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Severe Threat May 15-16, 2025

buckeye05 said:
Wait wait wait now hold on a minute. See this? That’s a basement window. Do you know what that means?
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That means what we thought was a poured slab foundation was not. It was a subfloor over the basement. I’m usually good at spotting the difference, but this one slipped past me.

What this means is this was potentially what I call a “subfloor slider”. High-end EF3 might be totally appropriate.

You all need to slow down, take a detailed objective look at the photos, and analyze the construction and its implications instead of immediately jumping to the “Everything is broken!!!111!1” mantra. It’s getting ridiculous.
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That’s what you think. What you don’t understand though is that this house isn’t no ordinary house….. this is the most well built house in existence, and to be able to destroy it has got to take an incredible brute of a tornado. So basically I think we have an EF8 on our hands right now.

( This is a joke. I am not being serious. )

In all seriousness, yeah. Some of y’all need to analyze and take the time to really look at what is being shown in damage photos.
 
buckeye05 said:
Wait wait wait now hold on a minute. See this? That’s a basement window. Do you know what that means?
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That means what we thought was a poured slab foundation was not. It was a subfloor over the basement. I’m usually good at spotting the difference, but this one slipped past me.

What this means is this was potentially what I call a “subfloor slider”. High-end EF3 might be totally appropriate.

You all need to slow down, take a detailed objective look at the photos, and analyze the construction and its implications instead of immediately jumping to the “Everything is broken!!!111!1” mantra. It’s getting ridiculous.
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Good catch. Quick question - and pardon my ignorance -what is the difference between this home with a basement (ignoring the possible CMU foundation) and some of the homes in Parkersburg that had basements?
 
ColdFront said:
Good catch. Quick question - and pardon my ignorance -what is the difference between this home with a basement (ignoring the possible CMU foundation) and some of the homes in Parkersburg that had basements?
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Depends on which ones. There were a lot of homes in Parkersburg with construction very similar to the above house and wouldn’t be rated EF5 today.

The ones near the golf course still would be EF5 candidates though. Poured concrete and total subfloor loss there, with cracking and warping of the stemwalls. Insane stuff.
 
AJS said:
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@ColdFront Heres an image of the golf course subdivision to the east of Parkersburg what is showing perhaps some of the most incredible damage to homes you’ll ever seen. Several homes literally disappeared without a trace.
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Incredible Phenomena Will Occur! That is some of the most intense home damage I have ever seen. I would say it was at least a fair bit stronger than the Greensburg tornado.
 
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