Tornado drills on Thursday will test statewide warning and communications systems.
The drill schedule is as follows:
9 a.m. -- National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado watch for Minnesota.
1:45 p.m. -- National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado warning for participating Minnesota counties. Most cities and counties will activate outdoor warning siren systems.
6:55 p.m. -- The National Weather Service will issue a second simulated tornado warning for participating counties in Minnesota. Find out if your county is participating in the evening drill and use it to practice at home.
today was the first time I heard the siren going off next to my house and I just thought it was a leaf Blower!!! lol tell I heard the turtle lake one!! then I was like great not another year like last here!!!
Not to be an optimist, but the Woodbury Lions Citywide Garage Sale is next week. That sale weekend has been cold, rainy and crappy five of the last six years. I'd plan on getting a tan at the electric beach next week as well.
No kidding...I don't think we have ever started our camping season this late before, we are usually there by the begining of april, we havn't even brought our bedding and stuff there yet :chagrin:
I just can't believe how far off the weather idiots were this time around. They were all predicting a total washout today. So I slept in till 10:30. I never saw a cloud all day. I would have went out earlier if I knew it was going to be this beautiful out. I still got a bunch done and capped it with a fire to boot.
Holy Crap!!! I just got back from the roof of our building where 12 of us were all holding on to the window washing bucket because the wind blew the window guys all over the place and we couldn't get it over the rail. We had to clear the street below just in case it dropped. You could hear emergency sirens all over the place. A gust would come and it would pull all of us right to the edge. We were told that once it went out of our grip to let it go. Yikes!
Thank God a bunch of us responded when the window guys were screaming into the radio. We finally were able to tie it off enough to run and get more cables to secure it better. Talk about freaking scary. Whew. :ooh:
Here's what the window cleaning cart looks like now. So close to getting it over the rail. :eyeroll:
My day supervisor was saying that a bunch of people were watching the guys swinging around and into the building from down below. She said that they all thought someone was gonna go flying out of there by how it looked.
I didnt' know of any. Were any crane accidents along that Crosstown 35W mess? It's like a crane dealership when you drive through there. I can count at least 10 of them every day.
Nationwide there have been at least three, maybe four, instances of cranes breaking down in the past couple of months. The last one was just last week when one collapsed. Nothing from the 35W bridge.
A couple of dents on the cart but no smashed windows. The wind was blowing them away from the building most of the time. That's what the problem was.
I wish we had a picture of all of us guys trying to hold that cart in place. It probably looked like when a wild elephant is running amuck and all the trainers are trying to hold him down. :smile:
The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
HUGO - Unbeknownst to his grandmother, Jean Moody of Hugo, 12-year-old Shawn Ritchie took a moment to snap a picture of the tornado that swept through Hugo on May 25.
Jean and her husband, Bob, who live just north of 165th Street on the east side of Forest Blvd., were watching the storm's progress with some trepidation.
"We don't have a basement," she said. At the last minute, she said, the tornado turned to the south.
"The day after, [Shawn] showed it to me. He said, 'Grandma, I got a picture of the tornado with my cell phone!' and I said, 'WHAT?'
Here's an e-mail I received from our branch manager in Des Moines.
As you may know from national news reports Iowa is currently experiencing 500 year flooding and it is directly effecting ABM operations and most importantly our Iowa customers.
There won't be much anyone can do until the water recedes, but we need to be planning how we can support Brad Nelson, Dave Vasquez and our Iowa operations.
I am asking all managers to evaluate what resources you may be able to send and connect with Brad - copy me with that list.
Please get creative, we may also be able to use any sub-contractors you have that have resources.
Typically, with other floods we have dealt with there is a need for laborers, vans, wetvacs, extractors, pumps, generators, dehumidifiers, fans, tilt waste trucks, mops buckets wringers, etc.
The ABM way is to exceed our customers expectations in these difficult situations. Please take this appeal for help very seriously!
Jeff Southard
Regional Vice President
North Central Region
ABM Janitorial Services
760 Harding St N.E.
Minneapolis, MN. 55413
UPDATE as of 11am today...
With 1-3 inches of additional rain, Des Moines water levels are expected to crest sometime in the next 36 hours, we've already experienced flooding downtown, all river bridges downtown Des Moines are closed, Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Cedar Rapids are already experiencing significant flooding, in downtown Cedar Rapids, we currently have two large customers w/ significant water intrusion, the downtown Cedar Rapids CBD has been evacuated and all power is shut down, we're going to need your help!
When we identify folks who could come to Iowa, in addition to the people themselves and the equipment, send face masks and rubber gloves as in some cases already sanitary sewers have backed up in at least one building...
In our branch office, we are dry so far, we're sand bagging this afternoon and will likely close this office and vacate by mid day tomorrow. This particular area went under about six feet of water in the floods of 93', although we have an improved levy and pump system in Des Moines, the saylorville reservoir north of town currently has water levels equivalent to the 93' high, they are currently releasing about 42,000 cubic feet of water per second which feeds downstream into the Des Moines and Racoon rivers which meet just south of our downtown, due to the additional rain last evening they expect to have to increase outflow by another 20% to keep the dam from becoming compromised.
Tornado drills on Thursday will test statewide warning and communications systems.
The drill schedule is as follows:
9 a.m. -- National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado watch for Minnesota.
1:45 p.m. -- National Weather Service will issue a simulated tornado warning for participating Minnesota counties. Most cities and counties will activate outdoor warning siren systems.
6:55 p.m. -- The National Weather Service will issue a second simulated tornado warning for participating counties in Minnesota. Find out if your county is participating in the evening drill and use it to practice at home.
Still have to get my radio installed in my car....
The news (channel 11) said the scheduled Tornado Drill for today was going to be canceled due to the rain. shruggs sholders -
kinda funny that the station that let him go first got the interview after he got let go from wcco.
Not to be an optimist, but the Woodbury Lions Citywide Garage Sale is next week. That sale weekend has been cold, rainy and crappy five of the last six years. I'd plan on getting a tan at the electric beach next week as well.
It was great out yesterday though.. I hiked about 7 miles I think.
Thank God a bunch of us responded when the window guys were screaming into the radio. We finally were able to tie it off enough to run and get more cables to secure it better. Talk about freaking scary. Whew. :ooh:
Nothing like swinging an aluminum lightning rod in an open field and feeling your hair stand on end...
My day supervisor was saying that a bunch of people were watching the guys swinging around and into the building from down below. She said that they all thought someone was gonna go flying out of there by how it looked.
I'm sooooo glad they and YOU are alright
And what's up with all of the crane accidents lately??
I wish we had a picture of all of us guys trying to hold that cart in place. It probably looked like when a wild elephant is running amuck and all the trainers are trying to hold him down. :smile:
Ad if not Who and Why in anyones Right mind would you hang off a Building that high up where You see and Hear that these things Break Done All time???
because they Promised me a good Wage and I thought It would be fun!!
Now My wife wont do my Under wear any more and I cant stop buying New paints every 2 to 3 days???
but I just dont know why??
Sir What is that Brown spot???
Oh that I dont know it just shows up every day or 2!!!
like if its Windy or the crain BREAKS!!! bosses dont give a rip that thing is SO out of DATE and beat up!!!
Ok on that not e Back to You kitch!!!
Is that about the way the news stories GO???
Climate Summary
April 2008
The average temperature in April 2008 was 51.0 F. This was -1.0 F cooler than the 1901-2000 (20th century) average, the 29th coolest April in 114 years. The temperature trend for the period of record (1895 to present) is 0.1 degrees Fahrenheit per decade.
What global warming?
HUGO - Unbeknownst to his grandmother, Jean Moody of Hugo, 12-year-old Shawn Ritchie took a moment to snap a picture of the tornado that swept through Hugo on May 25.
Jean and her husband, Bob, who live just north of 165th Street on the east side of Forest Blvd., were watching the storm's progress with some trepidation.
"We don't have a basement," she said. At the last minute, she said, the tornado turned to the south.
"The day after, [Shawn] showed it to me. He said, 'Grandma, I got a picture of the tornado with my cell phone!' and I said, 'WHAT?'
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Eastern Time with a delay
The sirens go off time after time, every summer with little or no activity
http://www.weather.com/multimedia/videoplayer.html?clip=365&from=36hr_outlet_video
Click on "Raw Video: Tornado Tears Apart House"
http://www.twincities.com/allheadlines/ci_9532446
(includes a photo of a house breaking in two)
and it says it drained the lake basin
very sad but I would still like to see pictures of the empty space where the lake was.
I heard Soucheray, say yesterday, that Tommy Bartlett's show had to be moved to land....
how they will pull that off, I dont know...
we saw that show, when we visited the Dells, back when I was like 8 or 9... I still have a bumper sticker that I got there...
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/flood-forces-thousands-to-flee-in-iowa/20080612191009990001?icid=100214839x1204010273x1200163484
As you may know from national news reports Iowa is currently experiencing 500 year flooding and it is directly effecting ABM operations and most importantly our Iowa customers.
There won't be much anyone can do until the water recedes, but we need to be planning how we can support Brad Nelson, Dave Vasquez and our Iowa operations.
I am asking all managers to evaluate what resources you may be able to send and connect with Brad - copy me with that list.
Please get creative, we may also be able to use any sub-contractors you have that have resources.
Typically, with other floods we have dealt with there is a need for laborers, vans, wetvacs, extractors, pumps, generators, dehumidifiers, fans, tilt waste trucks, mops buckets wringers, etc.
The ABM way is to exceed our customers expectations in these difficult situations. Please take this appeal for help very seriously!
Jeff Southard
Regional Vice President
North Central Region
ABM Janitorial Services
760 Harding St N.E.
Minneapolis, MN. 55413
UPDATE as of 11am today...
With 1-3 inches of additional rain, Des Moines water levels are expected to crest sometime in the next 36 hours, we've already experienced flooding downtown, all river bridges downtown Des Moines are closed, Cedar Falls, Waterloo and Cedar Rapids are already experiencing significant flooding, in downtown Cedar Rapids, we currently have two large customers w/ significant water intrusion, the downtown Cedar Rapids CBD has been evacuated and all power is shut down, we're going to need your help!
When we identify folks who could come to Iowa, in addition to the people themselves and the equipment, send face masks and rubber gloves as in some cases already sanitary sewers have backed up in at least one building...
In our branch office, we are dry so far, we're sand bagging this afternoon and will likely close this office and vacate by mid day tomorrow. This particular area went under about six feet of water in the floods of 93', although we have an improved levy and pump system in Des Moines, the saylorville reservoir north of town currently has water levels equivalent to the 93' high, they are currently releasing about 42,000 cubic feet of water per second which feeds downstream into the Des Moines and Racoon rivers which meet just south of our downtown, due to the additional rain last evening they expect to have to increase outflow by another 20% to keep the dam from becoming compromised.
Brad S. Nelson, CBSE
Branch Manager
ABM Janitorial Services
1509 Michigan Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50314
http://www.twincities.com/newsletter-morning/ci_9570031