Tornado!

[rgoper 0]

a tornado came through the little town i live in near brenham, and austin and destroyed my roof on my house, it picked up a 30' X 30' steel garage, ripped it off of the foundation and sent it skyward 1800' intact, until impact with the ground. there was 2" X 2" square aluminum tubing stuck in the ground 4' in spots, the building is a total loss. my wife's jeep grand cherokee laredo was in the garage at the time, the building NEVER touched it.......go figure, we still can't believe it. it tore the shingles off of my roof down to the bare decking. bad weather is a trip! the good thing is, we're all alive, and material things can be replaced. i find myself being materialistic at times, maybe this will "ground me" it hurts to go home and see everything you've worked so hard for destroyed, but we got insurance! (yes, there is a god!) the san antonio area supposedly had the bad weather to, anybody know about it? i'm still on my drilling rig near clay, texas, and don't get to watch a lot of t.v. just what i hear from my employees when they come to work every twelve hours. i'm thankful that no one was killed, or injured.
Richard
WTFRULDH4??

[Iflyme 0]

frrrreeeeakeeee!
Glad to hear everyone's ok!

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(yes, there is a god!)

I take issue with you there, but that's for another thread!
"Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees"
Five For Fighting

[axe96bam 0]

Glad you are all right.
Alex

[hooked 0]

Geez, how SCARY is that? Glad you are all okay!
J
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing"

[lazerq3 0]

Yep!! SPring is definatly here!! Glad your all Ok!!!
jason

[rgoper 0]

thanks guys/gals! i do not wish anything like this on anyone, ever. but, this too, shall pass!
Blue Skies Hot Days
Richard
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[Billy 0]

We both know I'm not your biggest fan,, but screw that,, glad ya all are ok,, Peace Bro..
Calm Blue Skies...
Don't read this shit down here,, it's nonsense,,,

[rgoper 0]

billy:
a heartfelt "thanks" to you.
Richard
"Tornado Guy"
i wasn't skered for a second, yeah, yeah, that's the ticket!!

[NtheSeaOrSky 0]

WELCOME to TEXAS!!!!!

[xybe 0]

I feel sorry man, that must have been awful, thankfully no one was injured.
Now, sorry but I can't help this:
You know you are a redneck if...
You start a thread at dz.com telling about the twister that destroyed your 30'x30' garage (I think they are called barns) and left your pickup undamaged.
Still shedding whuffo-ness
Check out the Hardcore Whuffo pages

[AggieDave 6]

Damn Richard, that's a low blow from Mother Nature, huh? I'm glad to hear that everyone is alright, and you'll always beable to rebuild stuff. "I don't want to destroy your sweater, lets be friends and just walk away..."

[Hooknswoop 19]

OUCH!, glad everyone is OK. Give me a call.
Hook

[Hooknswoop 19]

Oh ya, you said you have insurance. Sorry to hear the tornado also destroyed your other three back-up skydiving rigs. ;-)
Hook

[n2skdvn 0]

roger glad to hear everyones all right ive had the bad luck bug too property can be fixed loss of life can't glad you are ok!!!
if ya can't dodge it RAM IT !!!!!!

[Remster 30]

Richard: glad you'r alright!
Remster
Muff 914

[larry 0]

glad you're ok, that is crazy about the Jeep, but lucky too
Larry
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[rgoper 0]

Hook:
yeah, that's right, i forgot to mention that, yeah, the pro-shop in my garage, yeah, with my spare rigs, yeah, that's the ticket! hey, wasn't one of yours in there as well? :)
Richard
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[larry 0]

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Is this "What the F*%# are you looking down here for?"
Sorry I'm slow and proud of myself for finally (maybe) figuring it out after looking at it for two days wondering...
Larry
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[skydiver51 0]

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a tornado came through the little town i live in near brenham, and austin

Good to hear your ok. Do you know what part of Austin was hit? My sister lives northwest of Austin but hasn't called about the tornado.
Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected the expected ??

[kingbunky 3]

i've been staring at it too... i thought it was What The F$ck are(R) you(U) LanDing Here for(4)!
nothing succeeds like a budgie with no teeth

[rgoper 0]

BINGO! it was actually a subliminal kind of thing, i was wondering how long it would take before someone asked, i believe aggiedave caught it first a couple of days ago.
Richard
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[rgoper 0]

**Do you know what part of Austin was hit? My sister lives northwest of Austin but hasn't called about the tornado.**
i have no information on whether it did any damage in austin or not. i just used austin as a general reference to where i live, because no one has ever heard of giddings, texas. except the folks at lexington sky dive. which is 17 miles to my north. it did touch down in giddings, and tore up a lots of people's property, homes, etc...luckily, no loss of life.
Richard
IH2TOSNN!

[airann 1]

I am glad your wife is ok.... what about the little Austrailan Shepherd you used to have?
Try to be good Richard!!
I am glad everyone is ok and lwt me know who replaces your roof. Right now I am in the market for all skydivers who know how and who can enjoy a beer and pool at the end of the day.
Ann ~ www.AirAnn.com
Owner of recent pictures of Levin in RW suit..

[gemini 0]

Hey Richard...
Didn't I loan you my brand new rig to test jump? If you can't find it, just have the check sent to ....
Glad you & yours are ok!
Gemini
... Fear? Fear is riding the plane down ...

[rgoper 0]

airann:
Thanks, really.........she's fine. we have a local contractor replacing the roof today (i hope) i'm still on the drilling rig, and my wife is attending her classes today in b/cs. it's unbelievable that the wind has so much power, it picked up an 8000# building and completely removed it, but never even touched her car.....go figure. i'll tell her you inquired, again, thanks.....
Richard
"I'm Running Out Of New Things To Say"