Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-12 Posts : 563 Location : Billings, Montana
Subject: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 5:32 pm
If a tornado touches down the insurance better cover my damn car.
ford_racer [STUDENT]
Age : 36 Join date : 2010-06-09 Posts : 145 Location : Bozeman, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 5:51 pm
My brother just said you guys have the sirens going off
stimutacks [ENTHUSIAST]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-11-05 Posts : 486 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 6:26 pm
I don't think it's too much to worry. The terrain in Billings isn't ideal for peak tornadoes.
People that live in mobile homes probably have something to worry about alittle.
I was driving around while the sirens were going off. I could care less haha.
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 7:08 pm
^^ WRONG!! Main Street was completely wiped out!! I cannot wait to see the pictures people have of the storm. Sorry to hear about your truck Shawn and I am also sorry to hear about your STI Dustin. Looks like I am not the only one that is going to be wrapped up in body work for the next few weeks.
AZ93 [WEEKEND WARRIOR]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-12 Posts : 563 Location : Billings, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 8:48 pm
yeah the metra, applebees, fas break and cenntenial ice arena got leveled. INSANE.
Snakebite420 [STUDENT]
Age : 35 Join date : 2009-12-22 Posts : 189 Location : Great Falls, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 8:57 pm
wow heard you guys got hit that sucks guys sorry to hear about this, we got some clouds here in great falls moving up and im afraid for hail, my car isnt covered because of my insurance company, so cant afford for hail to hit and mess up subie 1
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 8:59 pm
Pretty sure you will be OK Corey. Storm is moving East.
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:11 pm
Haven't seen it but B1R called and said both our trucks are messed up. I hope everyone else is ok, and sorry to anyone else who has damage. Eric thanks for calling to check on us, glad you guys were ok.
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:13 pm
Have not seen a tornado in 6 years and now I have heard of 2 in the area in 4 days!!! WTF?!
AZ93 [WEEKEND WARRIOR]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-12 Posts : 563 Location : Billings, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:19 pm
geeze the pictures of it and the videos were crazy on facebook. and i just drove through that section at 415 on my way home from the harvest car show. if i would have stayed till the end at 5 i woulda been screwed.
RedMitsu [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 35 Join date : 2009-09-21 Posts : 1093 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:28 pm
My little brother was driving on main street when the tornado touched down and it threw a chunk of wood into his windshield, shattering it..... Then he couldn't make it home because all the streets were flooded, then he wasn't allowed to drive on wicks because they declared the heights a "disaster zone"...no one in or out. He finally made it home save thank god, but holy shit....epic pics...and a video
These people who I know personally (through church) have NO IDEA how close they really are, at one point he says about a quarter mile, but judging from the base of the funnel and where they are parked, I'd say no more than 100 yards at most....
The trunk in there is pretty sweet. That's the inside of the metra....
This is what is left of the glass shop
Main street casino and reiters kawasaki in the background
Better picture of the front of the metra
RedMitsu [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 35 Join date : 2009-09-21 Posts : 1093 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:32 pm
Long story short, I'm sorry to anyone whose car was messed up.....this is pretty epic for Montana...oh, and by the way, Kyle, the guy who took the video, already sold it to CBS and NBC.....bastard...the one time I'm out of town and this thing hits less than a mile from my house....bullshit. I woulda stormchasered the shit out of that thing
RedMitsu [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 35 Join date : 2009-09-21 Posts : 1093 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:33 pm
nevermind, sold it to CNN, ABC, AND CBS..........whore
ghost [GARAGE NUT]
Age : 44 Join date : 2010-02-04 Posts : 922 Location : billings
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:35 pm
my truck got hammered
Jay Jr [NEWBIE]
Age : 37 Join date : 2010-06-20 Posts : 30 Location : Missoula, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:40 pm
Holy chit!!! I can't believe this
BUZBYU [WEEKEND WARRIOR]
Age : 57 Join date : 2010-03-20 Posts : 641 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:42 pm
how much he make?
AZ93 [WEEKEND WARRIOR]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-12 Posts : 563 Location : Billings, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 20th 2010, 9:47 pm
o is that umm that reynolds kids. hes frends with my sister on facebook thats how i saw the video.
RedMitsu [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 35 Join date : 2009-09-21 Posts : 1093 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 12:45 am
Yeah, and he can't say how much he made as per contracts with the companies, but I figured probably in the 3k mark total. Would have made more I think if he would have gotten an exclusivity deal with one of the networks.
billythekid [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-08 Posts : 1129 Location : Billings, Mt.
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 1:27 am
i have some pretty good video of it from lockwood, not as close, but clear tornado view. and view of us doing over 100 in a 35 illegally passing, headed towards the tornado...ha.
stimutacks [ENTHUSIAST]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-11-05 Posts : 486 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 2:48 am
I had a HD Canon Camcorder and would have filmed that shit 24/7 up close. $3K? Hell I'd do alot more and never post that shit on the net. It can be copied and all over.
ZipDriveX [MASTER TECH]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-09-24 Posts : 1996 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 9:56 am
I was in the middle of fixing the Venge at the top of the Beartooth pass when it hit. I live right behind Target in the heights. I got 10 phone calls as soon as I hit the bottom of the pass and started freaking out cause my puppy was all alone RIGHT UNDER the tornado Surprisingly my neighborhood was completely untouched by ANY hail and it didn't look like we even got any wind. Thank God, this could have been so much worse!
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 10:14 am
Be prepared there is another warning for tonight.
ZipDriveX [MASTER TECH]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-09-24 Posts : 1996 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 10:17 am
:yikes: Please no!
mr2_jordan [TRAINEE]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-02-07 Posts : 86 Location : Laurel
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 10:45 am
yeah i think that was the first time i've ever known of a tornado touching down and reeking havoc in town. They said the last time one touched down in Yellowstone county was in July of 1958, my Dad was born in Billings in May of '58 yet there is no way he can remember that since he was so little. They did say the one back in '58 caused like 2. something million dollars in damage though.
billythekid [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-08 Posts : 1129 Location : Billings, Mt.
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 11:57 am
if i am not mistaken, one touched down a few years back in the heights..
ford_racer [STUDENT]
Age : 36 Join date : 2010-06-09 Posts : 145 Location : Bozeman, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 12:09 pm
Here's another pic someone else grabbed:
05judge [ENTHUSIAST]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-10-05 Posts : 403 Location : OKC, Oklahoma
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 12:42 pm
I fired up a nice debate on the Q2 facebook page about how badly the warnings and preperation were. It's stirring a few people up.
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 1:05 pm
There was actually a storm about 6 years ago on the rims that had 3 tornadoes in it. Back in '89 there was also a storm that came through the Heights and right over the Lake Hills Golf Course. I lived on St. Andrews and we were right in the middle of it. Those are the only ones that I know of.
ZipDriveX [MASTER TECH]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-09-24 Posts : 1996 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 1:27 pm
I'm a little worried about the storm thats coming today......
Could just be the fact of how close the tornado hit to my house and how scared for my puppys life I was yesterday..... But I'm honestly frightened
billythekid [GEAR HEAD]
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-04-08 Posts : 1129 Location : Billings, Mt.
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 2:06 pm
DoodieHead [ADMIN] wrote:
There was actually a storm about 6 years ago on the rims that had 3 tornadoes in it. Back in '89 there was also a storm that came through the Heights and right over the Lake Hills Golf Course. I lived on St. Andrews and we were right in the middle of it. Those are the only ones that I know of.
must have been the one on the rims.
stimutacks [ENTHUSIAST]
Age : 37 Join date : 2009-11-05 Posts : 486 Location : Billings, MT
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 4:13 pm
Ehhh some super glue and plywood will fix it nicely
DoodieHead [GOD LIKE]
Age : 43 Join date : 2009-09-20 Posts : 3074 Location : Shepherd, Montana
Subject: Re: tornado warnings June 21st 2010, 5:34 pm
ZipDriveX wrote:
I'm a little worried about the storm thats coming today......
Could just be the fact of how close the tornado hit to my house and how scared for my puppys life I was yesterday..... But I'm honestly frightened
No worries Todd, I have been tracking the weather for the last few hours and it is forming more toward the East. I will be tracking this cell all night so stay posted.