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By Joker

July 14, 2006 12:25 PM | Link to this

I, as an American, have to blame somebody, no matter what it is. It’s our nature. Coffee to hot and you got burned? Blame the server. My kid is stupid, so blame the school/teachers. Didn’t evacuate during a hurricane and now you have no house, blame the govt. I am obease, so blame fast food resturants. It goes on and on and on. Has anyone blamed this storm on President George Bush yet?

By Mary

July 13, 2006 11:45 PM | Link to this

Well, I was in Kettering, waiting to attend a concert at the Fraze Pavillion. After the first rain had stopped, we went to the entrance and oddly enough, there was nobody around! After a few minutes, one of the Fraze volunteers came out and in a frantic voice, said that we were to go back to our cars, that there was another front coming through and off she went! Some man came up to us and said that there was a touch down at Dayton Mall and all the Fraze workers were in there protective shelter!

By GrammarNazi24

July 13, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this

For all you armchair meteorologists who fault the professionals for not determining the tornadic activity until it was already in progress, I ask this: Did you even watch the full replay of the development of this storm, as seen through the doppler radar? It pulled together rather rapidly, and frankly did not immediately have the radar signature of a possible twister. I’m pretty sure the NOAA/NWS didn’t even have the weather spotters activated.

By Tiffani

July 13, 2006 01:08 PM | Link to this

Amber and me was at the Topkapi at the mall trying on earrings when we saw Ronny ruuning from Preztelhaus to tell that the Jokers sign had fallen over, we was like are they gona close the mall before we can buy stuff, b/c we have a party on Friday to go to.

By LATONIA

July 13, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this

CHECK THIS OUT

By Mark

July 13, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

I noticed the tornado warning when I went to my local weather on the Weather.Com web site. After I saw the tornado warning on the website, I changed channels to the local stations. None of the local channels had anything posted on the screen about a tornado warning. The Weather Service had previously issued the warning because it showed up on the webpage. But not even a little symbol of any type on the local news stations. It sure seems like somebody dropped a ball at the local stations.

By Lori

July 13, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this

Anyone else find it hysterical that one day after the storms the television stations are all touting their great weather coverage? What a joke! They need to admit that they really didn’t know what was going on until it was too late. It’s called being human.

By m

July 13, 2006 10:01 AM | Link to this

Let’s pretend the weather reporters and news did give people warning of this tornado. Would anyone have actually listened? Be honest. We alaways point fingers at others. How about be thankful we are safe.

By tippi

July 13, 2006 09:32 AM | Link to this

Wooh! The humidity is stifling today, tight as a minister’s wife’s girdle at an all-u-can-eat church pancake breakfast!

By Perplexed

July 13, 2006 09:15 AM | Link to this

Sorry about the double post. Things are goofy here on my DDN, AOL and PC.

Sorry.

By Perplexed

July 13, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this

Gena~

I’m almost positive that Paul was being “funny” based on the other clever comments that preceded his. Thank GOD we’re able to crack jokes after the fact instead of caring for and possibly burying our loved ones.

I laughed at his post, as I did the others.

It is, afterall, the absolute BEST medicine.

By Perplexed

July 13, 2006 09:13 AM | Link to this

Gena~

I’m almost positive that Paul was being “funny” based on the other clever comments that preceded his. Thank GOD we’re able to crack jokes after the fact instead of caring for and possibly burying our loved ones.

I laughed at his post, as I did the others.

It is, afterall, the absolute BEST medicine.

By Gena

July 13, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this

To Paul whos ex wife took not only ITEMS in a divorce but took a beating in these comments.. Do you not realize how serious this could have been? I lived in Dayton for two years and I thank God I was not there when this happened BUT I also pray for those that were.Your comments tell me this.. No wonder she divorced you. Do you not realize that THINGS dont matter when something like this happens,, Just the Grace of God, which is why YOU and many are still here. God BLESSED all of us.

By Perplexed

July 13, 2006 08:38 AM | Link to this

Our local stations ALL consider themselves the LEADER in weather forcasts/alert, yet NOT ONE of them took the lead in this particular weather event.

According to the news, the Dayton Mall twister had been in and touched down in two places before it made its way to the mall. In my opinion, that was PLENTY of time for the “leaders” to take the lead. THEY need to be thankful no one was hurt as a result of their poor judgement and delay in action.

By Leslie

July 13, 2006 08:12 AM | Link to this

I live in Carlisle on Meadowlark. My friend’s husband called and said he was at the ball field at the church and a tornado had just touched down and was going down Martz Paulin Road, 1 street over from me. I went to the basement and turned on the TV..No coverage on any station. I also have a weather warning radio…nothing. About 8 to 10 minutes after the call, my weather radio alert went off and the warnings came on TV. By then the tornado was headed for the Centerville area.

By fmad

July 13, 2006 08:06 AM | Link to this

It’s amazing how many morons live in the Miami Valley. What’s worse is they actually feel the need to contribute to these threads.

By Paula

July 13, 2006 07:49 AM | Link to this

Big Weather Events in and around Dayton!

By msdeb

July 13, 2006 07:16 AM | Link to this

After reading these posts all I can say is “Way to go Kettering !!!” The weather was relatively calm in my neighborhood when the sirens began sounding. I didn’t have the tv or radio on and was pretty much ignoring the weather. By the time I got to the radio to find out what was going on the sirens had been sounding for a minimum of 5 minutes. I want to say Thank You Kettering for a quick response. But then they usually are on top of things. :)

By Scott

July 13, 2006 02:36 AM | Link to this

Being new to the Miami Valley area and having a 15 year background as a professional disaster responder and community planner. Additionally as a retired public information officer; by ways as a media spokesperson for a large non-profit; I remain a bit concerned about my first experience of the local alerting system and lack thereof for local EMA media coverage.

By Scott

July 13, 2006 02:35 AM | Link to this

Being that I’m in a slightly elevated area of Dayton; I failed to hear any overlapping of siren whales. I stepped out onto my front porch and “at best” could faintly here a siren to my Northeast. After seeing that my family did as planned and went to the basement; what seemed to be minutes; I could hear a smattering of overlapping of sirens go off to my West and then Southwest.

By Scott

July 13, 2006 02:34 AM | Link to this

Afterwards, as I talked with my neighbors, I am concerned that they too have had less then “stellar” things to say about the siren coverage in our area. I known there is a great deal of planning for placement for sirens, but – when you have to step outside to hear a siren – then that goes against everything being taught to the community about “taking shelter.”

By Scott

July 13, 2006 02:34 AM | Link to this

Knowing that sound does travel in great distances and the alerting system is a county controlled and countywide system; I am wondering why (what didn’t seem to be) not a full activation of the alerting system – due in fact that the events were playing out in Montgomery County? It is a county-wide system…isn’t it? I hope that I’m wrong and that the entire system was activated.

By Scott

July 13, 2006 02:33 AM | Link to this

How many times can you run the same B-roll of the downed Jokers Comedy sign? Why aren’t we seeing any coverage of sound bites –“were you ready?” I’m just disappointed that there doesn’t seem to be the creative thinking nor proactive thinking in the media coverage and city and county officials by adding value to what we as a community need to be seeing in news coverage. That would fit a format of “being the leader in providing information…”

As proven, it does take “bad things to sometimes mak

By twisterblister

July 13, 2006 12:13 AM | Link to this

I work right out there, but..truly,my heart goes out to “Brandi”,AutumnWoods Apts. Brandi, I’d have been “pissed” too!How much does a pack of ciggs go for these days? Just imagine the cost of the “one” you lost! You poor woman; barely getting those carcinogens into your windpipe,and poof,a damn F1 hits and blows them right into funnel-ville.Oh the humanity! Let us pray Brandi can cont.her jrny to copd-land,unimpeded by any more rotating formations. I hear them oxy tanks don’t take to flyin’….

By Michael

July 13, 2006 12:10 AM | Link to this

I live off yankee at the arbors, I was in my garage, the rain then fell real hard and the sirens went off… we could see it from the distance, yet it was very quiet where we were…no wind at all. I turned on my weather radio and they were giving details. We have one for the house and one for mobile… they come in handy. But i have to agree with earlier posts that it was pretty much overwith by the time they made note of it…

By Jeremy Moses

July 12, 2006 11:21 PM | Link to this

I have to agree with what Andrew said last night. If you hear the sirens, you take cover, then turn on the battery operated radio. Cover first, ask questions later.

By Molly

July 12, 2006 10:41 PM | Link to this

Justin - Your suggestions are very good ones. However, I work less than half a mile from the Dayton Mall. When we noticed the weather turning sour we turned on our weather radio. The tornado alert was not issued till almost 2 minutes AFTER the tornado had come through the area. By the time we took cover the storm had passed. I understand that no one can predict a tornado but it did concern me and my coworkers that our weather radio failed to give us sufficient warning.

By Justin

July 12, 2006 08:44 PM | Link to this

All of you should know that there is a PUBLIC website from the NWS… www.spc.noaa.gov

There was a statement issued as well An outlook was issued by the SPC considering the event… Link here… http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1481.html

But most important and I know everyone has heard this one before and it goes like this… “REMEMBER, THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. KEEP ALERT AT ALL TIMES.”

and/or

Go Buy A NOAA Weather Radio at Radio Shack

By Justin

July 12, 2006 08:41 PM | Link to this

The weather forecast office in Wilmington issues warnings and the Storm Prediction Center in Norman, OK issues all watches and the SPC did not feel that there was a need for a tornado watch due to the isolated area of coverage… Remember that watches are 100’s of miles of coverage not just covering a small area like 5 or 10 counties.

By Justin

July 12, 2006 08:40 PM | Link to this

Nobody says that local media is THE warning leader… This should be a good lesson to spend $40.00 on a NOAA All-Hazards Weather radio which will alert you of any warnings you want just for Montgomery county or the entire area if you want to… The news is just there to do what it is called… “The News”… They provide you with the information… but Weather Radio is the fastest way… the warning goes directly from Wilmington to You with no delay………

By Thomas Ellis

July 12, 2006 07:53 PM | Link to this

Just wanted to let y’all know, we read the paper down here in Greensboro, NC. Although these southern folk no NOTHING of what the midwestern storms can do, they can at least read about them here. Now about that fellow Paul and his wife…heh heh

By Tricia and Lindsey

July 12, 2006 07:22 PM | Link to this

I live in Centerville near the Dayton Mall and Lindsey lives off of Lyons Road. That tornado was right by our houses and we had no way of knowing it. The News did NOT do a good job at warning us. Even though some are unexpected, there should have had a Tornado watch of some sort. Not warn us while the torndao is going around.

By Terri

July 12, 2006 06:48 PM | Link to this

I just wanted to say thank you to our sheriff dept. I live in Franklin Township and our power was knocked out before the storm was reported for our area. Police drove through my neighborhood and let the residents know what was going on and announced over the PA that the tornado touched down near us. Mad props to the coppers for letting us know what was happening. Thanks guys!!!!

By Court

July 12, 2006 06:14 PM | Link to this

I agree with Joyce — I live in Miami Township and heard no sirens either. The only reason I knew something was wrong was because I saw my neighbor standing in the road staring up at the sky. By then the news was reporting a Tornado Warning.

By Paul

July 12, 2006 05:55 PM | Link to this

My ex-wife flies with and through F-1 tornadoes on her broom on a regular basis. I was told she really enjoyed the havoc near the Dayton Mall…reminded her of her joy at the “deer in the headlights” look I gave when the court awarded her all that “we” used to own. I suppose she was trying to pick up bargains after the debris settled. Vulture.

By Geezus

July 12, 2006 05:33 PM | Link to this

nOW NEXT TIME i AM GONNA OPEN UP A VERY LARGE CAN O WOOP ACE IF YOU DONT UP YOUR TIES. I LET YOU SLIDE THIS TIME BUT IT WON’T HAPPEN AGAIN. SEE YA IN CHURCH

By Maureen

July 12, 2006 05:15 PM | Link to this

My daughter and I drove almost right through it. My ears popped, and she was praying. We went by the Dayton Mall and Target and the rain was awful. She prayed the Divine Mercy Chaplet. Jesus stopped it from hurting anyone - guaranteed! Praise be Jesus.

By Mo'Hilda

July 12, 2006 04:40 PM | Link to this

I hear weird noise and I says plz Jesus don’t take me now. I nowe Jesus ain’t gonna take me cuz I have work lef to do. I ax him what you want me to do Jesus so I don die and he said go out and sell chicken for tornada sireens an I sais okay Jesus I will. So you all come by my house and by some fried chicked for Jesus and tornada sireens. I ax you to give what u can.

By Dave

July 12, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this

Did they pre-empt tv shows until 10pm in Dayton like they did in Columbus? Just trying to settle a discussion here at work. Thanks.

By Louis

July 12, 2006 04:05 PM | Link to this

It was given an F1 rating and was confirmed this morning by the NWS.

By GrammarNazi24

July 12, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this

Any word yet on which F-rating they gave it?

By Barney's Old Lady

July 12, 2006 03:43 PM | Link to this

All joking aside, I’m very happy that NO ONE was hurt.

Thank God!

By Barney's Old Lady

July 12, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this

Wood you like to hear the tail about Barney’s ex pare a mental encounter with the TV remote, a water-filled 2 leeter sodie bottle and a thang of morton salt? there wasn’t an intruder unless of course you take into considerashun the virgin mary like art work that ended up splattered on the ceiling in the living room as a result. It coulda been awfull but Barney talked the neighbors outta callin 911.

By general public

July 12, 2006 03:30 PM | Link to this

WHO CARES!!!! what a bunch of wussies

By GrammarNazi24

July 12, 2006 03:22 PM | Link to this

Barney should have long ago removed the battery from that detector, and hard-wired it into the TV remote. The rounds from the .357 are better spent on intruders and empty beer cans. Tsk.

By Barney's Old Lady

July 12, 2006 03:20 PM | Link to this

But my flameengo is still standin’ so i don’t think it was the tore nay doe that broke the bedroom winder and sent the tv sailin out onto the front lawn in teencie weencie bits. Next time that there tore nay doe sireen goes off, we’re sho nuff gonna pay attenshun. It’s been awful. Cost us a chikken, a winder and a t.v. Not to mention 2 perfectly good rounds of ammo.

By Barney's Old Lady

July 12, 2006 03:15 PM | Link to this

We heard ‘em at the trayler park on whipp road. They weren’t quite as loud as the smoke detector that was a blarin’ while I was sprawled flat on top of the youngens while the chikken was a burnin. Did I mention, IT WAS AWFUL. Barney’s 357 blast took out the detector and we wuz finnaly able to hear that little BEEEEEP on channel 7 or 2. Somethin happened to it to cuz it’s now shattered to bitz on the front lawn.

By Kelly

July 12, 2006 03:14 PM | Link to this

Mike Hall and I must be neighbors. I couldn’t believe the lack of emergency warnings in the Franklin/Carlisle area!!!!!!!!! Not one news station was reporting the damage and it’s likely that a tornado could have touched down, and we wouldn’t have had any warning whatsoever!

Our power went out 4 or 5 times over the course of the storms, but we were lucky to get it back on.

By GrammarNazi24

July 12, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this

Vern, I liked your post as “Tom” better. And Briana, some people are just so used to the sirens as an impotent warning, the sound doesn’t register with them as anything other than ignorable background noise. Whether or not other people heard them is moot to the fact that the sirens sounded.

By OneFoulStench

July 12, 2006 03:02 PM | Link to this

I soiled myself. Not because of a tornado, rather of uncontrollable bowel function. :-(

By Vernon

July 12, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this

Wind wus so strong, knoked my pickup off its blocks, and blew the lawn jockey near crost the lawn. Ma’s panties was found near over’t in Vinton County -we know thanks to the campin lables (not the stains)

By Scared

July 12, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this

I live in Centerville and to all you people who said the sirens didnt go off, they did here.

By GrammarNazi24

July 12, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

My sympathies to Barney. Burned “chikken” is terrible to have after a tornado. Frozen burritos would be much more handy for when you’re clawing your way out from under the rubble of the mobile home, would they not?

By Linda

July 12, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this

I work in Miamisburg but was was in Beavercreek at the time this tornado hit, and even I heard the sirens from there! Maybe the sound of the twister drowned out the alarms. They sure seem to be loud enough when they’re testing them though.

By Barney's Old Lady

July 12, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this

I was fryin up a mess a chikken. Barney was watchin some high-falootin’ war movie, and the kids was scamperin about when we got a call that a tore nay doe was comin’ up whipp road. I hollered to Barney, “You want me to whip up a load a wha?” My oldest youngen opened up tha winder and sho nuff, them sireens was a blarin. I screamed, “GOOOOD LAWWWWWD!” and hit tha floor. Burned my dang chikken. It was ahfull!

By melanie

July 12, 2006 02:21 PM | Link to this

i was at the dayton mall when this tornado happend it scarred me so badley

By GrammarNazi24

July 12, 2006 02:19 PM | Link to this

What’s scary is to see the overwhelming need for remedial English.

I was in Xenia, back in ‘74. I always take tornadoes seriously, to the point where I routinely search for “tornado safe” places in buildings. The mere mention of the T-word on a stormy day is enough to rattle me. The TV is only going to be able to warn the folks who are in the path of the funnel. For those upon whom a tornado descends, there may be little warning, if any.

www.ema.ohio.gov/PDFs/Severe_Weather/Spring2006.pdf

By Teresa

July 12, 2006 02:12 PM | Link to this

Give the weather guys a break. Mother nature cannot always be predicted. This came in so fast, I think it took them by surprise too. One newsman on channel 2 was at home in Centerville when it hit. He came back to the studio to report it. I think they did the best they could. Why did channel 7 take so long? I don’t know, but I’m sure it wasn’t because they didn’t care

By Toto

July 12, 2006 02:00 PM | Link to this

I think what is scaring me even more than a tornado is the thought that some of these descriptions of what people were doing when the storm hit may be true! Thanks to a few of you who have brought laughter to my otherwise boring work afternoon! “There’sno place like home!”

By Emerald

July 12, 2006 01:28 PM | Link to this

This could be called the most serious joke that hit Jokers.

By Glen

July 12, 2006 01:25 PM | Link to this

The sirens should only sound if there is a tornado. This is BS that they sound for the thunderstorms. Now I dont take the sirens as seriously. and I was at lowes when the sirens were going off and didnt think twice about it I figured it was just another thunderstorm.

By Lisa Marie

July 12, 2006 01:19 PM | Link to this

I was just leavin the Jokers Klub when the sign fell rite in front of my pick-up so I decided to go see Lerlene my girlfrend who works at the carpet warehouse, but first I stopped at hooters to git us some wings, and I sees this cloud, and I was like I seen one of them before, and I was like that’s that tornado movie, and I was like I don’t need to get caught in that, cuz i donl like it when cows fly.

By Ald0us_h

July 12, 2006 01:17 PM | Link to this

I was fortunate to be downtown when the warnings went out. Knowing the danger was south of town. I went outside to listen for the sirens. Unfortunately I could barely here them. Maybe Dayton needs to work on their warnign systems a bit more

By Tay

July 12, 2006 01:12 PM | Link to this

I was standing in the target parking lot rolling me a fatty when all these shopping carts went flying by. I promptly put out my joint and went home. I found out later it was a tornado that hit! Hell I thought I was just high!

By Listen to yourself

July 12, 2006 01:07 PM | Link to this

To those who are complaining about the lack of news coverage, are you the same people who B**ched that the news was breaking into regular programming too often? If so, you have to pick…it can’t be both. Also, please use your brain, it was given to you for a reason!!!

By mainsail

July 12, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this

Oh yes, if any fellow Emergency Managers in the Ohio area get to read my comments… I have to set back and wonder what you have been doing in the Public Awareness department??? After all, they do pay your salary… just wondering??

By mainsail

July 12, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

here is YOUR local weather service web link: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/ check it out and see what all is on this radio, ALL emergencies, Amber Alerts, boil water orders, special needs info, etc. Check it out and get educated!

By Mainsail

July 12, 2006 12:54 PM | Link to this

EVERYONE should own a NOAA Weather Radio. EVERY home must have this radio. It can be purchased at Walmart or Radio Shack for $29.99 it is made by Midland Corp., this can and will save your life. As an Emergency Manager in Florida we educate all Florida residents to have this in their homes. Your local weather service (NWS) in Wilmington can give you all of the details of the how it works, just call them, they’d love to hear from you. EVERY HOME SHOULD HAVE THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO

By Toto Girl

July 12, 2006 12:52 PM | Link to this

I live in Kansas and if you hear the sirens go off then you need to hit the hay and find shelter quickly you dont rely on news reports

By Steve

July 12, 2006 12:40 PM | Link to this

I drove up I-75 from Cincinnati right by Dayton Mall at 7:30 pm during the storm. The rainfall was blinding but didn’t encounter much wind then. But when I arrived at my destination in Kettering at 7:45, tornado sirens were sounding. When I put TV on; Ch. 2 was in continuous weather coverage, but Chs. 7 & 22/45 were on regular programming. Heard Ch. 7 announce a warning, but they started weather coverage later. Tornadoes were a complete surprise; Ch. 2 appeared to be best prepared.

By Brandi

July 12, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this

Now I live in Autumn Woods apartments right across the highway, and I seen a big dark cloud rollin round near Wal Mart . The wind picked up real hard for a second, so much that it blew my cigarrette right out of my mouth! I was pissed. Thats when I new it was serious, so I called out for my son Kody to stop playing with that dead bird he’s always pokin at and get his butt inside!

By Shannon

July 12, 2006 12:17 PM | Link to this

I live in Miami Twp. right behind the Dayton Mall. It was my mistake that I didn’t have the T.V. on watching the weather reports but I never heard the sirens going off either. Did anyone else living in the area hear them? We had the windows closed and my child was watching a movie but the sound was at normal volume. Makes me a little nervous that I wasn’t able to hear the warning.

By Linda

July 12, 2006 12:06 PM | Link to this

My mother and I were driving down I-75 at the 675 interchange when I looked to the right and said that it looked suspisously like a tornado then went back up into the cloud, just a coupled minutes later the warning came on the radio that it was headed toward Dayton Mall

By duckie

July 12, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this

I love you Tom.

By tom

July 12, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this

I was outside, and saw the cloud overhead, I bumped my head on a winder, and when I woke up I was in a magical colorful land with lots of little people about.

By cartmonkey

July 12, 2006 11:39 AM | Link to this

Last nights weather was crazaa!! I was drivin along 725 headin towards the highway. We was passing The Target Store when all of a sudden the wind went Whooosshh!! My wife screamed OH lord its a twista!! I remember to pull over when there’s a tornado and find a ditch. But there was no damn ditches anywhere in sight! Where the Hecks all them dang ditches them weather folks be talking about!!?? We almost got blown away from trying to find a damn ditch!

By Justin

July 12, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

If you appreciate the coverage given by local TV thank you. For those of you who want to pick at every little problem the stations do, well I want to see you doing what they do on the air.

What some do not understand is that the S.P.C. did not have the area under any kind of risk for severe weather. Take a look at everyone on the TV for all the stations, they look like they just ran in seconds after it happened. I want you to prove to me that YOU knew there were going to be 5 tornado warnings

By duckie

July 12, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this

Ruth, are you drunk???

By Fallon Vaughan

July 12, 2006 11:19 AM | Link to this

I am only 13 years and I live 2 minutes form the Dayton Mall, I took this seriously and I looked out my front door and all the suden I saw these black and blue clouds spinning and getting lower and lower to the ground, while this was happening there was debris flying in the air.I did not know if this was the same tornado that touched down just short of the mall,because the tornado that I saw did touch down!! luckily the sirens went off 10 minutes before I saw this so my family was prepared!

By Joyce

July 12, 2006 11:15 AM | Link to this

I live in Miami Township and was not even aware anything was going on until my husband called to check on me. Why in the world did the sirens not sound????

By johnL

July 12, 2006 10:58 AM | Link to this

As we all know, tornadoes are highly localized and arrive with little notice. I was in northern Kettering listening to WYSO 91.3. They waited for an NPR story to end before cutting in and telling us of a tornado warning. (It was a great story, but I would rather have known I was in potential danger.) The radio stations test their Emergancy Broadcast System equipment all of the time. Why didn’t the system cut in?

By scared straight

July 12, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this

At 7:30 sirens went off in Springboro. The weather was calm with only a few sprinkles. No wind. I called Channel 7 and they told me of the sighting and told me to take cover. I looked at the NWS radar on my computer and saw the echo of the tornado up at the Dayton Mall. It was 10 minutes before Channel 2 come on with weather and 20 minutes before Channel 7 came on..and they are the ones that told me about it over the phone..they let us down this time..

By Brandon Callahan

July 12, 2006 10:35 AM | Link to this

I was driving down 75 right past the miamisburg-centerville exit towards Cincinnati and I saw some weird weather ahead. It was like the clouds were almost as low as the ground and moving in circular motion. I kept driving straight through it because I couldn’t stop. I said to my girlfriend “That looks like a tornado” and when we got back to Dayton a tornado had hit.

By ruth

July 12, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

laDIES AND GENTLEMEN, take note….many times local and national weather services are at the mercy of satllite images years ag while livig in florida we were at the mercy of weather reports of an oncoming hurricane, but the reports were coming from tallahjasse which was in a different time zone…. take care of your own sensea and respond

By Sherry

July 12, 2006 10:30 AM | Link to this

I was at my parent’s house, when I heard the sirens go off in Centerville. I looked outside and it looked like any normal rainy time. BUT, I knew to take this seriously, as tornadoes are unpredictable. My family started to take cover when Channel 2 was reporting it had already passed Centerville. That is how quickly the weather can change, I am sure the sheriff’s office didn’t even have time to inform the public. Too many people do not take the sirens seriously.

By SOPHIA

July 12, 2006 10:26 AM | Link to this

I DON’T BELIEVE WE HAVE TORNADO WARNING SIRENS IN THE CITY OF DAYTON ANYMORE SO CHANNEL 7 IS OUR SOURCE OF INFORMATION AND MY SON CALLING FROM ANOTHER CITY

By Duckie

July 12, 2006 10:23 AM | Link to this

So, what you are all saying is that you only react when the “T.V” tells you to react?? Start using your own brain.

By Lori Hellmund

July 12, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

Note to meterologists: Remember your common sense and stop depending soley upon the Doppler radar to tell when something is happening. Doppler isn’t perfect. Remember that an F-3 tornado hit Xenia just a few years ago and the radar never saw it. I think a few of the people on the air last night still wouldn’t believe it was a tornado if many of those in the general public had not taken out their camcorders and cell phones to record the event. Shame, shame, shame.

By Melinda

July 12, 2006 10:13 AM | Link to this

We live in Carlisle. As I was watching the rain, our neighbor was frantically pointing at our home and on his cell phone. I ran outside and he said,”Get in your basement, it is right in your yard!” He and his daughter and my family retreated to the basement! The tornado was in our yard and no sirens were going off. Carlisle was caught totally off guard and unprepared for the tornado. If anything is learned from this, the news channels need to have better coverage and sirens to be let off!

By Pam McDonough

July 12, 2006 10:02 AM | Link to this

I live in Belmont, at the edge of the Kettering/Dayton City Line. The sirens went off and I immediately went to the basement. Channel 2 news was on for quite awhile updating everyone. I think that they did a tremendous job.

By Pete R

July 12, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this

My wife saw the tornado from our bedroom and we immediately retreated to the basement. It was a good 15 minutes before any of the TV stations had so much as a severe weather alert. The sirens went off in advance of seeing the tornado, but TV lagged the sirens by at least 25 minutes.

By Confused

July 12, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this

When the sirens sound, you take cover first. We took cover, turned on the weather radio and even had a tv with the volume turned up in another room. The problem was that there was no information for 5-10 critical minutes after the sirens went off. I was concerned that some people were not taking this seriously. Doesn’t law enforcement, the weather service and the local networks work together to better inform the public? Something similar to the very successful Amber Alert sytem.

By Traver Hulse

July 12, 2006 09:42 AM | Link to this

I used to live in Dayton and stay by Dayton mall when in town…your local media sounds like it needs to learn about severe weather from the Oklahoma City TV stations..they cover it as soon as any indications are out there..sometimes overkill, but better that than nothing

By Loretta

July 12, 2006 09:31 AM | Link to this

My daughter was working at Steak & Shake, the one by Wal-Mart. The tornado went right through their parking lot and pieces of their roof was flying around. We live near Dayton Christian so it was very upsetting that we couldn’t even hear the sirens and that regular programming was resuming on many channels.

By Tammie

July 12, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this

At ToysRUs by the Mall the sirens most definitely went off a good ten minutes before we saw the funnel cloud outside our front window.
We believed local law enforcement to have sounded the alarms. Everyone took cover in the store and waited until we got word the funnel had moved away from us. I am counting my blessings and praise the staff at ToysRUs for helping us keep out of harms way!

By Luke

July 12, 2006 09:23 AM | Link to this

I was in Centerville last evening when a friend walked in about 7:45 and said that the siren was sounding. Everything was calm at our location near the Cross Pointe shopping center, so I thought the sirens were malfunctioning. We then found a TV and saw the local weather coverage. I’m glad that the sirens warned us, but how come there are no tornado sirens in Beavercreek? That city certainly can afford to buy some.

By Matt

July 12, 2006 09:17 AM | Link to this

Thanks to 2 news. They were the only station to actually give information concerning the funnel clouds. The other stations decided to resume regular programming. We live just South of the Dayton Mall and had absolutely no clue that a tornado was in the area…we heard no sirens. Very scary.

By Matt

July 12, 2006 09:14 AM | Link to this

Thanks to channel 9 and the staff at 2 news they were the only TV station to inform people of the storm. The other stations decided to stay with regular programming. We live just South of the Dayton Mall…It happened so quick I received a phone call from my sister-in-law and told us to take cover (my first reaction was, yeah right)…we also did not here any sirens. Very scary.

By Joseph A. Clark

July 12, 2006 08:46 AM | Link to this

The sirens are set off by local law enforcement, such as the Sheriff’s Department, NOT the weather service.

For those of you who heard the sirens and sat in front of your TVs, you were playing with your lives. Those sirens mean TAKE COVER NOW!

If you get struck by a tornado, it isn’t like “The Wizard of Oz”, you will most likely die.

By Lisa Bouchez

July 12, 2006 08:32 AM | Link to this

At 8:15PM I was sitting in my hanger at the Middletown Airport and all of a sudden a bunch of leaves started twirling about 50 ft off the ground outside the sliding glass door. Then the fans started slowing down in speed. After that the low hanging clouds formed a funnel over Rt 4 and formed a tornado that had a skinny tail that DID appear to touch down in the trailer park. After that sighting, the tornado sirens started going off.