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Post by onesweetla83 on Jun 16, 2009 17:00:56 GMT -5
Why am I still having problems posting photos on here??
Anyway, we got in late and set up our tent. By the time we headed into Centeroo we were a little bit wet so we didn't bother with umbrellas or ponchos. As we were passing the mist tent near Pod 8, we SAW A LINE OF TORRENTIAL RAIN coming at us across the camping area. Luckily, we ducked under a tent but that wouldn't have done us much good if there had been a tornado.
I know it was really spotty bc it seemed to rain at the campsite all the time but it wasn't raining when we were in This Tent for Passion Pit...
Post by sandmantend13 on Jun 16, 2009 20:37:03 GMT -5
If we would of had a tornado rip through Bonnaroo that would of been freaky as hell!! I came out of Portugal. The Man and saw it was storming pretty hard then I came back to my RV and waited for alittle bit and the storm died down. I looked at my Weather app on my iPhone and read that there was a tornado watch in effect until 2 so I was like damn I don't want to miss Tobacco's set so I went out and saw Passion Pit and as they were over my dad told me to come back to the RV so I had to miss Tobacco's set sadly but thats when the weather got really bad was between those times
Post by Britney's_Fears on Jun 16, 2009 21:28:57 GMT -5
I was at The Troo Music Lounge getting rained on when I heard about the warning. I looked at the kid standing next to me and said "How would you like to die at Roo?" He looked at me and started smiling and I smiled and we both said in unison. "I can't think of a better way to go."
The bolts of lightning were getting louder applause/cheers than the band. Whatever was going to happen was going to happen, I sure as hell wasn't letting it ruin my Thursday night at Roo, American Princes were doing a good enough job at that. (Only saw 'em cause they were in between two bands I wanted to see.)
Post by mphsvoodoo on Jun 16, 2009 21:39:05 GMT -5
We were just sitting around camp Thurs night when they announced the tornado warning on radio Bonnaroo. Sometimes those DJ's are just too chill, lol. She was like, " Just want to let you all know, there is a tornado warning for Manchester, so find some cover. Now here's some Springsteen." I was waiting for more info, but nothing. What was really scary was the break in the storm right after she said that. I thought we might be in the eye or something. I really had to go to the porto, but decided I would wait a while, as it is probably the LAST place I would want to die.
When was the tornado warning?? I was at my tent around 8pm or so (i think it was sometime after White Rabbits but before Passion Pit) and a pretty intense storm blew through. At one point there were some crazy gusts and we wondered if a tornado was a possibility ...but then things cleared up a bit and we went in to Centeroo. During Delta Spirit it started raining hard again and I looked outside and sky was green (I'm not from the tornado belt, but I'm guessing that's not a good sign).
Was the tornado warning during the first or second storm?
Post by prettypinkstars on Jun 16, 2009 23:08:27 GMT -5
didn't see a funnel cloud, but i sure did get lost on thursday night trying to get back to camp...and wondered around hopelessly in the pouring rain for about 45 minutes.
6.7: roooo 6:19: roger waters playing the wall 6:22: dave matthews band 6.27: trampled by turtles 6:28-29: phish 7:14: forecastle festival & mmj on the belle of louisville
When was the tornado warning?? I was at my tent around 8pm or so (i think it was sometime after White Rabbits but before Passion Pit) and a pretty intense storm blew through. At one point there were some crazy gusts and we wondered if a tornado was a possibility ...but then things cleared up a bit and we went in to Centeroo. During Delta Spirit it started raining hard again and I looked outside and sky was green (I'm not from the tornado belt, but I'm guessing that's not a good sign).
Was the tornado warning during the first or second storm?
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 16, 2009 23:19:06 GMT -5
According to my text messages, around 11, but I'm not sure if that's my time or Roo time. I'm thinking maybe my phone switches the time stamps on saved texts when it switches the clock, so maybe that's 11 est and 10 roo time, since that's what mphsvoodoo thought.
Well thankfully someone else went thru the same thing. My fellow camper said, "nope, I slept right thru anything last night" and I thought I might have been dreaming, but now that someone else said that they were praying while their tent practically peeled away from above them, I feel validated in my tears.
I was at The Troo Music Lounge getting rained on when I heard about the warning. I looked at the kid standing next to me and said "How would you like to die at Roo?" He looked at me and started smiling and I smiled and we both said in unison. "I can't think of a better way to go."
The bolts of lightning were getting louder applause/cheers than the band. Whatever was going to happen was going to happen, I sure as hell wasn't letting it ruin my Thursday night at Roo, American Princes were doing a good enough job at that. (Only saw 'em cause they were in between two bands I wanted to see.)
^^ hell yes. i remember walking around centeroo, pretty twisted, heading for either chairlift or passion pit, and just seeing lightning everywhere--it was beautiful. i was a little too sideways to be worried about getting struck by lightning (or swept away by a tornado), and i remember, quite clearly, thinking...well, if I'm going to die, a lightning strike at Roo is probably the way to go.
I figure, if you have the bad luck to not only get hit by lightning, but to have it occur at bonnaroo...its just your time to go.
but yeah, thursday night was definitely one of the most intensely awesome experiences ive ever had.
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