A s if the corona virus wasn't enough my wife and i just had a number of tornadoes pass over our house and touched down a number miles East of us, some of the our county did get damage. 4 counties and a number of towns have recievxcz*
dodged the bullet again
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Sorry folks lost power, anyway 4 counties and a number of towns, houses, and property have been destroyed don't know if anybody has been killed or hurt yet. Its this time of year that we have this type of weather come through. Just heard in some towns that people are trapped in their houses, and 3 more counties have been added to the list of counties in danger. It appears that when the first tornado tracked through that another a few minutes later followed almost the same path doing about the same damage. The news media is also reporting 100 mph straight line winds are in play in areas around and in the tornadoes path, don't how many tornadoes there are but have just learned that my area is in the clear but the wind is still blowing real hard. The news have just reported the storms are beginning to lose structure near the Alabama line, but further South there is another tornado watch that has been put into effect and is tracking into some other counties, rotation has just been picked up so here we go again. Should last for 2 more hours in various places. Just heard reported on the news that there has been 1 death and a number of people hurt. Will find out more about all of this later tonight.
As we've commented several times, the weather we have here will be headed your way. The first showers of the storm that hit y'all and Louisiana began about 20 miles south of us yesterday afternoon and were growing throughout the night as it was moving east & north-northeast.
H, i wish you had kept this one the death toll is up to 3 now and a house in the middle of highway 49 ( or whats left of it), tomorrows news will be interesting.
Just went up to 5 deaths.
I am glad you are okay and had no damage. I have been watching that weather on the news. We will get the tail end of it tomorrow.
Stay safe TD. Nasty time of year with tornadoes and the Virus running rampant.
When I heard about the storms down your way, the first thing I thought was, "As if the virus situation wasn't bad enough and straining the health care system, some states may have to contend with storm damage and more casualties and deaths." 
Stay safe down there
Stay safe down there
Glad you ok TD but it sure is sad for those that were not so lucky and as you say on top of what we already have.
Thanks folks, i think the death's toll up to 7 in Ms this morning and much property damage, i have tree limbs down thats about all, probably will not even have to use the chainsaw this time.
Don't have to use the chain saw? That is almost no damage!!
Tornadoes came through the state again yesterday blowing out everyone's elect. and destroying acres of trees but this time no one was hurt. Last week's tornado was supposed to set a record of being the widest tornado on record at 2 miles wide. Now we are waiting around for the next one.
I saw that very bad weather was heading your way. Glad it was mainly trees and no people this time
Sure glad you are unhurt and have no severe damage.
Hope everyone stays safe during this bad "season". Start building underground.
It was bad here since it all began to the southwest of us and I knew if it held together the folks east of us was going to get hammered.
But our ground table is like 2" below the surface.
'Ground' table? Do you mean water table? Would definitely be hard to go underground if your water table is that close to the surface.
That is the reason there are very few basements/cellars in Florida and in the entire southeastern coastal plane.
That's interesting. How do they put in foundations - if there are foundations?
@Rocky
Here in Florida, our soils are mostly fine sand and well drained until you hit the ground water table. I live on a "hill". In Florida, a hill is defined as anywhere water does not stand when it rains. The water table is about 4 to 5 feet down. At the bottom of the hill the water table is 8 to 12 inches down. Close to the lake the water table is 2 to 4 inches down.
To answer your question, construction worker dig a shallow trench and level it. They then pour concrete to make the footers/foundations. The ground is stable even though it may be wet. In some cases piers are constructed and the house is built on those piers. Mu house is a combination of footers and and piers. It was built in 1947.
Here in Florida, our soils are mostly fine sand and well drained until you hit the ground water table. I live on a "hill". In Florida, a hill is defined as anywhere water does not stand when it rains. The water table is about 4 to 5 feet down. At the bottom of the hill the water table is 8 to 12 inches down. Close to the lake the water table is 2 to 4 inches down.
To answer your question, construction worker dig a shallow trench and level it. They then pour concrete to make the footers/foundations. The ground is stable even though it may be wet. In some cases piers are constructed and the house is built on those piers. Mu house is a combination of footers and and piers. It was built in 1947.
