[NLRS] Storm in Rogers

[tom ring]

While at the 10G cumulative fixed spot yesterday I was told that John is fine.  
He was in the southern part of Rogers, and the storm was more to the north.

The destruction is quite bad.  200 homes damaged, 50 destroyed.  One 10 year 
old girl was killed; the reports are she was with her brother at a neighbour's 
house babysitting.  I may be wrong on that, the reports weren't really clear 
this morning.

The tornado developed so quickly that the warning sirens went off after the 
tornado was on the ground.  This happened after dark, so no spotters saw it 
develop.  Listening to the news, it looks like the county government is going 
to blame the National Weather Service, even though they had issued a tornado 
watch several hours earlier, as well as a severe thunderstorm WARNING.  There 
were also complaints that they could not hear the sirens inside the house - 
they are designerd to be heard outdoors.  This county, Hennepin, does NOT sound 
the sirens for severe thunderstorm warnings, while many others do, so the 
people did not get that warning.  I have my own opinions about the county that 
I won't bother to pass on.  My advice is to buy a weather alert radio if you 
don't have one.  Cheap insurance.

tom
K0TAR

On 18 Sep 2006 at 6:09, Barry VE4MA wrote:

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> Does anyone know how Jon K0FQA made out after the tornado hit Rogers?
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> Barry VE4MA
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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
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What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth?  Judging from realistic simulations 
involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will 
be pretty bad.
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