i know they were talking about it when the storms were still on their way there. i haven't been watching the news since then though.

4/16/2011 11:56:21 PM

Seeing those Sanford videos at the Lowe's it is AMAZING to me that no one got injured or killed. That is some massive damage. The manager who moved everyone quickly to the back saved A LOT of lives.

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 12:01 AM. Reason : x]

4/17/2011 12:00:59 AM

a lowes or a home depot, etc seems like one of the more terrifying places to be in a tornado

i was amazed that no one was killed or seriously injured, as well. i'm glad, but the store is like, FLAT. plus those things seem not that well built AND they have all those tall tall aisles of heavy ass shit that would just squash everyone.

4/17/2011 12:05:11 AM

Flying hedge trimmers!!!

4/17/2011 12:06:55 AM

where are the lowe's videos??

4/17/2011 12:07:23 AM

yeah, cinder block construction + thirty foot steel towers of lumber and water heaters + saws and hammers flying around

it's almost insane that no one was hurt

in other news, outage map is still covering almost the whole eastern side of ITB

4/17/2011 12:07:43 AM

yeah, i was gonna say... not to mention all the sharp shit in there!

i work in sanford and we drive out to horner blvd for lunch at least once a week. i've been in that lowe's multiple times. crazy.

4/17/2011 12:07:47 AM

4/17/2011 12:07:59 AM

flying nails and screws and saw blades? fucking a. next saw installement: Twister vs. Saw

except they team up to butt fuck everyone at lowes

4/17/2011 12:08:29 AM

^^yeah that was near my friends house.... who didnt fucking call me back. onyl reason i know they were ok was seeing them on FB like hours later. piss me off.

4/17/2011 12:09:32 AM

is that the new bern ave walgreen's, across from wakemed?

4/17/2011 12:10:37 AM

^^^ Would it have Jigsaw in it and that chick from Twister?

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 12:11 AM. Reason : .]

4/17/2011 12:11:26 AM

^^naw, wilson

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 12:12 AM. Reason : .]

4/17/2011 12:11:51 AM

man, I'm really glad nothing happened where i live, because I would've been woefully underprepared.


I had just driven down to Apex to the dump to get rid of some shit and just got back when the storm hit my neighborhood. I was just chillin in the living room with my roommates like "fuck it, I just live"

4/17/2011 12:12:08 AM

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 12:12 AM. Reason : ]

4/17/2011 12:12:09 AM

y'all mean Wiltson?

4/17/2011 12:12:50 AM

Jigsaw, Helen Hunt, and Bill Paxton. what a star studded cast.

4/17/2011 12:12:57 AM

Yes, WilTson. my bad.

4/17/2011 12:14:17 AM

We were really fucking lucky to miss it at our house. I had to leave work (very unlike me, for serious) to make sure my dogs were okay. Power came back on about an hour ago, though, and everybody I know is safe and sound. Shit was scurry.

4/17/2011 12:14:27 AM

just found out a family at our church had the 2nd floor ripped off their house over there on oleander rd.

were all meeting out there tomorrow at 7am to try and get some work done. on that note, i should probably be sleeping

4/17/2011 12:42:37 AM

there are two oscar winners in twister.

4/17/2011 1:36:53 AM

Wow, was just checking storm reports and they are saying that they had 14 fatalities in Askewville. I used to do some work out that way years ago. They are saying the fatalities are up to 24 in NC.

4/17/2011 2:04:30 AM

just went downtown to get hammered, and, holy jesus, i didn't see one shred of evidence of demolition

trailer park destruction = karma

4/17/2011 3:22:50 AM

ummmmm

nothing east of fayetteville street has power

moore square is all ripped up

everything south of cabarrus is torn up

how the hell did you not see anything

4/17/2011 3:43:40 AM

i suppose i did neglect to mention i was dragged by some ethnic women to the worst bar i've ever spent 2 hours in (mosaic)

i was ecstatic to see the douchey crowd in natty greene's at this point

back to mr bungle, over and out

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 4:09 AM. Reason : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RBSrUtX0bA]

4/17/2011 4:04:54 AM

Local news failed bigtime as far as warning people. My wife is terrified of tornadoes so we watched the weather channel all friday night and they kept saying over and over again that the Carolinas were going to be slammed. I go to WRAL.com, no mention of any storm coming unless I go into the weather section and click on Saturday.

4/17/2011 7:40:29 AM

WRAL was saying as early as Tuesday-Wednesday that the risk for severe storms was going to be something to watch out for on saturday.
All day Friday they were warning folks about our "moderate risk" from SPC and that it is very unusual to get that risk for NC, so take it seriously
then yesterday, they were cutting in all morning warning folks to be prepared and we had been upgraded to "high" from SPC, which is almost like a guarantee of bad weather.
I realize you are referring to their website, but i remember seeing it on there as well on the front page....can't remember which day i checked...probably friday night

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 8:10 AM. Reason : yea]

4/17/2011 8:09:43 AM

The video of the storm moving through downtown Raleigh.

4/17/2011 8:14:29 AM

More pics plz

4/17/2011 8:24:55 AM

Buddy of mine works at ferguson and it took a direct hit. Goin in to help/take pics

4/17/2011 8:25:18 AM

my shed



my deck



my wife and i are out of town...a friend went and checked out our house and it looks like the house itself is probably okay...just the shed is trashed, the deck has some damage, and some of the raspberries were squished by the tree on the deck

4/17/2011 8:45:17 AM

^ where is that?

4/17/2011 8:52:51 AM

off lake wheeler

4/17/2011 8:54:21 AM

Is that the same shed that got broken into recently?

4/17/2011 9:15:12 AM

Power was out ALL over downtown last night in the south east region (ghetto region) and there were trees in the middle of like 10 different roads completely blocking with no cops or cones or anything haha.

this was at like 4 am

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 9:51 AM. Reason : ]

4/17/2011 9:50:50 AM

I too, have never heard of Bertie county or any of these fine cities :

Askewville
Aulander
Colerain
Kelford
Powellsville
Merry Hill
Roxobel
Windsor

4/17/2011 9:51:03 AM

^^^ yes! i was just thinking that now i can claim it on homeowners insurance and build a shed that DOESN'T suck

honestly, there doesn't APPEAR to be much damage...for all i know, though, there could be roof damage or leaks or something (heaven forbid)

i never specifically put the shed on homeowners insurance, though, so perhaps its not covered? anyone ever made a homeowners insurance claim? the deck has a permit and as such SHOULD be covered under insurance, but it's not that expensive (or shouldn't be, looking at the pictures)...i'll check it out tomorrow

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 9:53 AM. Reason : carats]

4/17/2011 9:52:39 AM

http://www.wral.com/weather/video/9454747/#/vid1076424
epic seeing the explosions flash near the end

4/17/2011 10:22:07 AM

my brother's street, east of Raleigh Blvd off Glascock


a neighbor that was not so lucky as he was


another of their street


their backyard; previously you could barely see the sky from all the of the trees


metal shed wall stuck on tree

4/17/2011 10:24:39 AM

4/17/2011 10:34:37 AM

the shed wall blows my mind. didn't even come form a nearby neighbors house they're not sure where it came from.

and i'm SO SO glad they cut down two trees recently that were dead and hanging very close to their house. it could've been a LOT worse.

4/17/2011 10:38:24 AM

Anyone see/hear about the damage off of yonkers?

4/17/2011 10:45:30 AM

4/17/2011 10:46:11 AM

^^^^^I'm about to head there now to help a friend clear trees. still cant get to his house by car. That neighborhood is messed up bad.

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 10:51 AM. Reason : x]

4/17/2011 10:51:37 AM

Ral/Wake FD/EMS Fire Photog Mike Legeros has some stunning pictures from yesterday:

http://legeros.com/ralwake/photos/2011-04-16-tornado/

4/17/2011 10:54:07 AM

this looks like a normal rockwell scene... "Preparing for the tornado"

4/17/2011 10:54:38 AM

i used to work on a project out on bertie and chowan and i can't get in touch with any of those guys

4/17/2011 10:55:07 AM

Quote :

"I'm about to head there now to help a friend clear trees. still cant get to his house by car. That neighborhood is messed up bad."

my brother was able to cut through the elementary school over there to get to his place...so that may be an option depending on where he/you need to get to after that. they stayed at my parents' house last night b/c of the gas leak, but have made it back in to start cleaning up.

3^wow...those are

[Edited on April 17, 2011 at 11:01 AM. Reason : ]

4/17/2011 10:55:34 AM

sad stories coming out of bertie county

i live in a neighboring county and was home for the weekend to play a softball tournament

i have friends from the two towns in bertie that got hit. they have a combined 400 or so people so they are extremely close knit communities. After the Windsor flooding, it just feels like the residents cant catch a break

4/17/2011 11:29:50 AM

set em up

4/17/2011 11:30:51 AM