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Barrie Tornado

stay safe everyone
 
Whoa. My buddy is < 1km from ground zero.
 
heard the "amber alert" type signal minutes ago on the radio

yikes! those pics in that link above.
 
SunnY S said:
heard the "amber alert" type signal minutes ago on the radio

yikes! those pics in that link above.
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Emergency alert in the area went out five minutes after it was over.

34 cops doing traffic control. Pulled from barrie, orillia amd surrounding. If you wanted to be an ass, nlit wasnt a terrible time to do a cannonball run. Nightshift is going to deal with normal calls, dayshift is stuck blocking roads for the foreseeable future.

Some houses flattened, some off foundation, some damaged. Triage set up at local school. FD clearing houses in the path and temporarily declaring them structurally unsound until they are properly inspected.

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Some interesting videos in the link. Lots of omg but I think that's the extent of nsfw.
toronto.citynews.ca

Several people injured after "catastrophic" tornado hits Barrie | CityNews Toronto

Environment Canada says meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts and up to toonie size hail.
toronto.citynews.ca

Omg lady is a friend of a friend. Not sure if her profile is public or partially restricted. She lost her roof, her neighbour pancaked the first floor.

 
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Woohoo. 147 sun king cres was flattened. It was a rental house. Owner has confirmed that it was vacant. Hopefully we can get past this without fatalities. Worst I've heard so far was a broken hand and chest pains.
 
A little too close to home. Feel bad for the owners. Glad to hear no fatalities.
 
looks like my old subdivision in Cobourg
I painted the garage doors a weird colour so I could find our house

glad there were no serous injuries
 
I remember the big one in Barrie, 1985. We were heading north on the 400 at 89 when it passed over Barrie. It tore up the old raceway, and up the hill to Allendale. 40’ trailers got tossed over the 400, you could see upside down cars, trees got stripped bare (looked like winter) and roofs were peeled off buildings and houses.

There was another small one in 95, it formed downtown then went along the south shore of Kempenfelt bay. 2 large cruisers at the govt dock snapped their lines and blew out into the lake.
 
Mad Mike said:
I remember the big one in Barrie, 1985. We were heading north on the 400 at 89 when it passed over Barrie. It tore up the old raceway, and up the hill to Allendale. 40’ trailers got tossed over the 400, you could see upside down cars, trees got stripped bare (looked like winter) and roofs were peeled off buildings and houses.

There was another small one in 95, it formed downtown then went along the south shore of Kempenfelt bay. 2 large cruisers at the govt dock snapped their lines and blew out into the lake.
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A friends current house lost its garage and part of the roof in the 85 tornado. That was long before he owned it.
 
klr_guy said:
Lived through a tornado, those pics are horrifying.
I was in a 1 room hunting cabin in a forest in Huntsville on 5 acres, no power.
Absolutely terrifying - sounded like a freight train running by the door.
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That would suck. No good place to go. My kid was at camp in a forest today. I haven't fully explored the property but it seems to be a similar situation. Some light stick frame buildings and lots of trees. Huddle up and hope for the best. Luckily nothing bad developed where they were.

The eye-witness accounts of this one are interesting. I have heard multiple independent stories of looking out the window and everything in their backyard blew away. I haven't heard the typical stories about a freight train bearing down. Maybe it has to do with wind speed or size of the rotation?

These houses were reasonably new (layer of insulation over the building exterior). I was surprised at how many had their roof framing detach from the walls.
 
GreyGhost said:
That would suck. No good place to go. My kid was at camp in a forest today. I haven't fully explored the property but it seems to be a similar situation. Some light stick frame buildings and lots of trees. Huddle up and hope for the best. Luckily nothing bad developed where they were.

The eye-witness accounts of this one are interesting. I have heard multiple independent stories of looking out the window and everything in their backyard blew away. I haven't heard the typical stories about a freight train bearing down. Maybe it has to do with wind speed or size of the rotation?

These houses were reasonably new (layer of insulation over the building exterior). I was surprised at how many had their roof framing detach from the walls.
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That's literally all I could do 'huddle up and hope for the best'. Good description as I had no other option. Good day riding, not such a good sleep.
 
Allistonfjr said:
A little too close to home. Feel bad for the owners. Glad to hear no fatalities.
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Friends sent us video from their house in Alliston….no tornado but scary as f considering how it was blowing there.

Called neighbours at cottage in Wasaga no issues there.
 
mimico_polak said:
Friends sent us video from their house in Alliston….no tornado but scary as f considering how it was blowing there.

Called neighbours at cottage in Wasaga no issues there.
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Is your tree down yet? High winds and hurting tree is not a good combination.
 
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