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Tornado Rips Through Northeast Columbus (Confirmed F2)

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Tornado Rips Through Northeast Columbus

Oct 12 2006 12:35PM

Reported by Tino Ramos and Chuck Gurney

A northeast Franklin County neighborhood was ripped apart by an F2 tornado. The National Weather Service confirmed it Thursday morning.
The homes on and around Central College Road were hit hard by the tornado. One homes roof was speared by a two-by-four. Some homes had minor damage, while another 100 yards away was completely totaled.
One woman just missed the tornado that ripped through the development. Fate told her to leave her home. She says she felt that she just had to get out of the house, and 20 minutes later, the tornado came through.
The tornado left some delicate objects in its path untouched. At one home, the porch collapsed but the home itself was untouched.
The siding on some homes has been blown off, and nearby, trees are sheared, showing the path of the storm.
While no one was hurt, it will be sometime before the residents in the subdivision recover.
This tornado came in fast and left a lot of damage behind. The devastation is incredible. How do you describe it?
You can see the damage from afar, but it does not quite sink in either from far away or close up, and it all happened in seconds.
One resident says, "I just happened to walk up and saw a slim tornado come out of the clouds."
It caused hundreds, if not millions, of dollars in damage.
"It went back up and then a larger one formed, and it did not come down as low as the other one," he says.
Thankfully, no one was injured, no one was killed, and life will go on.
"To the best of my knowledge there were no injuries, no fatalities. That's fantastic. The rest is sticks and bricks. You can put all that back together," says one official at the scene.
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The tornado touched down only a mile or two from where I live. Last night's weather didn't look as bad as last Wednesday's tornado warnings either... goes to show how unpredictable weather is.
 
It caused hundreds, if not millions, of dollars in damage.
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That's some good writing. :lol:

It's my understanding that this is a new-build area and that several of the homes were not complete and several more were still unoccupied.

The tornado touched down only a mile or two from where I live.
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Only about 5 miles from me. Bloody weather. :pissed:
 
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Bucky Katt;631771; said:
That's some good writing. :lol:
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Yep, Columbus journalism at its finest! :wink:

It's my understanding that this is a new-build area and that several of the homes were not complete and several more were still unoccupied.
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You are correct, sir... some of the homes were just completed with no one living in them yet... someone even closed on one of the homes last week... I hope they had their insurance lined up!

One of the more interesting accounts I heard last night: A woman who worked at the show home in that subdivision called up one of the TV stations after the storm passed through... she and a few interested buyers saw the tornado drop from the sky right in front of that house. They quickly huddled in the bathroom right before the tornado struck (no basement in the house)... she said when they got out of the bathroom a minute later the front porch had been turned and pushed into the living room.
 
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Same here, bkochmc. My in-laws live about 4 miles from us, and it was almost directly between our two houses. Amazingly, trash cans weren't even knocked over at either place.

We were just coming out of the grocery store when we heard the sirens, and we got home and to the basement.

Scary stuff.
 
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OSUsushichic;632010; said:
That was the worst part about Ohio weather for me. I'm such a wuss, but every time the tornado siren went off I would freak out.
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I have the opposite reaction. I completely ignore it...

I actually had a rare evening at home yesterday, too - about a mile from the tornado. Completely ignored the siren and got pissed that Jeopardy! wasn't on.
 
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I liked how the local chanels extended their coverage of the weather for an hour after the tornado warning was over. It was for the viewers safety of course, not to freak the hell out of guilable people and keep them watching as long as possible.
 
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Buckeye86;632021; said:
I liked how the local chanels extended their coverage of the weather for an hour after the tornado warning was over. It was for the viewers safety of course, not to freak the hell out of guilable people and keep them watching as long as possible.
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What's funny is when these TV meteorologists call their radar something like "Dominion Dual Doppler 2000XL". They use the same network of doppler radar that I use in the military while stationed in the states. Like throwing a strong word like "Dominion" and tacking on "2000XL" (ooooh 2000XL) makes people feels safer.:lol:
 
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Buckeye86;632021; said:
I liked how the local chanels extended their coverage of the weather for an hour after the tornado warning was over. It was for the viewers safety of course, not to freak the hell out of guilable people and keep them watching as long as possible.
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It was over for Franklin county, but there were more warnings out to the east. There aren't separate news stations for those counties, so Columbus news kind of has to keep covering it.
 
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