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Tree said:
It was the first time I heard an actual warning from the weather service after that god aweful alert tone. It was not a test! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/faint.gif
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I hope those twisters fizzle without harming any people or property.
Many years ago I found myself in the unique position of being the one to actually make that awful announcement, after I'd gotten a call that the office that normally triggers that alert was flooded and out of commission. I dashed across the parking lot in a drenching rain that was coming down sideways, with a tornado sighted within a couple of miles of where I was, and I arrived in the transmitter building soaking wet, out of breath, rattled, wondering if the tower was going to come down on my head, and I was barely able to get the announcement out. And when I hit the mike, it went out everywhere. Wow.
When I came into work the next day, people were stopping me in the hall and asking "Was that YOU?!" /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/icon15.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif
Anyway, the twister passed by and apparently it only touched down briefly and very lightly before it moved off. Whew! What a break for everyone. That was a little too close for me!