Posted by Stamper_WI on 6/8/06 4:47pm
Msg #124824

Hey Jane WI!

Someone told me that one of those weather-things-they-refuse-to-call-a-tornado took out part of the interstate down there! That so?

Reply by JanelWI on 6/8/06 4:54pm
Msg #124827

Wow! I hadn't heard that. Why do they do that? We have the occaisonal tornado. Just because no one actually saw it they are reluctant to call it a tornado. I don't think straight line winds can up root an interstate. Where exactly was this? I have been too busy to actually catch the news.

Reply by Stamper_WI on 6/8/06 8:54pm
Msg #124861

One of my daughters mentioned it. There were tornados going through richland co Tuesday or Wed (my week is a blur)

Reply by LisaWI on 6/9/06 10:56am
Msg #124944

I havent heard of this one, but last year, in Point, we had one of those. Its called a wind sheer. We were up north and came back to the east side of point tore up from one of these. You could literally follow the path it took. It uprooted huge trees, tore up sidewalks, and bent or broke off the tops of trees. It overturned a trailor by the UW. Our neighbors said it was just a white haze very sudden and very strong for about 2 minutes. They said you couldnt see anything. I was just amazed at the big trees it had uprooted in the Schmeekle Reserve. From what I understand it is a straight line of intensity that doesnt circulate like a tornado, but is a strong as one.