Weather Storms.

[jmc]

Looks like we are headed to Linton, IN with the chainsaw trailer next week. Bloomington as well

Will you be part of an organized effort? I haven't seen any Bloomington outreach for volunteers yet.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Will you be part of an organized effort? I haven't seen any Bloomington outreach for volunteers yet.

Indiana Southern Baptist Disaster Relief. Yeap

 

[JeepHead]

Will you be part of an organized effort? I haven't seen any Bloomington outreach for volunteers yet.

I haven't either and driving through Bloomington every day, I haven't seen very many trees down from the storm. The storm we had last year with the straight line winds were much worse, trees down all over the city!.

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

I haven't either and driving through Bloomington every day, I haven't seen very many trees down from the storm. The storm we had last year with the straight line winds were much worse, trees down all over the city!.

We were there too. Often we are reaching individual homeowners with needs. Last winter we worked with a utility in Evansville after the ice storm... But often individuals need help, even if there isn't broad damage like Sullivan, IN 2023. They are mostly neglected if infrastructure is basically ok. Nobody cares unless it affects them. They just get overlooked.
We have assessors in Bloomington and Linton now getting work orders. Then we will show up and clear trees and debris for free, and be on our way.

 

[Eagle1]

We were there too. Often we are reaching individual homeowners with needs. Last winter we worked with a utility in Evansville after the ice storm... But often individuals need help, even if there isn't broad damage like Sullivan, IN 2023. They are mostly neglected if infrastructure is basically ok. Nobody cares unless it affects them. They just get overlooked.


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That looks like our road last ice storm near the creek crossing. No help coming, just get the tractors/saws out and shove stuff of the road.
Just pushed an 20"+ white oak out the road this week. Faster to roll coal and break it around another tree than getting a saw. I'll cut it for firewood this fall.

 

[ponytug]

Looks like we are headed to Linton, IN with the chainsaw trailer next week. Bloomington as well

"Chainsaw trailer"? Any photos?

Great of you and your church to help out. Good luck on the trips.

All the best, Peter

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

"Chainsaw trailer"? Any photos?

Great of you and your church to help out. Good luck on the trips.

All the best, Peter

Let me see...
We have 6 saws, chaps, helmets, fuel, oil, bars, chains etc...

 

[ruffdog]

About 900 tornadoes so far this year, and that is about 300 above normal. Lots of people need help.

 

[jmc]

Will you be part of an organized effort? I haven't seen any Bloomington outreach for volunteers yet.

Update on Bloomington, Indiana volunteer outreach (but probably only of interest to local TBN members):

Tornado Storm Debris Cleanup Crews Needed! | City of Bloomington Volunteer Network

www.bloomingtonvolunteernetwork.org

 

[dmccarty]

I watch Ryan Hall Ya'll on YouTube to get weather, as well as looking at Windy and Weatherbug. Ryan Hall has a video a few times a week looking at the current weather and forecasts for a week or so in the future with some long term forecasts regarding temperature and rain. If there is a tornado outbreak, or other bad weather, he goes live to track what is happening. I knew quite a bit about the weather but it really has helped to watch his videos to learn more. We are having an upper level wind pattern for months that has created these storms in the midwest but also have created a drought in South Florida.

We moved to L'ville when I was a kid, and a year or so before we moved, a tornado hit our neighborhood. The tree damage was still visible when we moved in and I can remember many tornado outbreaks when we lived there. I was shocked to see the death toll of this last storm. Ryan Hall had discussed the possibilities of tornado outbreaks and their location but the number of casualties is horrendous. Not much one can do to predict the casualties. Just saw random.....

Years ago, a coworker had an aunt killed by a tornado. We had a tornado outbreak that hit in our area and moved east. The aunt and a neighbor were killed when a tornado hit their cluster of homes in the middle of now where. There were three homes within 300-500 years of each other. Two of the homes were reduced to a rubble pile and one "just" destroyed but still standing. Each of the two homes turned to rubble had a fatality. If that tornado had gone a 100-200 yards east or west, nobody would have died, and it is likely the homes would have had little to no damage. There were very few homes along the road, the tornado hit where the homes were.