Did Anybody Else Get Woken Up Last Night?

**brianhos** · 07-21-2008, 09:18 AM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

Somebody needs a weather radio...sersiously...

I HATE those frickin things, the one I have (the kcci one) is a piece of crap. It goes off for every watch all the time. I want one that only goes off for tornado warnings, not flood watches.

**isuno1fan** · 07-21-2008, 09:19 AM

No problems here in Clive other than power was out for about 3 hours. Came back on about 6:30am.

**dmclone** · 07-21-2008, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

I think there were 3 trampolines in our development that were destroyed.

At least something good came out of the storm.

**Cardinal2001** · 07-21-2008, 09:34 AM

I usually sleep through storms as well, but some really strong winds and hail woke me up, in Ames. But it doesn't sound like that was anything compared to the north side of Des Moines.

Glad to hear there wasn't any more damage than what could have happened.

**ISUKyro** · 07-21-2008, 09:34 AM

I have woken up at exactly 3:30am for the past 5 nights for no apparent reason..... (of course being in Houston, it has nothing to do with your weather up there). I think I may set my alarm for 3:00am today and see if I can walk around my apartment and find out what ever it is that is waking me up.

**Nedrick** · 07-21-2008, 09:36 AM

We had tornado sirens go off here in Carroll around 2:15. Had some nasty winds blow through -- guess there are trees uprooted all over town. I have several down branches, including one on my power line and cable line. Mid-American is scheduled to come remove it (although I'm probably pretty low on the totem pole since I have power). The weirdest thing I saw in my back yard was concrete from my retaining wall laying 5 yards away from the wall. It's a mess around here... (But could have definitely been worse at our house -- counting my blessings!)

**CyinCo** · 07-21-2008, 09:36 AM

I woke up about 12:30 and heard it storming. I woke up again about 3:30 to hail pelting my wall and strong winds. I had wondered if it had stormed non-stop from 12:30-3:30. In my mind, it seemed like it stormed all night long.

I didn't hear any tornado warning sirens here in clive but maybe they never went off. I had no idea it was even a bad storm until this thread.

**ISUFan22** · 07-21-2008, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by dmclone

At least something good came out of the storm.

Can't say I completely disagree with that. Once one family got one, damn near everyone else did.

There are still at least 2 others that didn't get moved because they are secured with sandbags. So that's 5 that I know of in a development with only 15ish houses that are occupied.

**mj4cy** · 07-21-2008, 09:38 AM

We slept through the siren...which scares me in case we really would have had to take shelter. The good thing is my new puppy didn't care about the storm.

**jdoggivjc** · 07-21-2008, 09:52 AM

Passed thru the Quad Cities at about 6:00 this morning as I was getting ready to leave for work. Although soaked quite a bit, I got my new ISU flag down before the wind carried it away...

**Wx4Cy** · 07-21-2008, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by brianhos

I was surprised Johnny Mac was on the air at 3:30. It was funny because he was saying he was not actually sure if he was on or not because it sounds like Ch8 lost power. Luckily I had just gotten my OTA antenna working again because there was no way satellite was working at that point.

MrsWx said the studio took a couple of hits and they lost some of the monitors inside for awhile...they weren't sure they were on because the monitors were out. Digital (8.1) went out for awhile but they never actually went to generator or lost power.

**wartknight** · 07-21-2008, 09:57 AM

My 9 mos pregnant wife and 2 year old were taking cover in NE Ankeny. For the first time since we moved here over 4 years ago, the house was creaking and making noises in all the wind last night. Got power back at 9:30 this morning.

**CyGal** · 07-21-2008, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by brianhos

I HATE those frickin things, the one I have (the kcci one) is a piece of crap. It goes off for every watch all the time. I want one that only goes off for tornado warnings, not flood watches.

I agree here! We have the same one, and I woke up 3 times in under an hour last night to turn the stupid thing off. Only once was a tornado warning, but at that point we turned the stupid thing off so we could sleep. We're seriously thinking of getting a portable one so we can keep it with us around the house, instead of running to the bedroom to turn it off everytime there's a flood watch or severe thunderstorm watch in the area.

**jbhtexas** · 07-21-2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by brianhos

I HATE those frickin things, the one I have (the kcci one) is a piece of crap. It goes off for every watch all the time. I want one that only goes off for tornado warnings, not flood watches.

You could always break out some green and get a higher-end one. I have a Sharecom WRP-500 (unfortunately I think that company is out of business now). On this model, you can pick which counties AND which type of warnings that you want to be notified for. I'm sure there are other higher end radios available that have this functionality...

**eclone** · 07-21-2008, 10:03 AM

Originally Posted by ISUFan22

We're "in" Grimes, didn't hear the sirens, but I did hear the rain/wind. I normally sleep right through a storm and love 'em - but last night was the first time I can recall being a bit concerned.

I'm in Grimes too and woke up to the siren a little after 3:00. With the noise the wind was making, my first thought was that the tornado was right outside our window. Flipped on the TV, but the cable was out until about 3:15. Internet did work and I could tell that the worst was just past. I live by the library and there were some branches down in the park and some on my street, but none in my yard. Sure did a number on my tomato and pepper plants though!