2022 at 8:58am
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Prayers for the people that was in the path of the tornado.
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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2022 at 11:25am
| More prayers for tornado country. |