Storms, Floods, Building Roof Collapse, Fire...and Higher Gas Prices

Ed in KC · Jun 3, 2008

This has been one heck of an evening in KC. It started off with very severe thunderstorms with driving rain, tornado warnings, and tremendous lightning strikes, one of which struck a 2.4 million gallon unleaded gasoline tank, setting it on fire, and threatening other tanks nearby. They're saying it may take two days to burn itself out, and you can feel the heat a mile away. If that wasn't enough, a builing has been evacuated because it got so much water on the roof that the roof is collapsing, and now Brush Creek, which runs through part of the city and has caused deadly floods before, is close to overflowing its banks.

booker · Jun 3, 2008

Bad stuff Ed ! We may have storms here later. They are nailing Wichita now

Ed in KC · Jun 3, 2008

The storms that came through here were fierce, I don't think there were any tornado touchdowns, but rain and lightning were worse than I've seen in a long time.

angellionel · Jun 3, 2008

Wow! That is one major fire. Two days for it to burn itself down will seem like an eternity to those living near the facility.

Carol K · Jun 3, 2008

Not good! Seems like the midwest is getting hit with all kinds of freaky weather this year.

We've had so much rain, the farmers are still not in the fields yet. No one is plowing, no one is planting.

Ed in KC · Jun 3, 2008

angellionel said:
Wow! That is one major fire. Two days for it to burn itself down will seem like an eternity to those living near the facility.

The good thing about it is it's in an industrial area, so the closest homes are several blocks away. It looks to me like it's going to burn out quicker than they're saying--maybe a third of the tank is left now.

More storms moving in--this has been one stormy Spring!

Ed in KC · Jun 3, 2008

Carol K said:
Not good! Seems like the midwest is getting hit with all kinds of freaky weather this year.

We've had so much rain, the farmers are still not in the fields yet. No one is plowing, no one is planting.

That's the truth, if I remember correctly, Kansas had over eighty tornados in the month of May alone!

booker · Jun 4, 2008

Back in "74" we had 6 twister one night here in Emporia. The paper this morning said that the conditions are lining up just like in "74" paper said to be on the look out late Thur night or Fri morning

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