Norm Peterson Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Hope no one lost anything important and that whatever was damaged is insured and can be repaired. Kind of a wild evening. Was not expecting tornado sirens on my way into Costco. The way the wind was whipping, there must have been a funnel nearby. HolyBobpilgrimage and basketballjones 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugeaters1 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 My sister inlaw lives south of Old Cheney off of 14th. she has reported in to us all is well. They drove in from Iowa City, said they made it home before the stoms hit Lincoln. colhusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Only damage I've heard about was near Pioneers Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huskerpapa Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 All is well with my family. But our favorite little ice cream shop was destroyed and Lee's appeared to have been damaged. Bugeaters1 and Silverbacked1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 8 minutes ago, Huskerpapa said: All is well with my family. But our favorite little ice cream shop was destroyed and Lee's appeared to have been damaged. Yeah C and L was leveled. PapaCH and MommaCH are fine in east Lincoln Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handy Johnson Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 LOTS of damage around Indian Village... rain picking up again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrasher31 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 (edited) I live over by the Hy-Vee by 40th/old Cheney (apparently where the storm started) and our stuff seems fine. Luckily. I heard the Long John silvers on hwy 2 lost its roof. Edited May 6, 2019 by thrasher31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashfan Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 I knew that I had truly returned to Nebraska when I heard the sirens go off. Unfortunately, because of knee surgery I couldn't go out chasing but still managed to see some cool clouds from my deck. That is, until the straight line winds started whipping the trees around and I decided to join my dogs in the basement. HolyBobpilgrimage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmykc Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 East Lincoln seemed to luck out this time although we got a heaping pile of pea-sized hail on the front lawn. Thankfully I won't have to put another new roof on the home like the last time which was almost exactly three years ago. The wind did blow down the wren house I put up yesterday morning (disclaimer: No wrens were harmed by this post). trickey 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uneblinstu Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 We lost power for about 8 hours. But otherwise were fine. Might have lost some meat in the fridge. Ice cream survived in the freezer, though, so crisis averted! HolyBobpilgrimage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcp Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 siren went off, i blacked out, and I woke up in this place called Oz. Funny roads they got here. Silverbacked1, HolyBobpilgrimage and Bugeaters1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 My hometown Aurora had so much hail yesterday that it looked like the aftermath of a huge snow storm, and it was 80 earlier that same afternoon. Weird & wild stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 3 hours ago, AuroranHusker said: My hometown Aurora had so much hail yesterday that it looked like the aftermath of a huge snow storm, and it was 80 earlier that same afternoon. Weird & wild stuff. Bugeaters1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 9 minutes ago, colhusker said: Yeah, that's Dana Carvey's version of Nebraska native Johnny Carson doing "weird & wild stuff" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 40 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said: Yeah, that's Dana Carvey's version of Nebraska native Johnny Carson doing "weird & wild stuff" First version I could find in a quick check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuroranHusker Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 46 minutes ago, colhusker said: First version I could find in a quick check. Yeah, just messin' -- hard to believe it's almost been 27 years since Carson hosted The Tonight Show. colhusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PimpMario Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 22 hours ago, Norm Peterson said: Hope no one lost anything important and that whatever was damaged is insured and can be repaired. Kind of a wild evening. Was not expecting tornado sirens on my way into Costco. The way the wind was whipping, there must have been a funnel nearby. Imagining you going to Costco is strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted May 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 15 hours ago, PimpMario said: Imagining you going to Costco is strange. Just look for the guy with a shopping cart full of big cuts of meat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted May 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 NWS says it was an EF-2 tornado that touched down in west Lincoln on Sunday afternoon/evening. It demolished the ice cream store but took one look at Lee's Chicken across the street and thought, damn, that's a heart-attack waiting to happen, and took a sharp turn south. HolyBobpilgrimage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colhusker Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, Norm Peterson said: NWS says it was an EF-2 tornado that touched down in west Lincoln on Sunday afternoon/evening. It demolished the ice cream store but took one look at Lee's Chicken across the street and thought, damn, that's a heart-attack waiting to happen, and took a sharp turn south. The chicken kicked its ass. Norm Peterson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyBobpilgrimage Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 Can't complain... my apartment and life are intact. But that was damn scary. Scariest moment in my life. I work nights so I woke up at 5:45, 5 minutes before it hit north lincoln. Had to throw clothes on and try to hide on the first floor. Seems like these nados always miss the main metro area growing up here... tornadoes are part of life here and you get used to them. But the last 2 years they've not given a shit and headed straight for town. Love everyone here and also hope everyone made it out alright. I'm happy myself to escape with my life. Bugeaters1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HolyBobpilgrimage Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/5/2019 at 8:26 PM, colhusker said: Only damage I've heard about was near Pioneers Park. Glad I moved, I used to live out on west A. Horrible commute and circumstances made me look for the alternative. Glad now that I made the move Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcp Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 I still have pretty high standards for tornado terror. Old enough to remember the 1980 tornado outbreak in GI my last year in high school. that was insane. Not two month later, one would go right over my house in Bellevue, NE. Nutty tornado season that year. Ashfan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norm Peterson Posted May 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 8 minutes ago, tcp said: I still have pretty high standards for tornado terror. Old enough to remember the 1980 tornado outbreak in GI my last year in high school. that was insane. Not two month later, one would go right over my house in Bellevue, NE. Nutty tornado season that year. Shaping up to maybe be one of those years. colhusker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Posted May 7, 2019 Report Share Posted May 7, 2019 (edited) I was in Beatrice at speed skating practice while the sirens were going off in Lincoln. A friend of mine was texting me and face timing me while stuff was going on in Lincoln and telling us all to stay put. We did until about 6:30-6:40 ish and then we all drove home. I drove through a downpour where I couldn't see much past the end of my car. Made it home and found no damage...in fact my furniture on my balcony was still where it was when i went to practice. I live off 27th and Hwy 2...so I was somewhat close to that Long John Silver's that is down the street from KLKN that had their roof torn off. Edited May 10, 2019 by Nighthawk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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