Twin Cities tornado filmed by local Sky Chopper news crew

[Montblack[_1_]]

Video link at KARE 11 News

http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=30474&bw=
20th Anniversary of Twin Cities tornado filmed by local helicopter news
crew.


Montblack

[Jim Burns]

d'oh! I thought you might have had a tordado today. It was the first time
in a very long time that the nexrad had a large batch of purple at the
center of that storm. Did you get any hail? As usuall it peatered out
before it got here, we only got damp... not enough rain to wet a frogs back.

I was tempted to pull up the video of "Man loses pounds, gains attention by
mowing grass" thinking maybe you had something to do with it.. but I thought
better :)
Jim


"Montblack" > wrote in message
...
> Video link at KARE 11 News
>
> http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=30474&bw=
> 20th Anniversary of Twin Cities tornado filmed by local helicopter news
> crew.
>
>
> Montblack

[Montblack[_1_]]

("Jim Burns" wrote)
> d'oh! I thought you might have had a tordado today. It was the first time
> in a very long time that the nexrad had a large batch of purple at the
> center of that storm. Did you get any hail? As usuall it peatered out
> before it got here, we only got damp... not enough rain to wet a frogs
> back.


We didn't get hail, but did get steady rain most of the day. 1.5 inches up
here in Blaine, MN (North metro). Big drops. We had many "thunder boomers,"
along with some of the longest "thunder growlers" I've ever heard. Not many
lightning bolts.

http://www.kare11.com/video/player.aspx?aid=30514&bw=
Local weather today. Finally ...rain!!

The BWCA, up on the Canadian border, still needs rain. Fires. 25,000 acres
and growing.

"The fire is in the "blowdown area" in and around the BWCAW, where a fierce
windstorm July 4, 1999, knocked down millions of trees over 600 square
miles."


> I was tempted to pull up the video of "Man loses pounds, gains attention
> by mowing grass" thinking maybe you had something to do with it.. but I
> thought better :)

He's about 2 miles from here, in Coon Rapids. Lucky for me I live in a
Townhouse Association that mows the grass for us. <g>


Montblack

[Newps]

Montblack wrote:

>
> The BWCA, up on the Canadian border, still needs rain. Fires. 25,000
> acres and growing.

That's it? 25K acres? That's childs play. We already have 200,000
acres burned within 100 miles of BIL and we're still early in the fire
season.

[Drew Dalgleish]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:08:24 -0600, Newps > wrote:

>
>
>Montblack wrote:
>
>>
>> The BWCA, up on the Canadian border, still needs rain. Fires. 25,000
>> acres and growing.
>
>That's it? 25K acres? That's childs play. We already have 200,000
>acres burned within 100 miles of BIL and we're still early in the fire
>season.
I expect that fire will be that big before very long there's an
incredible amount of fuel in that blowdown area. My camp is just to
the east and 10 miles north of the border.