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Post by beholderseye on Jun 16, 2009 13:25:30 GMT -5
That thursday night storm was intense. I'm glad I had not consumed any colorful edibles that night because if I had, it would have possibly been too intense. I chase storms every now and then and consider myself well versed in meteorology. There was a very clear wall cloud that came through Thursday night right before the wind and rain hit. In the distance, over behind the trees in centeroo, there was a funnel cloud. I know I'm not the only one to have seen it, and it looked like it was even reaching the ground every now and then. Of course, it could have just been a microburst, but the sky was moving so fast and twisting and circulating, I was just imagining... "wow... could we get a tornado at Bonnaroo?"
It was a fine way to star the weekend, lost of dust... we had some friends help us out by letting us stay under their canopy while it all blew over. Besides the fear factor of being in an open field during a humongous storm, it was a fantastic sight. The lightning was beautiful as well.
Anyone else see the funnel cloud I'm talking about?
Didn't see the funnel cloud, but if I had, I would have flipped the quack out. I knew we were under a tornado warning because someone called one of my friends and told us to take cover. Dude, there's no stable structure to take cover in! The lightning was beautiful though.
I suppose if I were to die in a tornado, I would want it to be in the Bonna-nado.
there was a tornado warning thursday? i'd believe it, but seriously i had no idea. and to think i was just wandering aimlessly around centeroo that night.
I'm just glad we had the little trial storm at about 10am. We had all just set up and an intense 30 min. storm came through and blew down some stuff. Everyone learned quickly to stake down their tents and canopies and make sure everything was VERY secure.
That night our whole section survived with no damage due to this little "trial run."
it was a gnarly storm for sure.. Two buddies and I had an attack of the late-night munchies so we grabbed a few drinks and headed towards shakedown for some $1 grilled cheeses, after we got them it started to sprinkle and so we went and hunkered down in the Info Tent right across from the vendor.. While enjoying our delectable treats the Info Staff in the tent had a call on the radio and immediately made the announcement that a bad storm was heading our way, and if we had a tent or anything that we thought MAY get blown over or affected by the wind that IT WOULD, so we finished eating and hightailed it back to camp, in the torrential rains and got back to our huge party tent and just held on to it for dear life as the wind tried to turn it into a kite haha.. Oh Bonnaroo how I love thee.
edit- while i was at the radio station thursday morning at around 11am waiting for my credentials, the emergency broadcast came over the waves and did indeed say there was a tornado forming, i didn't hear any times or locations but it was on the forecast since early Thursday!
I was at the west toll booths under the staff tent waiting for my family to come when the warning was issued. They shut down the toll booths and everyone was under the tent. They said they had transportation ready to get everybody out of there in case one touched down.
I wouldn't have gone. Not while my fiancee and two children were in the line of cars that had no way out.
My canopy and tent were secure and dry, but I was up late anyway checking out the storm and keeping an eye on things. About 1-2 AM two girls ran up in the monsoon and stopped for shelter. They were lost, wet, so they hung out with me a while. I fixed them drinks and we roasted corn. I was just totally smitten by one of them, she is the coolest chick I've ever met, gorgeous, smart, and funny. Imagine my delight when they returned the next morning to say thanks. We ended up hanging out most of the weekend. I will never forget them. Thank you storm. Thank you God. Thank you Lauren and Daniellle.
Post by swannylax14 on Jun 16, 2009 14:19:15 GMT -5
these are from thursday just as i got to the tollbooths in the morning. crazy storm. thursday night was crazy too, but i had no clue about the tornado warning! we staked everything in our site so it all survived without incident, but the rain/wind/lightning was intense!
Post by dreamingtree on Jun 16, 2009 14:20:36 GMT -5
I live in Nashville so am very familiar with having tornado warnings, but not when I am in a field!!
Amazingly our tents and shade tent stayed secure. We had a group of 3 women and 4 teenagers who had never put up a tent before that put up our site so I was very proud of us all that it didn't get blown away. i really thought it might at one point.
Post by bamadancer on Jun 16, 2009 14:29:46 GMT -5
I just have to say THANK YOU INFOROO for all the years of advice and prep...my campsite stayed tight and dry all weekend while many neighbors had their tents/canopies collapse and all their stuff get soaked. The most we dealt with was one small leak during the last storm of the night.
I was pretty freaked out by the weather as well. If I had known there was a wall cloud I would've freaked out worse! What, if any, plans are there if there is serious weather at Bonnaroo?
Laying in my tent in the middle of the storm was pretty scary, I remember praying for it to end but it just seemed to go on and on forever. I was really afraid that the rainfly was going to blow off the top of my tent and I was going to get soaked since there were such high winds but everything held out okay and the rest of the weekend was pretty beautiful as far as weather goes.
Post by beholderseye on Jun 16, 2009 14:52:35 GMT -5
Yup. There was definitely a warning, and like I said before, I was watching a funnel cloud drop down pretty clearly. I pointed it out to my friends and we just stood there, kind of like... "well, if there is a place to go out, this is it."
we got back to camp around 10, right whenshit was gettin really intense. i had tripped over a hole in the ground on the way back and damn i was layin in my tent feelin pretty weird. it was awesome though, I'm glad our tent stayed put
Post by juanacorns on Jun 16, 2009 16:00:33 GMT -5
after waiting in line from 12:05, at around 10:30 as we are finally going through the search, listening to bonnaroo radio the dj comes on and says, well you should really take cover because the tornado watch has just been updated to a warning and is very close to coffe co and the site. i thought should we set up our tent as cover or just continue sitting in the car. crazy storm but couldve been alot worse! plus they didn't search the car very well when it started pouring
I was in line for the Silent Disco and I was the next person when they flipped the lights off and said there is a tornado warning and we should go somewhere safe.
Post by beholderseye on Jun 16, 2009 16:22:26 GMT -5
Wow, so they flipped the lights off in the silent disco?
Man, over towards centeroo is where I saw the funnel cloud coming down. I may have been the only person to witness this, but I knew what to watch for. We may have been seconds from a fucking catastrophe.
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 16, 2009 16:22:53 GMT -5
We definitely thought we were gonna die Thursday night, haha. Trying to sleep and just watching the tent roof bend and shake....oh god. I was with jhointn, so like she said we knew there was a tornado in the area and we were just freaking out.
We definitely thought we were gonna die Thursday night, haha. Trying to sleep and just watching the tent roof bend and shake....oh god. I was with jhointn, so like she said we knew there was a tornado in the area and we were just freaking out.
Haha me to girlie. I was sitting in my tent alone, the 4 teens, including my daughter were still out there and I was pretty scared. My shade tent looked like it was going to pull up out of the ground at one point.
Yeah, I had just gotten into security after my 11 hour wait when the announced it, and all the yellow shirts ran off for like 15 minutes to find shelter.
Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles that every man of every faith can embrace. These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost.
dreamingtree
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Yeah, I had just gotten into security after my 11 hour wait when the announced it, and all the yellow shirts ran off for like 15 minutes to find shelter.
Wow, so they flipped the lights off in the silent disco?
Man, over towards centeroo is where I saw the funnel cloud coming down. I may have been the only person to witness this, but I knew what to watch for. We may have been seconds from a smurfing catastrophe.
Well, at first the lights just went completely off and the headsets all died so everyone was like what the heck and then when everyone took their headsets off they started turning the lights on and told us to get out.
Wow, so they flipped the lights off in the silent disco?
Man, over towards centeroo is where I saw the funnel cloud coming down. I may have been the only person to witness this, but I knew what to watch for. We may have been seconds from a smurfing catastrophe.
Well, at first the lights just went completely off and the headsets all died so everyone was like what the heck and then when everyone took their headsets off they started turning the lights on and told us to get out.
Thats kind of crazy. I mean, where the hell does anyone go?
But yeah, you were right around the area that I saw the funnel cloud coming down.
I was driving....probably 30 minutes past nashville......and the person on the radio said there was a dangerous storm warning and to take shelter and get away from any type of glass because the winds were very strong. He also said there was possable tornado warnings. I didn't get too scared until I was in the tent watching delta spirit and all of a sudden, I look outside and the sky is green.
Yeah, I had just gotten into security after my 11 hour wait when the announced it, and all the yellow shirts ran off for like 15 minutes to find shelter.
Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles that every man of every faith can embrace. These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost.
Well, at first the lights just went completely off and the headsets all died so everyone was like what the heck and then when everyone took their headsets off they started turning the lights on and told us to get out.
Thats kind of crazy. I mean, where the hell does anyone go?
But yeah, you were right around the area that I saw the funnel cloud coming down.
That is exactly what I said. Which my dad had texted me about an hour before and said we were about to get a huge storm. But they told us to find some strong structure. (which still, there isnt really anything that is permanent at Roo except the dayum arch!) but we went to the mist tent(off) that was up against the back of the big MLB bus/trailer or whatever it was.
We were just finishing setting up when the storm hit (got in late) and it was wicked harsh. Our standard gear all fared fine, just got a little wet. Nothing like rubbermaid tubs to protect all your crap when the rain hits. However, the cheap new shade canopy we picked up to cover the car (we sleep in the back of the car) was destroyed by a really harsh gust of wind. It was tied down so well the only place it had to give was in the seams and sure enough, POP! the seam ripped, the guy line anchor on the fabric tore out, and the whole thing collapsed. It was cheap as chips, so we didn't expect anything great from it, but to tear open in the first decent storm just made us laugh. Well, we laughed later anyway. =)
But I've heard voices not in the head Out in the air they called ahead Through ripped out speakers Through thick and thin They found a shelter Under my skin -Evgeny Aleksandrovitch Nikolaev
While the storm was passing on Thursday night we stayed in our camper and turned on the weather radio, they had reported a tornado touching down 8 miles south-west of Manchester.
I'm looking for anything related to that on the internet.
