Devastation in Iowa City Tonight

Ah, I think he is a professional writer, evident in the quality - he
just doesn't get paid for it.

Thanks, Jay, for another great story. And I join the others in saying -
glad you and your family are OK, the Inn intact, and Atlas is still
airworthy.

george

Jose wrote:
So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Jose

Lived in the Midwest most of my life and have never come face to face
with one, but saw the results a few times. With frequency of storms
this year, it seems to only be a matter of time. I hear there has
already been more this year than all last year.
--
Gene Seibel
Hangar 131 - http://pad39a.com/gene/plane.html
Because I fly, I envy no one.

On 2006-04-14, Jay Honeck wrote:
So I was at our airport commission meeting tonight when the tornado
sirens went off. We had noticed the skies becoming black, but were all

Nature is amazing, and we were so very lucky. Our hangar and plane are
unscathed, the hotel was just nicked a glancing blow, and our home is
fine. There's no word on casualties yet, but from the looks of things,

Jay, what an experience! I've never been through a tornado, and am not
hoping for such. It is wonderful to read that you didn't have much damage to
plane, hotel, and home and, yes, I'd say you were very lucky.

....Edwin
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turned skyward, for there you have been, there you long to
return."-da Vinci http://bellsouthpwp2.net/e/d/edwinljohnson

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message oups.com...
So I was at our airport commission meeting tonight when the tornado
sirens went off. We had noticed the skies becoming black, but were all
too wrapped up in talk of paving taxiways to pay much heed.


Wow, Jay, well written in the heat of battle. No doubt you were a newspaperman...

I've heard of the happenings there on the TV this morning. Glad you and yours are OK; hope the others are coming
through...


--
Dan DeVillers
http://www.ameritech.net/users/ddevillers/start.html


..

I live in Springfield, IL & we had 2 rounds with tornadoes only 3 weeks
apart during the last couple months. The first did the most damage. The
second rounds barely touched the ground before it jumped back up. We had no
damage at our house, while a mile down the road, roofs are being pulled off.

Funny thing, my wife & I were actually staying at Jay's inn that weekend &
were supposed to come back on Sunday afternoon. We left Saturday due to the
forecast. Sunday night is when the 2nd round of storms hit us.

Glad you're ok.

I'm gonna stop shopping for a strike finder & look for a tornado finder...



"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
[snip]

Suddenly, the flag in front of me dropped straight down. The hail
continued for a minute, but the wind absolutely died. Then it was just
rain -- and then it stopped, too. I was wondering what the hell was
going on, when the guy on the radio suddenly said "Oh my God, there's a
funnel cloud!" The announcer asked him where he was, and he said "On
Benton Street!"

[snip]

Glad you and yours are safe. Earthquakes seem a minor nuisance compared to
this.

Jim




Downtown is a weird scene of utter pandemonium, combined with the
ambience of an all-night kegger. All the college kids -- 35,000 of
them -- are out partying, surveying the changed streetscape. The roof
of a gas station was lifted up, moved about six feet toward the street,
and then dropped back down, destroying everything inside. Cars are
upside down, and one was evidently sucked off the top of a six-story
parking ramp, and dropped into the street.

On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:12:59 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

Glad you and yours are safe. Earthquakes seem a minor nuisance compared to
this.

Hye, if you are smart enough to build a house with a basement you can
hide from most tornados, but how do you hide from an earthquake?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Jim




Downtown is a weird scene of utter pandemonium, combined with the
ambience of an all-night kegger. All the college kids -- 35,000 of
them -- are out partying, surveying the changed streetscape. The roof
of a gas station was lifted up, moved about six feet toward the street,
and then dropped back down, destroying everything inside. Cars are
upside down, and one was evidently sucked off the top of a six-story
parking ramp, and dropped into the street.

What's a basement?

{;-)


Jim

, if you are smart enough to build a house with a basement you can
hide from most tornados, but how do you hide from an earthquake?

In an airplane!
Jim

"Roger" wrote in message
...
Hye, if you are smart enough to build a house with a basement you can
hide from most tornados, but how do you hide from an earthquake?

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com
Jim




Downtown is a weird scene of utter pandemonium, combined with the
ambience of an all-night kegger. All the college kids -- 35,000 of
them -- are out partying, surveying the changed streetscape. The roof
of a gas station was lifted up, moved about six feet toward the street,
and then dropped back down, destroying everything inside. Cars are
upside down, and one was evidently sucked off the top of a six-story
parking ramp, and dropped into the street.

Jay,

Glad to hear you are all OK, and that the Inn and Atlas escaped damage.
Looking forward to the pre-OSH pool party.

Steve