Bevo Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 I drove by Waycross twice over the weekend going to and coming back from Florida. Each time I saw the exit for Waycross I got that creepy feeling and just pushed harder on the gas pedal until it passed. Sounds like the same area I passed satan trying to hitch a ride out. He looked bad. Just inside the shoulder of the interstate sitting on a backpack with his head down and his thumb up. I think he had a poodle with him. I'm pretty sure there was a cardboard sign at his feet reading something like "I Quit". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Everyone on the board needs to make plans to visit Wilkes Community College for Merlefest April 25-28th. My college will usually see around 80,000 visitors for this multi day musical event that will feed millions of dollars to economy of Wilkes and to the college itself. For more info on tickets, food vendors, and lineups see.. http://www.merlefest.org/ Multiple stages and performers around campus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Everyone on the board needs to make plans to visit Wilkes Community College for Merlefest April 25-28th. My college will usually see around 80,000 visitors for this multi day musical event that will feed millions of dollars to economy of Wilkes and to the college itself. For more info on tickets, food vendors, and lineups see.. http://www.merlefest.org/ Multiple stages and performers around campus. Do you know what has 8 teeth and 64 legs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin NCwx Posted April 2, 2013 Share Posted April 2, 2013 Do you know what has 8 teeth and 64 legs?the irs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 the irs? Nah. The front row at Merlefest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Do you know what has 8 legs, 7 arms , and sucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Do you know what has 8 legs, 7 arms , and sucks? Def Leppard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Dam**t, you are the man! Def Leppard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Am I missing something here? I don't get it. The questions are funny though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Am I missing something here? I don't get it. The questions are funny though. Yep. You're missing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Anybody ever watch an episode of the " Squidbillies" ? That's some funny stuff right there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Anybody ever watch an episode of the " Squidbillies" ? That's some funny stuff right there!! Watch it? This forum lives it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackerel_sky Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Watch it? This forum lives it. Who is grandma? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Anybody ever watch an episode of the " Squidbillies" ? That's some funny stuff right there!!Pshht family guy is funnier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Pshht family guy is funnier.Watch it? Metallica lives it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Can't wait for the 70s and even 80s next week. Spring will finally arrive for real! Hallelujah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 The 0z Euro says to the plains "No Spring for you." That was a very cold run for this time of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Watch it? Metallica lives it. :lmao: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjames1992 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 The 0z Euro says to the plains "No Spring for you." That was a very cold run for this time of the year. It does looks like we may have some more freeze potentials, at least up here in the Upper SE. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 I love radarscope. Sent from my HTCEVOV4G using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 I will be up 6:30am tomorrow or earlier will report sleet/snow if I see any. Knowing our luck it will arrive right after 11am and be cold rain for foothills/piedmont. Hoping for some initial sleet to cold rain. Will go crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilkesboroDude Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Winter Weather Advisories popping up out in Oklahoma. Guess it could happen here just not likely outside of the mountains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 39 years ago today.......April 3, 1974 at 4:40pm is a day I will never, ever forget. It was warm for April and I was in shorts and a t-shirt, riding my bike in the Arrowhead subdivision in Xenia, Ohio while my two younger sisters played in the yard, when my Mom and Aunt started screaming for me to come inside....there was a tornado coming. The skies were blue with big puffy clouds and I can remember thinking, there is not a storm coming. The front door was open (along with the big bay window) and channel 7, with their new dopplar radar, and Gil Whitney was telling everyone to take cover now. We all went into the closet after grabbing the crib mattress to cover us up for what seemed like forever. My Aunt and Mom kept looking out the window in the bedroom where the sun continued to shine. After a bit, they both told all of us to stay put as they were going to look out the front of the house. While both of my sisters were crying and I could no longer hear my Mom and Aunt, I left the closet and walked into the living room. As I rounded the corner of the hallway my Aunt was outside and Mom was in the entrance way, I could see where my Mom was pointing and yelling OMG it's here Deb! The sky was black and moving. At that point the wind grew louder and louder as the sky seemed to have a life of its own. My Aunt and Mom ran back into the house grabbing me as they ran back into the closet. The sound of the wind is something that I can't describe. It was like 20 trains, thunder embedded, and 15 demons swirling to make the most wickedest sound ever heard. Next came the sound of things hitting the house and ripping some of it apart. I thought it would never end, but when it did and we opened the door to the closet and walked down the hall, we were standing in the yard and there was a lawnmower wrapped so tightly around part of the fence that was still standing, that a crowbar couldn't remove it. To the left was a giant jackrabbit stuck in the small fence. I can still remember the crock pot in the kitchen in the same place it was before with everything around it gone. Looking around there was nothing left. Nothing. The whole neighborhood was gone. I remember my Aunt asking over and over where the car was so we could get to my Grandparents house and let my Dad know we were ok. Later we found the car a couple streets over, upside down in a pile of rubble. What was a quick 10 minute ride in the car to get to my Grandparents house, took us over 4 hours to walk. The destruction was unreal. By the time we reached the railroad tracks, on our way toward the IGA near where my Grandparents lived, I stopped counting the many people that were being carried out on doors, pieces of wood, and various things that were available. Although I was young, I couldn't help but watch in complete amazement how everyone was helping each other. I do mean everyone. Anyone and everyone that could walk was digging threw the rubble to rescue people. Once we reached the IGA, it was like nothing had ever happened. From a war zone to beautiful tree lined streets in a matter of a block. I learned respect for all of the firefighters, police, servicemen/women and emt's who worked so hard for so many days to do what they could for everyone they came across. I don't think there was a person in town that didn't know of someone who had died that day. Here are some pictures/video's of that day..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalicwx366 Posted April 3, 2013 Author Share Posted April 3, 2013 Wow incredible story. Never knew you lived in Xenia Ohio and went through the worst tornado of the outbreak. Nice pictures. Sent from my HTCEVO4G using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckeyefan1 Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 Wow incredible story. Never knew you lived in Xenia Ohio and went through the worst tornado of the outbreak. Nice pictures. Sent from my HTCEVO4G using Tapatalk 2 That is the reason I'm a weather nerd today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teru Teru Bozu Posted April 3, 2013 Share Posted April 3, 2013 That's an amazing story, buckeyefan. Thank you for sharing. Such a horrible tragedy, but I'm glad that you and your family made it through. Studying the Super Outbreak was one of the things that got me very interested in severe weather, and for all of the destruction there was, I think the one positive outcome was that we learned a great deal about tornadoes from it - knowledge that has probably saved many lives since. I recently found this video about the Xenia tornado and thought it was rather poignant: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsaur Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wow, girl! Just wow. I knew you'd been through it, but to read you telling it...wow. I'll never forget that day...that outbreak. Thinking about how a whole town could get wiped out like that...and the enormity of the day with terror, and horror spread out over the country. There was a lot of weather in the early 70's and a lot of it wasn't nice. It wasn't too far past Camille. The zombie zrain in Atl. A lot of awful within a 5 year span. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isopycnic Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Don't steal chaser pics and claim them as you own.. https://www.facebook.com/storm.channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Don't steal chaser pics and claim them as you own.. https://www.facebook.com/storm.channel Who is Brad Johnson? Is he on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NGaWxNerd Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Wow Buckeye, what a terrifying tale. I was sharing your story with my husband and he remembered all the adults leaving that evening to go to church to donate blood. He's from Oakwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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