Author Topic: Sconsin -- everybody OK this morning? (Read 324 times)

bomber · « **on:** June 17, 2014, 08:18:50 AM »

Seems you guys had some fairly biblical weather last night . . . .just counting noses . . . . . . .

mxvet57 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 17, 2014, 08:52:32 AM »

I'm pissed we didn't get any of that rain considering what it looked like by Rockford at midnight. I may have to turn on the irrigation system today.

RedCBRRider · « **Reply #2 on:** June 17, 2014, 09:48:47 AM »

No weather damage by me. I'm still not riding, so there's that.

bomber · « **Reply #3 on:** June 17, 2014, 10:24:07 AM »

Not riding? How could mere wind deflect the BMW from it's course?

Ed -- you are confused . . . . .we got 4 inches of rain less than 2 weeks ago . . . . . if you need to water anything, you may wish to reconsider planting rice in your back yard . . . . .

mxvet57 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 17, 2014, 10:37:31 AM »

My water table is much lower than yours. I already have cracks in the ground a 1/4 inch. Also I have a lot of new grass coming up. And i planted 15 new shrubs that need to be watered to.

bomber · « **Reply #5 on:** June 17, 2014, 11:32:43 AM »

Quote from: mxvet57 on June 17, 2014, 10:37:31 AM

My water table is much lower than yours.

Now, THIS is likely true . . . . . . my water table is about 1/64th of an inch above the surface . . . . . .

So, everybody in Wisconsin except Ben got killed last night?

Bummer . . . . . ..

bedlamite · « **Reply #6 on:** June 17, 2014, 06:45:17 PM »

No, actually I rode to work last night, light rain when I rode home this morning. Had a some T-storms come through, but nothing major.

RedCBRRider · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:11:20 AM »

Two tornados each in Platteville and Verona. Platteville campus is damaged. The football field is uprooted. No home games for the Pioneers this year. Campus has been shut down for the last two days. Damaged property in Verona as well. Have not heard of any injuries or deaths.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2014, 08:29:32 AM »

Just looked at the radar and it looks like there getting hit again.

MrsCablebandit · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:24:49 AM »

Quote from: RedCBRRider on June 18, 2014, 06:11:20 AM

Two tornados each in Platteville and Verona. Platteville campus is damaged. The football field is uprooted. No home games for the Pioneers this year. Campus has been shut down for the last two days. Damaged property in Verona as well. Have not heard of any injuries or deaths.

Do you work at UW? If so, which department?

falconati · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:30:32 AM »

Apparently a good amount of damage at work (I'm travelling) - thankfully nobody hurt, just money. There are houses right down the street that were leveled. Lots of trees, debris on the roads near/in Verona. Not sure about casualties, but have heard that there are a good amount of overturned vehicles, trailers, etc. Sounds bad.

RedCBRRider · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:49:38 AM »

Quote from: MrsCablebandit on June 18, 2014, 09:24:49 AM

Quote from: RedCBRRider on June 18, 2014, 06:11:20 AM
Two tornados each in Platteville and Verona. Platteville campus is damaged. The football field is uprooted. No home games for the Pioneers this year. Campus has been shut down for the last two days. Damaged property in Verona as well. Have not heard of any injuries or deaths.

Do you work at UW? If so, which department?

I do not work at UWP. My son went to school there. I was at the campus last month for the graduation ceremony, so I'm very familiar with the area.

MrsCablebandit · « **Reply #12 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:07:58 AM »

Quote from: RedCBRRider on June 18, 2014, 09:49:38 AM

Quote from: MrsCablebandit on June 18, 2014, 09:24:49 AM
Quote from: RedCBRRider on June 18, 2014, 06:11:20 AM
Two tornados each in Platteville and Verona. Platteville campus is damaged. The football field is uprooted. No home games for the Pioneers this year. Campus has been shut down for the last two days. Damaged property in Verona as well. Have not heard of any injuries or deaths.

Do you work at UW? If so, which department?

I do not work at UWP. My son went to school there. I was at the campus last month for the graduation ceremony, so I'm very familiar with the area.

Gotcha. The way you were talking about campus being damaged, I thought maybe I had found fellow facilities management nerd on here, LOL! Storms like this week's pose some of our biggest challenges! You just never know what the outcome will be - unscathed to complete devastation or (most often) something in between. Heck, we had a wet microburst nine years ago that lasted less than a minute and wiped out six blocks of power lines. Crazy, crazy stuff!

RedCBRRider · « **Reply #13 on:** June 18, 2014, 10:20:16 AM »

I would not want to be the facilities people that have to deal with this. I've seen the pictures, that football stadium is trashed pretty good. It was a nice facility too.

bomber · « **Reply #14 on:** June 18, 2014, 11:50:32 AM »

fingers crossed for everyone involved . . . . . .

CLAY · « **Reply #15 on:** June 18, 2014, 12:07:04 PM »

We got hammered- 3" of rain in 12 hours- and the next wave is coming in as I type. It's banging away out there. When it wicks up I'll be having a cigar and brew as I watch it storm...

Max Wedge · « **Reply #16 on:** June 18, 2014, 04:53:10 PM »

Didn't get home in time. I got caught in that wave.

three west · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:33:12 PM »

3-4 inches of rain in the last two days...

did I mention our brand new lawn was just seeded Monday night?

so much for that...

mxvet57 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 18, 2014, 09:40:26 PM »

At least someone down the street will benefit.

Zixxerpilot · « **Reply #19 on:** June 20, 2014, 05:34:47 AM »

We got wind, rain, hail, and epic lightning, but aside from a few dropped limbs there was no damage.

I was hoping the hail would total my Cruze. Apparently, the bodywork is the only part Chevy built to last.

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falconati · « **Reply #20 on:** June 20, 2014, 03:47:14 PM »

Wow, tons of damage near work. Saw it today and it was not good.

bomber · « **Reply #21 on:** June 20, 2014, 05:48:37 PM »

People OK?

falconati · « **Reply #22 on:** June 23, 2014, 10:26:36 PM »

I didn't hear of any injuries, so unless anybody else has heard of any, I think we were extremely fortunate.

mxvet57 · « **Reply #23 on:** June 23, 2014, 10:45:20 PM »

Went through the Verna area on the way to Cross Plains and saw a lot of tree debris piled on the side of the road.