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Hey Corn, thanks for your input! I dont' envy your location, well maybe tonight lol.

I truly appreciate everyone's feedback. This is such a great support community! What is fascinating to me is the number of people who say they dream about tornadoes. I have never actually seen one either, but whenever my life, my mind, or my emotions are in turmoil I dream about tornadoes.

Interesting!

Thanks everyone.

Hey KitKat, which tv station do you watch in Cincy? I'm on the Indiana side of the city.

I'm a tornado chaser and weather specialist of emergency management out here in southeastern Indiana so yes I know what tornados are, what they can do, etc. Best advice from a chaser, do exactly what your local media says to do and you will be safe.

The chasers will get as much info into the national weather service as possible for your safety and we have chasers all around the USA and other countries as well. Storms are our job and we do it to the best of our ability, we are highly trained and know what we are doing.

A thunderstorm is just a big noise maker like fireworks at the 4th of July.

David

I dream about tornadoes quite often. I find that I usually dream about them when I think things are falling apart in my life. It's symbolic in my dreams. Just like when I think I don't have enough money in the bank and worried about it, I'll dream of walking along and find exotic coins on the ground (I used to be a coin collector).

Hi Whispers, if you happen to stumble over a 1909 S VDB or an old trade dollar let me know and I'll come out and walk that same area too. I've collected coins since 1956 and still do today but not as much as I used to.

David, I could have one of the cents. Not sure I would have to check. I started collecting back in 1983 or there abouts. I started a 20 century type collection. I was thinking about it last night. I would like to finish it up. I've got a lot of expensive coins left thought to fill it.

David, I usually watch either Fox Channel 3 or Channel 5 (My 64).

My 2 concerns are that a) I will be asleep and not hear the siren (I've been wide awake and not heard it when they're testing). And b) the kid's school doesn't have a basement...that bothers me.

Thunder is LOUD here!!!!!!

Whisper, you know the mint is going to bring out a new 2009 series penny (4 designs actually) which commenerates the 100 years of a Lincoln penny? Then in 2010 one new permanent design will be placed into circulation. This move makes the 1909 to 1958 wheats more valuable and brings up the value of the Memorial cents (1959 to 2008) some also.

I mainly collect the large cents, indian heads, and lincolns but like all US coins.

Interesting hobby isn't it? I still go through my change daily. lol

Hi Kit, lol I watch both 3 & 5 also! lol

A. Get a NOAA S.A.M.E. Alert Radio from Radio Shack then put it on monitor. When there isn't anything going on it's as quiet as a mouse but when the National Weather Service issues a bulletin, watch or warning it will wake up neighbor 2 doors down from you. That alert tone is loud and it's made to wake up anyone.

B. Even though your kids school doesn't have a basement, the hallways are some of the strongest places to be in than anywhere + the school administrators are trained to move the kids to a safe location immediately. The schools also use the NWS S.A.M.E. Alert Radios so your kids are as safe as anyone in a basement.

The National Weather Service activates the tone for these radios before the bulletins are released to the TV, Radio, local media, police, fire, and Emergency Services. The timing is around 30 secs to 1 minute between the time the alert radio sounds to the time when the local media and ems services get a written statement, and in severe weather those 30 seconds are important.

In this room to my left are:

1. NOAA S.A.M.E. Alert Radio (both ac & backup battery powered)

2. Police Radio which I work with Ripley county dispatch & emergency management.

3. Amateur radio set to the frequency of 146.805 where the spotters call into.

4. A 100 channel police scanner which runs all EMS & EMA frequencies.

5. A 2nd Amateur radio hand held (ht) that we take with us when we know we will be out of the car and on foot.

I use the same radar program that all the National Weather Services use to track incoming storm systems and usually get the watches & warnings as they are issued at the same time they go out on the alert radio. Pops up on my screen as when I have the radar program up and running on this laptop so we are prepared to go mobile in a split second.

I know the concern in Cincinnati is the use of the sirens. Here in Ripley county all sirens across the county are set off by the 911 dispatch center in Versailles and for the area of the county which is in the most danger.

We monitor weather 24/7/365 out here in Ripley county..why? We are the ones who get the severe weather first before you get it in Cincinnati so we have to be on guard all the time.

Right now, 10:12 am, the winds are picking up and blowing at 32 mph at times (wind gauge in here) with temps dropping from 57.5 10 mins ago to 54.3 as of 10:13 am.

These are the extra things a tornado chaser does besides chase storms. Preparation is the key to everything. Our priority is to protect you, the public and children during a storm outbreak.

David
Emergency Weather Operations
Ripley County Emergency Management
Ripley County Indiana

PS: I had anxiety for over 35 years and worked through unimaginable storm systems without any anxiety at all. After a storm my anxiety would skyrocket. Now after doing the program from here, I have normal anxiety 24/7 and that's it. Normal meaning the type of anxiety that every human has and keeps us from being hit by trucks.

Thanks for the info on the radio; I wondered how those work. I've seen them in the stores but figured if I didn't have it on, what's the use? LOL.