Nothing to See Here, Except Maybe a Funnel Cloud?

Posted on June 28th, 2010 3:57pm by Bethany Anderson
Filed under Environment, Events, Gripes, Hold On To Your Effin Hat, Local News, Media, Meteorology

So, I don’t want to be all alarmist, but I do think that a funnel cloud is typically considered to be Serious Weather. The climb-int0-the-bathtub-with-a-mattress kind of serious weather. Where I’m from, funnel cloud = you might die of weather.

So I was a little perplexed at CBS11’s latest tweet.

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5 comments

  1. Bethany, You and I must be from the same neck of the woods. My grandma used to say, “See a funnel. Dig a tunnel.”

    @ 4:16 pm on June 28, 2010

  2. I’ve seen a funnel cloud. My motto was a variation of Jeanne’s grandmother’s — “See a funnel, wonder whether or not you’re hallucinating but subsequently decide you probably weren’t in that instance.”

    The vast majority of them don’t turn into tornadoes, apparently.

    @ 4:40 pm on June 28, 2010

  3. One of the local stations just had a “test” of the EAS. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s pretty strange to test when there is thunder and lightning.

    @ 4:45 pm on June 28, 2010

  4. grab your best tupperware and jump behind the sofa…

    @ 8:13 pm on June 28, 2010

  5. Panic only when Pete Delkus rolls up his sleeves…

    @ 10:28 pm on June 28, 2010

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