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Big Storm - Dayton, OH

Re: Hmmmmm - system lost a post by me....

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Xenia is our tornado\straight line magnet but we area going to have these all week long it looks like. The sunny days just fuel the storms.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

reply to CylonRed
Fairborn did get a confirmed F1 tornado so that's not too far from Xenia...

Here are a couple of pictures we took last night. We live about a mile East of the WDTN/Channel 2 studio in Miami Township.

reply to CylonRed
Bath township at 235 also got a confirmed tornado as well - low grade I believe - though I have not heard the official EF rating yet.
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

Bath Township @ 235 is the same one we are talking about. Bath Township is the non-corporated area of Fairborn (I used to live there)

They are predicting strong storms for Wednesday.
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Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

reply to CylonRed
I got caught in that storm on my way home that day. The winds were pretty bad, took down a few trees where I live.

reply to RonS
I drove thru Bath township but on the Huber side - never knew the east boundry for Bath township (actually thought that Huber was the east boundry). Lived here for going on 43 years yet did not know the boundries. LOL
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

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reply to CylonRed
Just had some bad storms roll through the town where I live. A few family members and friends are still under a warning or two. I like watching storms come in, be it on the computer or better yet sitting outside. Over the years I've noticed that you will usually smell all kinds of different foods being cooked depending on the time of day just before a bad storm hits. People worry about the power going out and decide to cook something as quickly as possible.
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reply to CylonRed
We lost power for about 4 hours. We were lucky to miss all the hail. We saw a few pea sized hail hit the car but that was about it.
There were a few places in West Carrollton that got hit really hard with hail.

What were your wife and kids doing at the school?
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Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

reply to CylonRed

30 minutes after hitting ground.

Blasted flashings on my roof also.

reply to CylonRed
We lost internet last night - we got pea sized but a co-worker who lives just south and eat of me got golf ball sized and there are reports of tennis baseball sized hail. Xenia got nailed once again - looked like a hurricane.

The wife and kids take a Tae Kwon Do class thru West Carrollton and Chung's Academy.

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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

reply to CylonRed
And now with all the rain gone it is time to mow grass when it dries out. It's only twice as high as it should be so I will be mowing the yard twice at two different settings
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Statistically, 6 out of 7 dwarfs aren't happy.

Welcome to the club!

reply to RonS
I can only do one level - the highest setting is actually quite low. thankfully the 12.5 hp engine works well - just takes me a good bit longer to mow. Mowed the lawn late last week and did it again yesterday...
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Brian

"It drops into your stomach like a Abrams's tank.... driven by Rosanne Barr..." A. Bourdain

reply to RonS
I managed to finally get my back yard mowed this morning. It's still a little soft, but at least, it's no longer "squishy" under foot. I had to cut it twice. One thing that did help, however, was my mower has a similar blade design as a "GatorBlade". The rear "wing" on the blade has additional cutting edges, built into it. It saves a lot of "clumping". The grass was dry enough, but, as I said, the ground is still quite soft, If it continues to be dry, I may, as much as I hate to do it, be able to roll the ruts and bumps out of it tomorrow. It's tough to time it just right... soft enough to take the roll, while firm enough not to rut under the wheels of my Cub.
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"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”

My dad is 6 ft tall - he had grass to his nipple...

reply to CylonRed
Well... hit it right on the button this morning. Got the roller filled and the tractor ready, and got the yard rolled just perfect. It was soft enough to take the roll, but firm enough not to leave ruts from the tractor tires. I normally hate to compact the soil that much, but it was really bad as far as my footprints and small ruts from the mowing. The mower just bounced all over when I cut it this last time... not good! I have a small aerator (spiker) that I'll use as soon as the grass recovers from the rolling. They're calling for scattered thunderstorms tomorrow, and if I dodge that bullet I should be home free.
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"I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”