Monkeyfister

I am SO NOT a happy Monkeyfister right now. It's starting to get dark, and I really don't like these tornado-laden storms that come at night. Power is spotty, up and down. Sirens are blaring. Light posting, tonight.

TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 443 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... EASTERN TIPTON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

* UNTIL 530 600PM 645PM 730PM CST

* AT 443 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BARTLETT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

Bigassed tornado just 4-5 miles north of me. I HATE this shit. Sirens blaring constantly.

Very little scares me. THIS terrifies me.

UPDATE: 6:24PM. A tornado has touched down on top of the Hickory Ridge Mall in Northeast Memphis. Reports are saying the damage was VERY heavy. Plenty of people inside. Multiple injuries being reported.

Widespread power outages. Several houses destroyed. This will be going on until midnight. This will make national news in the morning. Reports of explosions. Terrible. Our local newscasters are doing a hell of a good job.

UPDATE 7:11PM-- Sears building hit with people inside. Debris from that hit spread miles away. A Sharp manufacturing plant was flattened. Reports of injuries. Every time a reporter gets to a scene, the newscaster asks, "Has Memphis Police or Firefighters set up any sort of Command Post anywhere?" The reports are always "NO,"

The STUPID Southerners are calling in and complaining that they can't watch "House" and "American Idol." The News guy is literally yelling at them that this is a real emergency, and it is not over. I only have rabbit ears, and so all I can get out here is the Local FOX affiliate. I have to say that they are doing a fantastic job covering this situation.

Is this making the National/Cable News ANYWHERE???

Why the hell is it still 70 fucking degrees here?!?

UPDATE 7:30pm: A Taco Bell was flattened with people inside. Search is on for survivors. US Marshal's have been activated and are on the way to the area to assist.
The next wave of storms is producing baseball-sized hail, and tornadoes, and is about a 1/2 hour away.

MadSat says that our county closed the polls early because of the storms.

UPDATE 8:00pm-- Heavy injuries at the Sharp Plant. A triage Unit has been set up. Reports of 18-wheelers getting picked up and thrown around. Gunshots and looting reported at the Mall.

20,000+ people without power. I can hear the front edge of the next wave thundering in. It's just getting to the Mississippi River right now.

Look Stoopid Southerners. QUIT complaining about your fucking American fucking Idol. Replay last year's goddamned shows-- put on the fucking NASCAR channel, and shut your damned PIEHOLES. Leave the news channel's phone lines OPEN, and go brush your fucking tooth. You people make me sick.

UPDATE 8:22pm-- National Guard is showing up. Don't know if they've been activated, or whether they are just doing their civic duty alone. Bless them if that is the case.

UPDATE 9:00pm-- Wave two has just cleared the River, and the sirens are going off again. Rain is just beginning.

Reports of a few deaths are beginning to roll in. The roofs of the Mall/Sears and Sharp Plant were completely torn off. Surprisingly, no deaths yet reported from those sites.

UPDATE 9:30pm-- Seven students trapped in dorm wreckage at union University in Jackson, TN. Just got another tornado warning in my county until 10:15.

UPDATE 10:15pm-- Seems like the worst is over. We had the local sirens, and I hid under the stairs. Something lit up the sky the strangest shade of bright blue while I was getting into my cubby. No power outage here, which is really quite surprising.

Due to the mouthbreathers screaming for their damned American Idol, local coverage was suspended.

Monkeyfister Manor was spared, and for that I'm thankful.

I hope others around me are OK. The NOAA weather radio is still reporting tornadoes just to the west. Right now, it is raining like hell, very windy, and the temperature has dropped at least 10 degrees.



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